Having children early and in quick succession resulting in high infant mortality rates.
Police offer £2,000 reward for man who has stabbed at least 25 women in the last month.
13-year-old girl dumped in roadside grave by two men after rape in Punjab's Toba Tek Singh district.
UK becomes first western country to host World Islamic Economic Forum as new study shows Muslims contribute £30bn to economy.
Tehran says hostile groups carried out attack on Iran-Pakistan border, killing 18 Iranian guards.
Iceland tops the list of countries offering women the greatest opportunities in terms of political participation, economic rights and access to education and health, while the UK is ranked 18th.
Husband and wife found guilty of trafficking girl from Pakistan and forcing into slave labour for benefits
Human Rights Watch says strikes in North Waziristan claimed innocent lives.
Arnold Schwarzenegger's Terminator no longer realms of science fiction, watchdog warns UN.
China's booming arms sales underpinned by discount model and Beijing's willingness to sell weapons to risky recipients.
IAF planes took to skies in Gujarat region after radars detected flying objects.
Saudi Arabia's election to the two-year UNSC membership had sparked condemnation from rights groups.
Body of 27-year-old model found dumped in a ditch in Islamabad while looking to buy a house for her mother.
Global Slavery Index says nearly half of modern slaves in India, with Mauritania having highest proportion.
New disclosure details how notorious al-Qaida operative who had unwittingly got away from CIA dragnet was tracked and executed in drone attack in Pakistan.
Pakutunkhwa province's minister of law Israullah Gandpur among eight killed by suicide blast.
Insurgent said to be close aide of Hakimullah Mehsud, chief of Tehreek-e-Taliban.
Taliban spokesman speaks about failed plan to kill Yousafzai a year after shooting her in the head.
Nasa's Earth Observing-1 satellite captures images of island formed in Arabian Sea after Pakistan earthquake.
Manchester police try to get possession of property of Taliban fighter with relations still living there.
At least 30 people have been killed and 70 wounded in an attack on a busy market in Peshawar.
A powerful new earthquake has struck southwestern Pakistan, an area already trying to recover from a quake that killed more than 300 people.