カテゴリー: Pakistan
Data shows increased danger for those on the frontline in the pandemic, with misinformation, scarce vaccines and fragile health systems blamed‘They stormed the ICU and beat the doctor’: health workers under attackHundreds of healthcare workers treating…
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I’ve been taken off air and others have been beaten up. Why is the prime minister not standing with us?Once upon a time, Imran Khan and I used to fight for press freedom together in Pakistan. In November 2007, when then military ruler General Pervez Mu…
Activists were shot and beaten at demonstration to stop property giant Bahria Town building on indigenous land they say was taken with forceMuhammad Anwar was not aware of any danger when he took the day off work to join his friends at a demonstration …
Data reveals Nepal, Iran and South Africa among 19 countries most at risk of running out as surging Covid cases push supplies to limitCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageDozens of countries are facing severe oxygen shortages bec…
Refugee organisation says 30m new displacements last year were due to floods, storms or wildfiresIntense storms and flooding triggered three times more displacements than violent conflicts did last year, as the number of people internally displaced wor…
When Covid shut schools, fees still had to be paid even if rural pupils could not access online lessons Iqbal Khan works as a chauffeur in Lahore. His children are in his home village in a rural area north of Peshawar. Both of these very different area…
Mayra Zulfiquar, 24, from London, found dead in rented flat in LahorePakistan police are searching Lahore for two men suspected of killing a law graduate from London, amid claims that both men had pressured her to marry them.Mayra Zulfiquar, 24, now kn…
Nepal has been hardest hit to date, while concerns are growing in Pakistan and BangladeshCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageIn April, along with millions of other people, Nepal’s former king Gyanendra Shah, 73, and his 70-year-…
The mobile library services are an education lifeline for students in Balochistan, where schools have closed during the pandemic Sharatoon had wanted to continue her studies, but she had to leave school and her beloved books when she got married aged 1…
With travel from India, Pakistan and Bangladesh banned, some UK families are stuck abroad, while others cannot visit frail relatives Coronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageFor the past 17 months, Saurav Dutt has had to watch from a…
Beijing backs government ‘anti-terror’ efforts as Pakistani Taliban claim responsibility for car bomb A Chinese foreign ministry spokesperson has condemned Wednesday’s powerful car bomb explosion at a hotel where the Chinese ambassador is understood to…
Following the UK government’s announcement that India will be added to the red list as of 4am on Friday, we’d like to speak to Britons who will be affected Following the UK government’s announcement that India will be added to the red list as of 4am on…
Pakistani government bans religious leader as row over satirical cartoons simmersFrench nationals and companies in Pakistan have been advised by their embassy to leave temporarily after violent anti-France protests brought large parts of the country to…
Human rights campaigners accuse Imran Khan of ‘baffling ignorance’ amid rise in rape casesPakistan rights campaigners have accused the prime minister, Imran Khan, of “baffling ignorance” after the former cricketer blamed how women dress for a rise in r…