Pakistan

10th October 2020

Pakistan blocks social media app TikTok

Pakistan’s telecom regulator blocked TikTok on Friday for failing to filter out “immoral and indecent” content, another blow to the social media app that has come under increasing scrutiny as…

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2nd September 2020

Pakistan blocks five dating apps including Tinder and Grindr

Pakistan announced it has blocked Tinder, Grindr and three other dating apps for not adhering to local laws, its latest move to curb online platforms deemed to be disseminating “immoral…

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4th July 2020

Pakistani foreign minister tests positive for COVID-19

Pakistani Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi said on Friday he had tested positive for COVID-19, days after holding high-profile meetings including one with U.S. special representative on Afghanistan Zalmay Khalilzad…

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29th June 2020

UPDATED: Gunmen attack Pakistani stock exchange, seven killed

  Four gunmen attacked the Pakistani Stock Exchange building in the city of Karachi on Monday but security forces soon killed them all, police said. Three other people were also…

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26th June 2020

Pakistani PM Imran Khan criticised after calling Osama Bin Laden a ‘martyr’

Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan has come under fire from opposition MPs after telling parliament that the US "martyred" Osama Bin Laden. Bin Laden, the mastermind of the 9/11 attacks,…

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25th June 2020

Pakistan International Airlines to ground pilots for ‘dubious’ licences

Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) will be grounding nearly 150 out of its 426 pilots, amid an inquiry that they hold "dubious" licences, a company spokesman said. The decision comes at…

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24th June 2020

Emirates suspends flights from Pakistan after passengers test positive for coronavirus

Emirates, one of the world's biggest long-haul airlines, has suspended flights from Pakistan after passengers tested positive for coronavirus in Hong Kong, it said on Wednesday. The Dubai state carrier,…

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24th June 2020

Pakistan air crash probe shows pilots distracted by coronavirus worry

The pilots of a Pakistan airliner that crashed last month, killing 97 people, were distracted as they talked about the coronavirus pandemic throughout the flight before an abortive landing bid,…

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22nd June 2020

Coronavirus spreading in Pakistan at one of the fastest rates in the world

The coronavirus is spreading in Pakistan at one of the fastest rates in the world, and overwhelmed hospitals are turning away patients, the Associated Press reports. But the government is…

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5th June 2020

After easing of lockdown, Pakistan’s COVID-19 cases surge

Four weeks ago, with its most important festival coming up and millions of people facing starvation as economic activity dwindled, Pakistan lifted a two-month-long coronavirus lockdown. Prime Minister Imran Khan…

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31st May 2020

Photo Story: Pakistan facing devastating locust swarms

Locusts are seen on the outskirts of Quetta, the provincial capital of Balochistan province, Pakistan. According to country's food and agriculture authorities, a second wave of desert locust swarms is…

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31st May 2020

Pakistan makes face masks mandatory in public

  It is now mandatory to wear a mask in crowded public spaces across Pakistan, according to a statement released by the Ministry of Health on Sunday. Such spaces include mosques, bazaars,…

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31st May 2020

Work on flight data of crashed Pakistani airliner to start June 2 in France

Work on the flight data and cockpit voice recorders of a crashed Pakistani airliner will begin in France on June 2, investigators said. "The mission on site (of the crash) is…

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24th May 2020

Pakistan airliner flight data recorder retrieved

The flight data recorder from the Pakistani airliner that crashed into a residential neighbourhood of Karachi has been found, an official said on Saturday, as the death toll rose to…

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23rd May 2020

At least two passengers survive Pakistan air crash

One of the survivors of Friday's plane crash in the Pakistani city of Karachi has described his ordeal, saying all he could see "was fire". Passenger Muhammad Zubair was one…

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22nd May 2020

UPDATED: Pakistan says passenger jet with 107 persons on board crashed on residential area

An passenger jet, which tracking website flightradar24.com identified as a 15-year-old Airbus A320, operated by Pakistan International Airlines crashed with 107 people on board, the country’s Civil Aviation Authority said.…

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19th May 2020

Six soldiers killed in roadside bomb attack in Pakistan

Six paramilitary soldiers were killed and four wounded in Pakistan's southwestern province of Balochistan in a roadside bomb attack on their vehicle, according to officials from the region. The incident…

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8th May 2020

Pakistan coronavirus cases surge past 25,000

  Coronavirus cases in Pakistan surged past 25,000 on Friday, just hours before the government was due to lift lockdown measures, with the country reporting some of the biggest daily…

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26th April 2020

Ramadan in Covid-19 times

A Pakistani Muslim man reads verses from the holy Koran at the madrassa Jamia Uloom-e-Islamia during the Muslim holy month of Ramadan amid lockdown of the Sindh province due to…

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22nd April 2020

Photo Story: Ramadan preparations amid coronavirus lockdown in Pakistan

Vendors sell watermelon at a fruit and vegetable market, ahead of the Muslims holy fasting month of Ramadan, during a lock down of the Sindh province, due to the coronavirus…

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22nd April 2020

India’s and Pakistan’s leadership in coronavirus scare

About 500 people entered self-isolation in staff quarters of India’s presidential palace, and Pakistan’s prime minister was due to be tested, as the coronavirus spreading through South Asia hit the…

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10th April 2020

Indian and Pakistani troops in Kashmir engaged in cross-border fighting

  Indian and Pakistani troops in disputed Kashmir are engaged in their most frequent cross-border fighting of at least two years, official data shows, even as both nuclear-armed rivals battle…

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16th March 2020

Pakistan shuts border with Iran, Afghanistan over coronavirus

Pakistan closed its borders with Iran and Afghanistan on Monday for two weeks amid the novel coronavirus outbreak. All education institutions across the country also shut down from today following…

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1st February 2020

Pakistan declares national emergency over locust swarms

  Pakistan's government declared a national emergency on Saturday in response to swarms of desert locusts in the eastern part of the country. Prime Minister Imran Khan made the emergency…

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17th January 2020

Photo Story: Victims increase as severe weather continues to grip Pakistan

An aerial view of snow-covered areas in Baluchistan province, Pakistan, 16 January 2020. At least 89 people were killed in weather related incidents in Pakistani administered Kashmir and Baluchistan province…

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16th January 2020

Girl buried under Pakistan avalanche for 18 hours is found alive

A 12-year-old girl was found alive on Tuesday after being buried for 18 hours when an avalanche in Pakistan-controlled Kashmir engulfed the family house, her mother said. Samina Bibi recalled…

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15th January 2020

Extreme cold weather kills 70 more people in Pakistan, Afghanistan

Severe winter weather has claimed more lives as avalanches triggered by heavy snowfall killed 55 people in Pakistan-administered Kashmir while 15 died in neighboring Afghanistan, officials said. The latest deaths…

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11th January 2020

ISIS claim responsibility for Pakistan Mosque bombing that killed 15 and wounded 20

The death toll from a suicide bombing at of the Quetta mosque, in the southwestern Pakistan, rose to 15. The explosion happened during the Friday evening prayers.  20 other persons…

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12th December 2019

Patients die as lawyers ransack Pakistani hospital

Three patients died when hundreds of lawyers attacked a hospital in Lahore during a furious dispute with doctors. Video showed the lawyers ransacking wards at the cardiac hospital, beating up…

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14th November 2019

Photo story: Pakistani authorities burn smuggled narcotics in Peshawar

Pakistani Anti-Narcotics Force (ANF) soldiers walk next to a pile of confiscated drugs which was set on fire during a drug burning ceremony, in Peshawar, Pakistan, 14 November 2019. Pakistani…

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9th November 2019

Photo Story: Prophet Muhammad birthday celebrations in Pakistan

A view of illuminated mosque ahead of Eid-Milad-ul-Nabi, the birthday of Prophet Mohammad, in Karachi, Pakistan, 08 November 2019 (issued 09 November). Eid-Milad-ul-Nabi is celebrated by Muslims all over the…

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31st October 2019

Pakistani protesters descend on capital to demand PM quits

Thousands of anti-government demonstrators were due in the Pakistani capital on Thursday to demand that the government step down, piling more pressure on Prime Minister Imran Khan as he strives…

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31st October 2019

Pakistan train fire kills at least 70 after gas canister explodes

At least 70 people have died in a fire on a train in Pakistan after a gas canister being used to cook food exploded. The fire destroyed three of the…

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20th October 2019

Indian soldiers, Pakistani civilians among dead in Kashmir clash

India said on Sunday two soldiers and a civilian were killed in cross-border shelling with Pakistan in the disputed Kashmir region, while Islamabad said six died on its side, making…

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20th October 2019

Duchess of Cambridge returns to children’s orphanage in Pakistan after flight was grounded in storm

The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge returned to a children's orphanage during their royal tour to Pakistan at her request after their flight was grounded by a storm. The royal…

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17th October 2019

Photo Story: Duke and Duchess of Cambridge on Royal Tour of Pakistan

Britain's Prince William, Duke of Cambridge (L) and Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge visit Badshahi Mosque in Lahore, Pakistan, 17 October 2019. The royal couple is on an official five-day visit…

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16th October 2019

Duke and Duchess of Cambridge visit the North of Pakistan

Britain's Prince William (R), Duke of Cambridge and Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge visit the Chiatibo glacier in the Hindu Kush mountain range in the Chitral District of Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa Province, Pakistan,…

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14th October 2019

First British royal visit to Pakistan in over a decade

Prince William and his wife Kate, the Duchess of Cambridge, are to arrive in Pakistan's capital Islamabad on Monday for the first royal trip to the country in more than…

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28th September 2019

Pakistan’s Khan warns of all-out conflict amid rising tensions over Kashmir

In a fiery address on Friday to the UN General Assembly, Pakistan’s Prime Minister, Imran Khan, warned of an all-out conflict with neighbouring India, saying that there will be a…

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25th September 2019

Death toll mounts in Pakistan earthquake

At least 24 people were killed and 450 injured in an earthquake that hit Pakistani Kashmir, local officials said on Wednesday, but they added that rescue work was in full…

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25th September 2019

Search and rescue underway after powerful Pakistan earthquake

Pakistan's military said "aviation and medical support" teams had been dispatched to the area hit by Tuesday's powerful earthquake. Tremors were felt as far away as the capitals of Pakistan…

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14th August 2019

Photo Story:  Independence Day in Pakistan

Pakistani boy wave Pakistan's national flag as the nation celebrate Independence Day and to express solidarity with the people of Kashmir, in Karachi, Pakistan, 14 August 2019. Pakistan celebrates its…

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8th August 2019

Train linking Pakistan and India suspended as tension escalates

Tension shows no sign of abating between Pakistan and India because of recent developments in Kashmir, as Pakistan's railways minister announced the suspension of the railway link between the two…

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7th August 2019

Pakistan to close its airspace for Indian flights as Kashmir tension escalates

Pakistan plans to close its airspace to Indian flights as part of retaliatory measures over New Delhi’s move to strip its portion of Kashmir of autonomy, local media reports say.…

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31st July 2019

Photo Story: Monsoon rains in Pakistan

People make their way through a flooded road during heavy monsoon rains in Karachi, Pakistan. At least eight people, including an 11-year-old girl, lost their lives due to electrocution as…

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30th July 2019

17 persons die as Pakistani military aircraft crashes while on training flight

A Pakistani military aircraft on a training flight crashed in a built-up residential area in the garrison city of Rawalpindi early on Tuesday, killing all five crew members and 12…

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3rd June 2019

Photo Story: British Airways resumes flights to Pakistan

An armed Pakistani security official stands guard as passengers from a British Airways flight arrive at Islamabad Airport in Islamabad, Pakistan, 03 June 2019. British Airways on 03 June, resumed…

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11th May 2019

Gunmen attack hotel in Pakistan

At least three gunmen attack a five-star hotel in Gwadar in Pakistan's Balochistan province, officials say. Local media said all guests had been evacuated and security forces were at the…

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8th May 2019

Asia Bibi arrives in Canada

Asia Bibi, a Pakistani Christian woman who spent years on death row after being convicted of blasphemy, has left the country, officials have confirmed. Some reports indicate that she has…

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18th April 2019

14 bus passengers shot dead in Pakistan

Gunmen ambushed a bus and killed 14 passengers after going through their ID cards and forcing them out on a highway in the restive Baluchistan province in southwestern Pakistan. The…

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16th June 2018

Taliban Leader and Pakistan’s most wanted militant blamed for Malala shooting in 2012, killed in US Airstrike

Euronews: PESHAWAR, Pakistan — The leader of the Pakistani Taliban was killed by a U.S. drone strike, an Afghan official said Friday. Mullah Fazlullah Khorasani was Pakistan's most-wanted militant and…

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8th May 2018

Suspect shooter of Pakistan’s Ahsan Iqbal linked to far-right

A suspect arrested for an assassination attempt on Pakistan's interior minister says he is a member of a far-right religious organisation that has previously accused members of the government of…

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7th May 2018

Pakistan Interior Minister Ahsan Iqbal shot at election rally in Islamabad

Pakistani Interior Minister Ahsan Iqbal has been wounded in his shoulder, after unidentified gunman fired shots at an election rally in central Punjab province, according to officials. Iqbal, 59, was…

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29th March 2018

Malala Yousafzai returns to Pakistan for first time since shooting – AFP/BBC

Nobel Peace Prize winner Malala Yousafzai has returned to Pakistan for the first time since being shot by Taliban militants. Ms Yousafzai, now aged 20 and a vocal human rights…

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