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BBC broadcaster Mishal Husain has reportedly stepped down from her Radio 4 Today show after 11 years.The highly acclaimed journalist, 51, has hosted the show, which is on air Monday to Saturday between 6am to 9am, since 2013. According to The Times, Mishal stepped down from her role yesterday (Friday 22nd November).

Sara Sharif's father has denied her battered body was stripped and jetwashed in the garden as the family prepared to flee to Pakistan.

A Scottish hiker has told how his lifetime dream to trek through the Himalayas has been "ruined" by British Airways. Choudhary Shahid - who is the first Scottish-Asian to bag all of Scotland's 282 Munros - has accused the airline of crushing his ambitions to scale the K2 base camp and Gondogoro Pass in Pakistan after his luggage was "lost" following a connecting flight from Glasgow to London on July 9.

A dad-of-two from Rochdale has reportedly been shot dead in Pakistan after travelling to the country to 'surprise his family.'

Pakistan’s former prime minister Nawaz Sharif is returning home on a special flight from Dubai, ending four years of self-imposed exile as he seeks to win the support of voters ahead of parliamentary elections due in January.

A daring rescue mission is underway in Pakistan, where eight people are trapped in a cable car hanging 240 meters above a ravine.

Portishead‘s Beth Gibbons has teamed up with Afghan girl band the Miraculous Love Kids for a cover of Joy Division‘s ‘Atmosphere’ and David Bowie‘s ‘Heroes’.The release entitled ‘Atmosphere/Heroes’, blends the two songs together and sees Gibbons fronting the track with the group. You can view footage below.Gibbons said in a press release (via Pitchfork): “I was so honoured to guest on the Miraculous Love Kids’ reconstructed cover track ‘Atmosphere/Heroes,’ and to be a voice next to these brave and beautiful girls of Afghanistan.”The release marks two years since the Taliban regained control of Afghanistan and women’s rights and freedoms were limited.The women in Miraculous Love Kids fled Kabul in Afghanistan, for Pakistan with their families and formed the band alongside American musician and activist Lanny Cordola.Cordola said he first met Gibbons in Islamabad, “just days after the Taliban takeover.”He added: “She confirmed her support and extended a generosity of spirit to the girls that was invaluable as she is truly one of the great voices in the world today.

Former Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan has been shot at a protest march in what his supporters are saying was an assassination attempt.

Imran Khan, the former Pakistan Prime Minister, has been shot in what is understood to be an assassination attempt. It is believed Khan was injured in his foot during the incident.

Editor’s note: Hollie McKay’s latest special report for Deadline finds the veteran foreign affairs correspondent and Only Cry for the Living: Memos from Inside the ISIS Battlefield author back in Afghanistan more than a year after the U.S. withdrawal, and negotiating how to be a journalist in the country now the Taliban has solidified its return to power.

Angelina Jolie visited Pakistan to support flood victims in the wake of the storm's devastation last week.  The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) ambassador, shared her experience on social media. 'Last week I was in Pakistan with the local organizations, to witness the devastation caused by severe flooding which submerged 1/3 of the country’s land,' the actor penned. A humanitarian effort: Angelina Jolie visited Pakistan to support flood victims in the wake of the storm's devastation last week'I've never seen anything like this and I have been to Pakistan many times,' she previously shared.'I am absolutely with you in pushing the international community to do more.

Tributes have been paid to a beloved delivery driver who died at home following a heart attack. Ikhlaq Ahmed, 59 worked for popular takeaway Florida Chicken in Oldham town centre.

big day after 'disgusting' treatment by a UK-government backed travel firm. Louise Douglas, a magician from Buckhaven, Fife, has already had to reschedule her wedding date to Shafiq Zeshan Mirza, 34, due to the coronavirus pandemic.

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A fugitive wanted for the murder of a police officer during a bungled armed robbery is due to appear in court on Monday where the evidence against him is expected to be heard.

The "loneliest elephant in the world" has a new love interest and home in Cambodia after conservationists and singer Cher won a legal battle to set him free.

Cher is making her way to Pakistan to help save Kaavan, the “world’s loneliest” elephant.The elephant, who has spent 35 years in a zoo, lost his partner in 2012 and has become obese due to a poor diet.

Prince William shared that one of his weaknesses happens to be Duchess Kate‘s secret talent.William and Kate, both 38, virtually reunited with students and teachers at Islamabad Model College for Girls one year after their five-day trip to Pakistan. The pair got reacquainted with the group while playing a game of Pictionary in a video shared by the Kensington Royal Instagram on Friday, October 16.One student drew a person with a cake, which caused the Duchess of Cambridge to incorrectly guess a wedding.

Kaavan the elephant has known nothing but 'mental torment' and a life in chains for the last 35 years.