A Pakistani court has sentenced a lawyer couple to 17 years in prison each over social media posts authorities said were hostile to the state and its security institutions

A video of Pakistani firefighters using buckets to control a fire has gone viral, triggering outrage. Social media users criticised the lack of basic equipment and questioned the preparedness of emergency services.

An alleged "hitman for hire" has appeared in court accused of planning violent attacks on two Pakistani dissidents at their UK homes. Louis Regan, from Birmingham, is charged with plotting simultaneous assaults on human rights lawyer Mirza Shahzad Akbar and journalist Adil Raja, at 08:00 GMT on Christmas Eve last year.

Scotland Yard’s counter-terrorism command is investigating a series of “highly targeted” attacks on two Pakistani dissidents living in Britain which may bear the hallmarks of states using criminal proxies to silence their critics.