投稿者: Shah Meer Baloch in Islamabad
More than 33 million people have been displaced as destructive monsoon rains continue to wreak havocFlash floods triggered by destructive monsoon rains across much of Pakistan have killed more than 1,000 people and injured and displaced thousands more …
Tasneem was allegedly killed in front of her father after being taken to northern Pakistan from Perth with her three childrenAn Australian woman has allegedly been bludgeoned to death by her father-in-law with an axe in northern Pakistan after an argum…
The exile who once led a military dictatorship is in hospital and a spokesperson has said his wish to come home should be grantedThe possible return to Pakistan of its former president Pervez Musharraf for the first time since he left the country in 20…
New PM mounts ‘attack on constitution’ by putting spy agency in charge of vetting bureaucratsPakistani politicians and activists have raised fears about the military increasing its control over the country’s public life after the new prime minister, Sh…
Pakistan’s first female suicide bombing marks shift in nature of Baloch militancyOn 26 April, Pakistan’s first female suicide bomber killed three Chinese teachers and the driver of the minibus they were travelling in as she blew herself up in front of …
Song has more than 111m views on YouTube and has been heralded for transcending boundariesFrom radio stations in Islamabad to the nightclubs of Delhi and house parties in Kathmandu, it is a song that in recent months has been impossible to avoid. As so…
Rally and vigil held in Islamabad to highlight discrimination and attacks on community, including murders of five trans women in MarchMano had gone to meet her boyfriend at a printing press in Peshawar’s Qissa Khwani bazaar to get back some money he ha…
Khan makes claims in live televised address as no-confidence vote debate begins in parliamentPakistan’s embattled prime minister, Imran Khan, has claimed that the US “threatened” him and is seeking his removal from office as he faces a no-confidence vo…
Imran Khan cajoles and threatens his own and opposition lawmakers on eve of voteWith a vote of no-confidence looming over his government, Pakistan’s prime minister, Imran Khan, warned those planning to vote against him that they risk social disgrace, a…
Imran Khan seeks to bolster domestic support amid threat from opposition coalition and cooling relations with militaryAddressing the crowds at a public rally in Punjab last week, Pakistan’s prime minister was on the attack. Western leaders, Imran Khan …
Former chief justice allegedly heard on tape admitting pressure was brought to bear in case against ex-PMThe independence of Pakistan’s judiciary has been called into question after the emergence of an audio recording in which a former chief justice is…
Economic meltdown heaps pressure on Pakistani PM, with record inflation bringing threat of unrestOn Friday night, 27-year-old Asadullah, who sold old shoes on a cart, set himself on fire in the Pakistani city of Karachi.Ghani, a relative, blamed the st…
Demonstrations shut down Gwadar, where Chinese are blamed for lack of water and electricity and threat to local fishingProtests have erupted in Pakistan’s port city Gwadar against a severe shortage of water and electricity and threats to livelihoods bl…
Ban on violence against children will only apply in Islamabad, but campaigners hope rest of the country will follow suitPakistan has passed a bill banning corporal punishment for children in a move described as “historic” by rights activists.It comes a…
Shagufta Kausar and Shafqat Emmanuel have been on death row since 2014 over ‘blasphemous texts’ they deny sendingA court in Pakistan has indefinitely delayed an appeal hearing for a Christian couple who have been on death row since 2014 after being con…