Purja's death was also confirmed by Nepal's Prime Minister Balendra Shah, who said that "the tragic death of six Nepalese and four other foreign climbers, including world record holder Nirmal Purja, in the Karakoram mountain range of Pakistan, has shocked us".

Protests during regional elections in Pakistan-administered Kashmir have turned deadly, with leaders of a banned Kashmiri group saying ​on Wednesday more than 30 people had been killed around one town in clashes with security forces ahead of the second ‌round.

Pakistan has negotiated with Iran to secure safe passage for at least one Qatari liquefied natural gas shipment, according to people with knowledge of the matter, the latest effort by the South Asian nation to use its diplomatic ties to ease a deepening energy crunch.

India’s envoy to the US, Vinay Mohan Kwatra said Pakistan had eroded the foundation of the Indus Waters Treaty over the past five decades. He added that Islamabad had “dismantled” the goodwill and friendship that underpinned the 1960 agreement,

Stating that Islamabad had spent half a century dismantling the spirit of "goodwill and friendship" on which the Indus Water Treaty was concluded, Indian envoy to the United States Vinay Kwatra said New Delhi's decision to keep the IWT in abeyance "merely ...

Pakistan’s military has rejected as “baseless” a recent U.N. report that said Pakistani cross-border military operations killed nearly 500 civilians and wounded over 1,000 in neighboring Afghanistan between October and June.

Two bodies have been recovered from Pakistan's Broad Peak and seven spotted by drones - though their condition remains unclear.