South Asia’s battered democracies
August 14, 2024
Asian news from Pakistan
Pakistan’s ex-ISI chief faces court martial after arrest in property case
No former spy chief has faced court martial in a country the powerful army has directly ruled for nearly three decades.
1 dead in grenade attack on a store selling national flags ahead of Pakistan’s Independence Day
QUETTA, Pakistan (AP) — Suspected militants riding on a motorcycle hurled a hand grenade at a store selling Pakistani national flags in the restive southwestern Baluchistan province on Tuesday, killing at least one person and wounding six others ahead of Pakistan’s 77th independence day.
Pakistani, Afghan Taliban forces trade fire at Torkham border crossing, killing 3 Afghan civilians
ISLAMABAD (AP) — Pakistani and Afghan Taliban forces traded cross-border fire near a key northwestern crossing, killing a woman and two children on the Afghan side of the border, officials said Tuesday.
Pakistan’s Ex-Spy Chief, an Imran Khan Ally, Is Arrested
The Pakistani military announced on Monday that it had arrested the former head of its top intelligence agency, Lt. Gen. Faiz Hameed, and initiated court-martial proceedings against the retired general on charges of corruption and political meddling, officials said.
Gunmen kill senior government administrator in an attack on his vehicle in southwest Pakistan
QUETTA, Pakistan (AP) — Gunmen ambushed a vehicle carrying a senior government administrator in southwest Pakistan on Monday, killing him and wounding two other people before fleeing, police and government officials said.