Pakistan

Pakistan threatens to ‘obliterate’ Taliban after peace talks fail

Pakistan's defence minister threatened to "obliterate" the ruling Taliban in neighbouring Afghanistan, a dramatic escalation of rhetoric after the collapse of talks towards a lasting peace between the South Asian…

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India launches air strikes on Pakistan

India attacked Pakistan and Pakistani Kashmir on Wednesday and Pakistan said it had shot down five Indian fighter jets in the worst fighting in more than two decades between the…

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Pakistan and India exchange fire as UN calls for ‘maximum restraint’

Troops from Pakistan and India exchanged fire overnight across the line of control in disputed Kashmir, officials have said, after the UN urged the nuclear-armed rivals to show “maximum restraint”…

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Pakistan suspends visas for Indians after deadly Kashmir attack on tourists

Pakistan has responded with tit-for-tat measures against India as tensions soared following a militant attack in Indian-administered Kashmir that killed 26 tourists. Islamabad suspended all visas issued to Indian nationals…

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Pakistan closes its airspace to Indian airlines as tensions rise

Pakistan closed its air space for Indian airlines and rejected New Delhi's suspension of a water sharing treaty on Thursday in retaliation for neighbouring India's response to a deadly militant…

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Pakistani airline resumes Europe flights after EU ban lifted

Pakistan's state-run carrier PIA has resumed flights to Europe after the EU lifted a four-year safety ban. The airline is still barred from flying to the UK and US. A…

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Karachi Terror Attack: Chinese Nationals Targeted

Two Chinese nationals were killed in an explosion near the international airport of the southern Pakistani city of Karachi on Sunday night, the Chinese embassy in Pakistan said, in what…

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A magnitude 5.3 earthquake rattles Pakistan and Kashmir

A magnitude 5.3 earthquake shook parts of Pakistan and the Himalayan region of Kashmir early Tuesday, panicking residents. There were no immediate reports of damage, officials said. The epicenter of…

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One case of clade 2 mpox detected in Pakistan

One case of the mpox virus has been detected in Pakistan of the clade 2 variety, the country's ministry of health said, adding that no cases of the clade 1b…

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Pakistan temperatures cross 52 C in heatwave

Temperatures rose above 52 degrees Celsius (125.6 degrees Fahrenheit) in Pakistan’s southern province of Sindh, the highest reading of the summer and close to the country’s record high amid an…

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Six killed in militant attack on Pakistan naval base, say officials

Militants attacked a Pakistan naval airbase killing at least one paramilitary soldier while security forces killed all five of the assailants in retaliatory fire, officials said on Tuesday. Monday's attack…

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Pakistan PM Sharif says another IMF bailout is inevitable

By Asif Shahzad ISLAMABAD, March 21 (Reuters) - Pakistan's Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif said on Thursday that a long-term bailout from the International Monetary Fund (MF) was inevitable given the…

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Shehbaz Sharif elected Pakistan’s prime minister for second term

ISLAMABAD, March 3 (Reuters) - Pakistan's newly formed parliament elected Shehbaz Sharif on Sunday as prime minister for a second time, three weeks after uncertain national elections caused delays in…

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Pakistan’s majority parties struggle to form coalition government

By Asif Shahzad and Ariba Shahid ISLAMABAD, Feb 19 (Reuters) - Pakistan's two major parties are set to meet on Monday to try and bridge differences over forming a minority…

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Pakistan parties wrangle over premiership, vote rigging allegations rejected

Pakistan's two largest political parties were still wrangling over who will be prime minister after an inconclusive election last week forced them to join forces and try to form a…

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Political leaders wrangle over premiership after inconclusive Pakistan vote

By Asif Shahzad ISLAMABAD, Feb 12 (Reuters) - Pakistan's two largest political parties are wrangling over who will take the prime minister's job after inconclusive elections last week forced them…

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US, UK and EU urge probe into Pakistan election, express concerns

EU notes 'lack of level playing field' US says there were 'undue restrictions' UK expresses concern about 'fairness' of election By Kanishka Singh WASHINGTON, (Reuters) - The United States, Britain…

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Imran Khan’s supporters lead in Pakistan polls

Independents backed by jailed former Prime Minister Imran Khan won the most seats in Pakistan's election on Friday after results from over half the constituencies were announced, leaving political parties…

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From jail, Pakistan’s Imran Khan asks supporters to wait by poll stations after vote

By Charlotte Greenfield and Asif Shahzad ISLAMABAD, Feb 7 (Reuters) - Jailed former Pakistani premier Imran Khan urged his supporters on Wednesday to wait outside polling booths after casting their…

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Pakistan court jails ex-PM Imran Khan for 10 years days ahead of polls

A Pakistan court sentenced Imran Khan to 10 years' jail on Tuesday for leaking state secrets, his party said, the harshest sentence against the former prime minister and cricketer in…

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Pakistan carries out ‘series of military strikes’ in Iran

By Asif Shahzad and Gibran Naiyyar Peshimam ISLAMABAD, Jan 18 (Reuters) - Pakistan conducted strikes inside Iran on Thursday, targeting separatist militants, the Pakistani foreign ministry said, two days after…

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Pakistan says Iran violated airspace, killing two children

By Gibran Naiyyar Peshimam KARACHI/DUBAI, Jan 17 (Reuters) - Pakistan said neighbouring Iran has violated its airspace resulting in the death of two children, hours after Iranian state media said…

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Pakistan official: 104,000 undocumented Afghans returned to Afghanistan through Torkham border

PESHAWAR, Pakistan Nov 1 (Reuters) - More than 100,000 undocumented Afghan nationals have returned voluntary to Afghanistan through the northwestern Torkham border crossing in the last two weeks, a Pakistani…

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Pakistan gives last warning to undocumented immigrants, many Afghan refugees, to leave

By Asif Shahzad ISLAMABAD, Oct 26 (Reuters) - Pakistan on Thursday gave a last warning to all immigrants in the country illegally, including hundreds of thousands of Afghan nationals, to…

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Pakistan’s three-time premier Nawaz Sharif expected home from exile

By Asif Shahzad ISLAMABAD, Oct 21 (Reuters) - Pakistan's three-time Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif is scheduled to arrive back home on Saturday after four years of self-imposed exile in London…

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Pakistani minister defends decision to expel all illegal immigrants

BEIJING, Oct 6 (Reuters) - Pakistan's foreign minister defended an order that all illegal immigrants, including 1.73 million Afghans, must leave, saying no other country allows illegal immigrants and the…

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Pakistan orders illegal immigrants, including 1.73 mln Afghans, to leave

By Asif Shahzad Over 4.4 mln Afghan refugees in Pakistan - minister Afghan nationals involved in 14 of 24 suicide bombings this year Crackdown to follow expiry of deadline ISLAMABAD,…

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UPDATED: Blasts rip through two mosques in Pakistan, killing at least 57

By Saleem Ahmed QUETTA, Pakistan, Sept 29 (Reuters) - A suicide bombing and another blast ripped through two mosques in Pakistan on Friday, killing at least 57 people and injuring…

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Pakistan to hold national election in January, not November

ISLAMABAD, Sept 21 (Reuters) - Election Commission of Pakistan on Thursday announced that the national election will be held in last week on January, 2024 instead of in November. The…

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Suicide bomb at political rally in Pakistan kills more than 40

By Jibran Ahmad and Saud Mehsud More than 130 injured in blast, police say Pakistan PM calls bombing an attack on democratic system Pakistani Taliban condemn bombing in statement DERA…

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Pakistan expects heavy monsoon rain raising risk of floods

ISLAMABAD, July 3 (Reuters) - Heavy monsoon rain is expected to hit Pakistan on Monday and last for several days, the weather office said, raising the risk of flooding in…

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Pakistan clinches crucial $3 billion IMF bailout

Deal is more than Pakistan's expectations Stand-by arrangement is spread over nine months Pakistan economy was on the brink of default IMF points out power sector's "acute" conditions IMF wants…

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Pakistan’s economic meltdown spurs more people to risk lives to reach Europe

By Gibran Naiyyar Peshimam KHUIRATTA, Pakistan-administered Kashmir, June 23 (Reuters) - Hameed Iqbal Bhatti had prospered over two decades working in Saudi Arabia, but after returning to Pakistan three years…

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Fourteen suspects arrested in Pakistan over Greece boat disaster

MUZAFFARABAD, Pakistan, June 19 (Reuters) - Pakistani authorities have arrested 14 people in connection with the alleged trafficking of several migrants who drowned last week after their overloaded boat capsized…

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Seven die as cyclone barrels towards western India, Pakistan

Four boys drowned in rough seas off the western Indian financial hub of Mumbai on Tuesday as India and Pakistan began evacuating people from coastal areas, two days before a cyclone is expected…

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Pakistan economy to slow significantly with high inflation, central bank says

By Asif Shahzad ISLAMABAD, May 19 (Reuters) - Pakistan's central bank said on Friday GDP growth was likely to remain significantly lower this year than the previous year, with elevated…

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Pakistan PM orders arrest of those involved in violence

By Ariba Shahid KARACHI, Pakistan, May 13 (Reuters) - Pakistan's Prime Minister Shahbaz Sharif on Saturday gave authorities 72 hours to identify and arrest all those involved in violent acts after former…

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Former Pakistan PM Khan appears in court as supporters clash with police

ISLAMABAD, May 12 (Reuters) - Former Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan arrived at an Islamabad court on Friday under heavy security cover as his supporters clashed with police elsewhere in…

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What is the corruption case against Pakistan’s Khan?

By Asif Shahzad May 10 (Reuters) - Pakistan's former Prime Minister Imran Khan was arrested on Tuesday by an anti-graft agency on corruption charges. Government officials alleged that Khan and…

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Tension in Pakistan as supporters of ex-PM Khan plan march to capital to protest arrest

ISLAMABAD, May 10 (Reuters) - Supporters of Imran Khan were planning to march to Islamabad on Wednesday where the former Pakistan prime minister is in custody in a corruption case,…

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Pakistan confirms its first case of mpox

KARACHI, Pakistan, April 26 (Reuters) - The first case of mpox in Pakistan has been confirmed by the National Institute of Health in the capital Islamabad. A traveler who recently…

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Explosions at Pakistani counter-terrorism office kill eight

Two explosions rocked a counter-terrorism office in northwest Pakistan on Monday, killing at least eight people, police said, and wounding several others. Provincial police chief Akhtar Hayat said it was…

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Pakistani professionals struggle with higher costs as economy teeters

By Ariba Shahid KARACHI, (Reuters) - Naureen Ahsan earns more than twice the average wage in Pakistan, but the school administrator says she has no choice but to homeschool her…

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UPDATED: Pakistan police postpone arrest of ex-PM Imran Khan, easing unrest

By Mubasher Bukhari LAHORE, Pakistan, March 15 (Reuters) - A Pakistan court ordered police on Wednesday to suspend an operation to arrest former Prime Minister Imran Khan, bringing a halt…

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Pakistani police serve arrest warrants to former PM Imran Khan

LAHORE, Pakistan (Reuters) - Pakistani police served arrest warrants to former prime minister Imran Khan to ensure his appearance in court on charges of misusing his office to sell state…

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Three Islamists, two others killed in storming of Karachi police station

KARACHI, Pakistan, Feb 17 (Reuters) - Islamists stormed a police station in the southern Pakistani city of Karachi on Friday, killing two people in a hail of gunfire and a series of loud explosions before they themselves…

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Mob storms Pakistani police station, lynches man accused of blasphemy

By Mubasher Bukhari LAHORE, Pakistan, Feb 11 (Reuters) - A mob in eastern Pakistan stormed a police station on Saturday and lynched a man under custody and accused of blasphemy,…

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Pakistan former President Pervez Musharraf dies in Dubai

Pakistan's former president Pervez Musharraf has died after a prolonged illness at a hospital in Dubai, Pakistani local media reported on Sunday. Musharraf, 79, died in hospital after a long…

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Suspects arrested over Pakistan mosque blast, police focus on how bomber got in

By Jibran Ahmad PESHAWAR, Pakistan, Feb 1 (Reuters) - Police investigating a suicide bombing that killed more than 100 people at a Pakistan mosque said on Tuesday that several people…

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Pakistan mosque blast death toll reaches 87

The death toll in the suicide bombing that tore through a mosque in Pakistan rose to 87 on Tuesday, a hospital official said, a day after the one of the…

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Suicide bombing at mosque in Pakistan kills 32, targeted police

A suicide bombing at a crowded mosque in Pakistan's Peshawar killed at least 32 people on Monday, the latest attack targeting police in this northwestern city where Islamist militants remain active.…

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Bus crash in southern Pakistan kills at least 41

(Reuters) -More than 40 people were killed after a bus fell into a ravine and caught fire in the southern Pakistani province of Balochistan on Sunday, officials said. Forty-one bodies…

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Pakistan suffers major power outage after grid failure

By Asif Shahzad ISLAMABAD, Jan 23 (Reuters) - Pakistan suffered nationwide power outages on Monday morning due to a "major breakdown" of the national grid, the power ministry said, with…

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Pakistan PM Sharif makes conditional talks offer to arch-rival India

ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has made a conditional offer to his Indian counterpart to open talks on all outstanding issues between them, including disputed Kashmir, which…

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UN chief calls for ‘massive investments’ for Pakistan recovery

GENEVA, Jan 9 (Reuters) - U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Monday called for massive support to help Pakistan with a $16 billion rebuilding effort following devastating floods, saying the country…

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Taliban militants in Pakistan end ceasefire with government

Taliban militants in Pakistan will no longer abide by a months-long ceasefire with the Pakistani government, a spokesman for the militant group said on Monday. The Afghan Taliban have been…

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Photo Story: Money Heist-inspired cafe in Peshawar, Pakistan

A Bella Ciao Cafe staff, dressed up in the iconic red jumpsuit and Savlador Dali mask worn by the robbers in the Netflix series Money Heist (La Casa de Papel),…

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