Pakistan

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The former Prime Minister of Pakistan Imran Khan has survived what his aides call an assassination attempt, which left one person dead, and injured a number of others. Mr Khan was shot in the shin during a large rally. He’d been leading a convoy of supporters towards Islamabad in an attempt to overthrow the government.…

Earlier Cathy spoke to Dawar Butt, an environmentalist and the co-founder of Climate Action Pakistan.  

Flooding in Pakistan has claimed more than a thousand lives since the monsoon began in June. 

We spoke to Pakistan’s minister for Planning and Development, Ahsan Iqbal.

Pakistan’s climate minister says a third of the country is now under water, after floods which have left more than a thousand people dead.

The devastating heatwave in India and Pakistan was made 30 times more likely because of climate change, according to scientists.

Our reporter Fatima Manji went to the country’s capital Islamabad to meet the female police officers on a mission to transform policing for women.

Pakistan has a new prime minister – albeit a temporary one until the next election.

Pakistan’s parliament will meet to choose a new prime minister tomorrow after Imran Khan was ousted from power by losing a no-confidence vote late last night. 

Pakistan’s Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif has resigned after the Supreme Court court disqualified him from office because of corruption allegations. Opposition supporters danced in the streets as the court also ordered criminal charges against Sharif and his family, who’ve all denied any wrongdoing. Mr Sharif is the latest victim claimed by the Panama Papers, millions of documents…

Matt Frei interviews Imran Khan on Channel 4 News.

Al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden left $29m in his will, with instructions that most of this should be used to wage jihad.

Militants open fire on students and staff at a university in Charsadda, in north-west Pakistan, killing at least 19 and injuring scores more.

Tashfeen Malik pleged her loyalty to Islamic State group leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi in a Facebook post, according to US officials.