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Islamabad, Pakistan – For the second time in three years, catastrophic monsoon floods have carved a path of destruction across Pakistan’s north and central regions, particularly in its…
Read more Has India ‘weaponised water’ to deliberately flood Pakistan?Islamabad, Pakistan – As a new wave of cloudbursts, monsoon rains and floods cause havoc across Pakistan, Iqbal Solangi sits in his small house in the southern coastal…
Read more Pakistan’s farmers battle floods, debt and climate-driven crisisISLAMABAD (AP) — Hundreds of supporters of a key Islamist party began a sit-in protest in the garrison city of Rawalpindi late Friday after authorities detained dozens to…
Read more Key Pakistani Islamist party begins sit-in to protest increase in electricity billsCNN — Here is a look at the life of Pakistan’s former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif. Birth date: December 25, 1949 Birth place: Lahore, Pakistan Birth name: Mian…
Read more Nawaz Sharif Fast Facts | CNNIslamabad, Pakistan CNN — The alleged gang rape of a woman in a park in Pakistan has enraged women’s rights activists who are protesting against what they see…
Read more ‘Don’t let another sister suffer’: Alleged gang rape in Pakistan’s ‘Central Park’ sparks protests | CNNPeople light a bonfire to warm themselves during a nationwide power outage, in Muzaffarabad on January 23, 2023. Sajjad Qayyum | Afp | Getty Images Pakistan’s economy is…
Read more Blackouts, currency dives and corruption: Pakistan’s economy is on the brink of collapseISLAMABAD — The Islamic State group claimed responsibility for a bombing near a checkpoint at the Afghan capital’s military airport that killed and wounded several people. IS said…
Read more Islamic State claims Afghanistan airport checkpoint bombingSecurity officials examine the wreckage of a car at the site of bomb explosion, in Islamabad, Pakistan, Friday, Dec. 23, 2022. A powerful car bomb detonated near a…
Read more Pakistan arrests suspects linked to bombing in IslamabadQUETTA, Pakistan — Pakistani forces on Monday expanded their search for the perpetrators behind multiple attacks that killed six troops and wounded 17 civilians in a restive southwestern…
Read more Pakistan troops search for attackers after 6 soldiers killedISLAMABAD — The U.S. Embassy in Islamabad on Sunday warned its staff of a possible attack on Americans at a top hotel in Pakistan’s capital as the city…
Read more US warns of possible attack in Islamabad amid security fearsISLAMABAD — The Pakistani Taliban on Monday ended a monthslong cease-fire with the government in Islamabad, ordering its fighters to resume attacks across the country, where scores of…
Read more Pakistan Taliban ends cease-fire with govt, vows new attacksLAHORE, Pakistan — Former Pakistani prime minister Imran Khan said Sunday that a protest march toward the capital suspended after he was wounded by a gunshot in an…
Read more Ex-PM Khan says march on Pakistani capital to resume TuesdayTopline A gunman opened fire on a protest march in Pakistan, shooting former Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan in the leg, according to officials—the latest attack aimed at…
Read more Gunman Injures Pakistan’s Ex-PM Imran Khan, Officials SayISLAMABAD — A gunman opened fire at a campaign truck carrying Pakistan’s former Prime Minister Imran Khan on Thursday, wounding him slightly and also some of his supporters,…
Read more Official: Pakistan’s ex-PM Imran Khan wounded in gun attackLAHORE, Pakistan — A female journalist was crushed to death Sunday in Pakistan while covering a political march led by former Prime Minister Imran Khan, a senior police…
Read more Journalist crushed to death at ex-Pakistan PM Khan’s marchISLAMABAD — A 75-year-old from Pakistan who was the oldest prisoner at the Guantanamo Bay detention center was released and returned to Pakistan on Saturday, the foreign ministry…
Read more Pakistan: Oldest prisoner freed from Guantanamo, back homeISLAMABAD — Pakistan’s elections commission on Friday disqualified former Prime Minister Imran Khan from holding public office for five years, after finding he had unlawfully sold state gifts…
Read more Pakistan’s election commission bars ex-PM Khan from office
