カテゴリー: Pakistan
Husband says foul play cannot be ruled out after body of 37-year-old dissident discovered in TorontoA dissident Pakistani human rights activist living in exile in Canada has been found dead in Toronto after going missing.Karima Baloch, 37, was granted …
Crowdfunder allows Kanwal Ahmed to keep sharing advice on sex, violence… and cookingA social media star has been dubbed Pakistan’s Kickstarter Oprah after her groundbreaking digital talk show in which women talk about taboo issues such as marital rape,…
Legislation will speed up rape trials, protect identity of victims and create a sex offender registerPakistan’s president has approved a tough new anti-rape law which includes the establishment of special courts to speed up rape trials and the chemical…
Home workers in Sindh province are celebrating new social security benefits, after being denied lockdown fundingShamim Bano has been an invisible worker for 40 years. Working 12-hour days from home as a “cropper” in the port city of Karachi, she cuts t…
US star joined campaign for Kaavan to be moved from Islamabad zoo accused of substandard careAn elephant described as the “world’s loneliest” has landed in Cambodia after a seven-hour flight from Pakistan, receiving a warm welcome from Cher, who will a…
Kaavan, an overweight 36-year-old elephant, to be rehomed after outcry at conditionsAfter years of public outcry and campaigning by the US singer and actor Cher, the “world’s loneliest elephant” embarked on Sunday on a mammoth move from Pakistan to ret…
Pop star meets politician before animal’s move from Islamabad’s dilapidated zoo to Cambodian sanctuaryThe US pop star Cher met Pakistan’s prime minister, Imran Khan, on Friday before the relocation of an elephant from Islamabad’s dilapidated zoo to a C…
A proposed island megacity off Karachi puts precious wetlands – and the millions of jobs that depend on them – at riskOn the island of Bundal, off Pakistan’s Arabian Sea coast, people gather in their thousands, as they have done for decades, to honour …
The region contains 16 of the world’s 20 most polluted cities. Historical data sheds light on why At this time of year, agricultural burning adds to the air pollution problems across northern India and Pakistan. The region contains 16 of the 20 most po…
The Pakistani city’s railway is a hit with passengers, but critics say worker deaths and huge debt are too high a price to payIn a global pandemic, people across the world have avoided public transport systems where they can. But this week the Pakistan…
As activists target female vaccinators, Pakistan remains one of only two countries worldwide not to have eradicated polioNasreen Bibi never saw the face of her killer. The 44-year-old had just finished work for the day, vaccinating children against pol…
India rejects move by Imran Khan as it also claims border area of Gilgit-Baltistan Pakistan and India have been drawn into a fresh dispute following an announcement by the Pakistani prime minister, Imran Khan, that he will provisionally declare the bor…
Demonstrations held in Pakistan, Lebanon, Palestinian territories and AfghanistanTens of thousands of Muslims in Pakistan, Lebanon, the Palestinian territories and elsewhere joined protests on Friday over the French president Emmanuel Macron’s vow to p…
Delhi seeking geographical indication status for its basmati rice, angering IslamabadA new ingredient has been added to the boiling pot that is the relationship between India and Pakistan: basmati rice. Pakistan’s government has vowed to “vehemently” o…