The Basant kite festival, banned in Pakistan's Punjab province in 2007 due to unsafe practices; despite a police crackdown, hundreds of people continued to fly kites from their rooftops

A nationwide campaign to vaccinate more than 30 million children under 5 against polio has begun to contain the spread of the virus in the country: Pakistan, along with Afghanistan, was the only country where it was circulating until recent times

Amendments to the Pakistan Penal Code that make necrophilia an official crime after years of a legislative vacuum on the subject have been approved unanimously by the Senate

Two police officers were suspended for displaying irresponsible behaviour while on duty after posting videos on social media