MUZAFFARABAD: A party worker was shot dead and several other people were wounded on Monday as the first phase of elections in Pakistan-administered Kashmir was marred by gunfire, burnt ballot boxes and mounting accusations of rigging between the territory’s two main political parties.

LAHORE: Four men believed to be Pakistani nationals have been shot dead in what appears to have been a targeted ambush in South Africa, with the killings adding to growing concern over violence directed at foreign nationals in the country.

KARACHI: Pakistan’s central bank left its benchmark interest rate unchanged for a third consecutive policy meeting, judging that the risk of a fresh Middle East oil shock outweighed pressure at home to ease monetary policy and revive economic growth.

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s meteorological authorities have issued a fresh warning over the threat of glacial lake outburst floods in the country’s mountainous north, as thousands of residents in Gilgit-Baltistan remain cut off from the outside world for a fifth consecutive day.