Pakistan's national flag carrier will resume its operations to Iraq andIranfrom next month to facilitate Shia pilgrims, who have oftenbeen attacked by militants while travelling to these countries via road. Flights to Iraq will be re-launched after a hiatus of 30 years. Iran operations, stopped as flights on the route were not economically ...

PakistanPrime MinisterNawaz Shariftoday said enhanced security including air travel would be provided to Shia pilgrims travelling toIranthrough the restive southwesternBalochistanprovince. Thepremieradmitted during a visit to the capital city of the troubled province that the pilgrims travelling to Iran faced serious security threats to their lives....

(Reuters) - Pakistan has suspended buses carrying Shi'ite pilgrims from travelling through its volatile Baluchistan province to neighboringIrandue to security concerns after a suicide attack killed 27 pilgrims this week, officials said on Friday. A 700 km (430 mile) highway connecting the Pakistani city of Quetta andIran, home to many Shi'ite pilgrimage ...

QUETTA, Pakistan (AP) -- A Pakistani police officer says relatives of Shiites killed in a suicide bombing this week are rallying for the third straight day, refusing to bury their kin and demanding a crackdown on militants in southwestern Baluchistan province. The officer, Ahmad Nawaz says the Shiites are protesting Tuesday's attack in Mastung district ...

Iran has denounced the deadly terrorist attack in Balochistan Province in southwest Pakistan which left at least 22 Shia pilgrims dead. Irans Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Marzieh Afkham on Wednesday said such terrorist attacks are plotted and carried out by the enemies of Muslim nations. She stressed the importance of adopting swift and necessary ...