Pakistan
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…
Pakistani Christian Asia Bibi asks France for political asylum
Asia Bibi, the Pakistani Christian woman who spent years on death row after a 2010 conviction of blasphemy, said that she was…
Resolution calls for public hanging for child molesters in Pakistan
Pakistan's parliament passed a resolution Friday calling for the public hanging of convicted child killers and rapists, drawing a quick backlash from…
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.…
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…
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…
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…
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…
Pakistan’s former military ruler Perves Musharraf sentenced to death on charges of high treason
A special court in Pakistan has sentenced former military ruler Pervez Musharraf to death on charges of high treason and subverting the…
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…
The British National Crime Agency secures largest settlement yet in fight against “dirty money”
The British National Crime Agency has secured the largest settlement of its kind under new powers granted two years ago to help…
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…