Pakistan said it has awarded 23 offshore exploration blocks to four consortiums led by local energy companies, some partnered with foreign firms including Turkey's national oil company TPAO. In Pakistan's first such bidding round in nearly two decades,

The submarines would boost Pakistan’s ability to patrol the North Arabian Sea and Indian Ocean. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more at straitstimes.com.

Pakistan on Saturday partially reopened the Torkham border crossing with Afghanistan to allow thousands of stranded Afghan refugees to return home, officials said. Pakistan closed all border crossings with Afghanistan on Oct.

A massive magnitude 6.2 earthquake jolted Afghanistan's Hindu Kush region on Sunday, just one day after lower magnitude tremors were felt in the region. The earthquake comes months after a magnitude 6 earthquake left at least 800 people dead and even more injured.

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi stayed away from a regional leaders summit in Malaysia this week to avoid meeting US President Donald Trump and having a possible discussion about Pakistan, people familiar with the matter said.

The BBC speaks to those who have lost everything in this year's monsoon season and finds out why it will likely happen again.

Khawaja Asif insisted that there was a "complete consensus" within Pakistan's political and military leadership on its Afghanistan policy.

Despite Pakistan’s tumult with India and Afghanistan, President Trump has moved to deepen ties with the nuclear-armed Muslim power.