A Pakistani court yesterday sentenced former Prime Minister Imran Khan and his wife Bushra Bibi to 17 years in prison each in a corruption case involving the under-priced purchase of luxury state gifts.

A special court in Pakistan on Saturday sentenced PTI founder Imran Khan and his wife Bushra Bibi to 17 years imprisonment in the Toshakhana-2 case

The Pakistan ISPR says the car bomb attack inflicted damage to nearby homes and other structures and inflicted severe injuries to fifteen local civilians

The duo also shared that they were looking to do more advocacy and visit Brussels or Geneva in January to speak to politicians and officials about Imran’s situation

Nepal yesterday launched a nationwide tiger census, a key step in conservation efforts to aid the recovery of the big cats that once faced near extinction in the Himalayan nation.

Heavily armed militants looted several banks in Pakistan’s Balochistan province yesterday before clashing with security forces, with one policeman and a civilian killed, authorities told AFP.

The former head of Pakistan’s powerful spy agency will appeal a 14-year hard labour sentence on charges including abuse of power, his lawyer said Friday, decrying a “sham” military trial.

Disaster-hit Sri Lanka has unveiled a major compensation package to rebuild homes damaged by a deadly cyclone, even as the island yesterday prepared for further landslides and flooding.

At the Pakistani border town of Chaman, the local hospital said three people had been discharged after suffering minor injuries during the clash

Pakistan Ministry of Defence yesterday officially notified Chief of Army Staff Field Marshal Asim Munir as the country’s first chief of defence forces (CDF), a day after President Asif Ali Zardari approved the appointment on the advice of Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif.

Pakistan will temporarily allow UN relief supplies into Afghanistan, officials said yesterday, in the first partial border opening since deadly clashes erupted between the two neighbours in October.

Tensions between the two countries remain high after weeks of escalating border clashes

Pakistan’s former prime minister and PTI founder Imran Khan’s sister Uzma Khanum yesterday said that her brother was “perfectly fine” after a meeting with him at Rawalpindi’s Adiala jail.

Singapore will impose a stricter ban on smartphones and smartwatches in secondary schools starting January, its education ministry said, part of a global push to combat digital distractions

Sri Lanka yesterday declared a state of emergency and appealed for international assistance as the death toll from heavy rains and floods triggered by Cyclone Ditwah rose to 132, with another 176 reported missing.

The men are aged between 23 and 40 years old

"As of tonight, 61 fatalities have been recorded," says

The worst flooding Sri Lanka has experienced since the turn of the century occurred in June 2003, when 254 people were killed

The party of Pakistan’s jailed former prime minister Imran Khan demanded a meeting with him yesterday, saying it was worried about his health as he has been barred from seeing his family and lawyers for over three weeks.

Most of the deaths occurred in the central tea-growing district of Badulla