Pakistan

Almost 12,000 applications from Pakistan in 2020 – sixth highest in EU

Pakistan was the sixth most important country of origin for asylum applicants in the EU in 2020, with almost 12,000 asylum applications from January to September. However, compared to the…

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School explosion rocks Pakistani city of Peshawar

An explosion at a religious school in the northwestern Pakistani city of Peshawar has killed at least seven people and wounded 70 others, many of them children, police officials say.…

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Pakistani renowned scholar killed in Karachi

The targeted killing of noted religious scholar and administrator of Jamia Farooqia, Karachi, Maulana Dr Adil Khan, along with his driver has sent shockwaves across the city as the authorities…

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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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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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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 States, citing Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) concerns over…

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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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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 some pilots may have been using "dubious" licences.…

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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 up to test them, the civil aviation authority…

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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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Locusts continue to ravage East Africa

East Africa is still battling its worst locust invasion as the COVID-19 crisis continues to spread. This would be an additional blow to food security in East African countries, which…

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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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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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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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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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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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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 seeking political asylum from the French government. “My…

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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 human rights organisations. The non-binding resolution follows a…

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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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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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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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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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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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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 constitution, Al Jazeera reports. "Pervez Musharraf has been found guilty…

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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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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 it fight “dirty money” after the family…

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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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At least 20 dead and 300 injured after a 5.8 magnitude earthquake in Pakistan-administered Kashmir

At least 20 people have been killed and more than 300 injured after a magnitude 5.8 earthquake rattled Pakistan-administered Kashmir and areas in Punjab province. Tuesday's quake hit 22 kilometres (14…

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UN Security Council refrains from calling emergency session on Kashmir

Members of the United Nations Security Council on Friday refrained from calling for an emergency session on the disputed Kashmir region. Instead, they urged India and Pakistan to resolve the matter bilaterally.…

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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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Understanding the implications of Modi’s move on Kashmir

When New Delhi announced this week that it would revoke Article 370, the constitutional provision that gave some autonomous powers to India-administered Kashmir, the declaration was unilateral. There were there…

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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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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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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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