Pakistan
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…
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…
U.S. bans Pakistan International Airlines flights over pilot concerns
The U.S. Department of Transportation said it has revoked permission for Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) to conduct charter flights to the United…
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…
Vietnam grounds Pakistani pilots over licence concerns
Vietnam's aviation authority said on Monday it had grounded all Pakistani pilots working for local airlines, amid concern from global regulators that…
UAE suspends incoming passengers from Pakistan over COVID fears
The United Arab Emirates will not receive passengers coming from Pakistan as of June 29 until a special COVID-19 lab is set…
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,…
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.…
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,…
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,…
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…
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,…