カテゴリー: Pakistan
Protesters demand wages at factory supplying global fashion brands, as coronavirus leads to layoffs in textile industryCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coveragePolice in Karachi last week allegedly shot at hundreds of unarmed garment…
Farmers faced with worst plague in recent history say they have been left to fend for themselvesMir Gul Muhammad, a farmer in Balochistan province, was blunt. “The worst that we have ever seen, ever, in our whole life,” he said of the swarms of locusts…
Despite lockdowns and curfews, streets in Jordan and Iran are busy for the end of RamadanCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageOutside bakeries in downtown Amman, queues stretched along the street and down the block. Nut retailers…
Muhammad Zubair, one of two people who survived a plane crash in Pakistan, has described his escape from the burning aircraft after a second failed attempt to land in Karachi on the eve of the Muslim festival of Eid. The Pakistan International Airlines…
One of two survivors recalls how Airbus crashed during second attempt to land at Karachi airport, killing at least 97 peopleOne of the two survivors of the Pakistan plane crash has described his escape from the burning plane after it came down during a…
There are fears of mass casualties after a passenger aircraft carrying more than 100 people crashed into a residential area in the Pakistani city of Karachi.The Pakistan International Airlines jet, carrying 99 passengers and eight crew members, was on …
Jet carrying 91 passengers and seven crew members comes down in residential areaThere are fears of mass casualties after a passenger aircraft carrying 98 people crashed into a residential area in the Pakistani city of Karachi.The Pakistan International…
Kaavan, a 33-year-old elephant living a sorry existence in Islamabad zoo, to be released after campaign by pop iconThe plight of an animal known as Pakistan’s loneliest elephant is set to come to an end after a court declared he should be freed from Is…
Father of one victim and brother of the other arrested in connection with the murdersTwo female teenagers in Pakistan have been murdered by family members after a video emerged online of them associating with a man.The pair, said to be aged 16 and 18, …
Sajid Hussain’s body was found in a river abroad after his work earned him death threats at homeIt was late at night on 30 April and Wajid Hussain was still in his office when the phone rang. A voice on the other end, 5,000 miles away from him in Pakis…
Lack of equipment, dysfunctional government and conflicting messages are impeding country’s efforts against virusCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageDoctors in Pakistan have warned of “deplorable” conditions on the frontlines of…
British-born Ahmed Omar Saeed Sheikh could be released from prison within daysA Pakistani court has commuted the death sentence of a British-born man convicted of the 2002 kidnapping and murder of the Wall Street Journal reporter Daniel Pearl, and acqu…
Anger after UK lays on rescue flights for Britons in China and Peru, but not Pakistan Coronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageThe government has been accused of abandoning hundreds of Britons stranded in Pakistan while sending rescu…
Hundreds of citizens are stuck in countries including Nepal and Pakistan, lacking consular support Coronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverage A cross-party group of more than 60 MPs has urged the government to arrange charter flights …
Rani Bibi was 14 when she was convicted but received no compensation for the miscarriages of justice that led to her spending two decades in prisonA child bride who spent 19 years in prison for a murder she did not commit is to sue the Pakistan authori…