South Asia

The local government in Pakistan’s Balochistan province is to offer compensation to the families of those who lost their lives in a recent collision involving a bus and a truck.

The Lahore High Court has summoned Punjab Inspector General of Police Amjad Javed Saleemi over an alleged fake encounter in which four people were killed by police officers.

13 people have died following a collision involving a bus and a truck in Pakistan.

The family of a girl whose body was found in a drain in Lahore mounted protests by blocking motorway traffic.

Two women who entered a Hindu temple in India that had previously banned females from entering have been provided round-the-clock protection.

A court in India has handed a life sentence to a self-styled guru over the murder of a journalist in 2002.

Rescue workers at the site of a mine in India, which filled with water and trapped 15 miners, have found a body.

Three labourers working in a sewage plant in Mumbai have died after allegedly inhaling toxic gas.

An Indian woman has reached the summit of a mountain that females were previously banned from climbing.

A woman who entered an Indian temple at the centre of controversy over a ban on women claims she has been attacked by a relative and hospitalised.

The world’s largest gathering of humans has begun as pilgrims flock to a holy site in India.

A fire broke out at a vast pilgrimage site in India, a day before festivities are due to begin.

A top Bollywood director has denied allegations of sexual assault made against him by a colleague.

Dock workers in Karachi held a rally to highlight issues with their Chinese-owned employer.

A teenager in Pakistan was electrocuted to death as he was flying a kite.

A man who blackmailed medical staff in Pakistan on social media has been jailed for 24 years.

A number of airline staff in Pakistan have had their licences suspended following the launch of an investigation into fake credentials.

At least two people were killed in an explosion at a factory in India.

India’s Supreme Court has reinstated a federal investigation agency chief who was suspended following allegations of corruption.

A copper plant that has been at the centre of controversy over environmental damage in India is set to reopen.

79 police officers in Pakistan have been suspended after a litigant was shot dead at a court.

Prime Minister of Bangladesh Sheikh Hasina has been sworn in for her third consecutive term.

The father of a girl who was raped and murdered in Pakistan is calling for the government to name a day in her honour.

Pakistan media have revealed former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif has been denied a personal assistant in jail.

The southern Indian state of Kerala has been put on shut down following protests over two women entering a prominent Hindu temple.

Rescue workers in India are continuing efforts to find miners 21 days after they became trapped.