カテゴリー: Pakistan
Source claims government plans secret vaccinations after 12 children fall prey to diseaseOfficials in Pakistan have been accused of covering up an outbreak of the most dangerous strain of polio and planning a covert vaccination programme to contain the…
Journalists face blanked-out articles, pulled funding and channel shutdown if they dare to criticise the state For almost five years, Talat Hussain, a well-known Pakistani journalist, hosted a popular current affairs talk show on Geo TV, openly discuss…
A gas canister being used by passengers to cook breakfast exploded on a train between Karachi and Rawalpindi, officials have said. The resulting fire destroyed three carriages in the south of Punjab province. Most people died while trying to jump off t…
Most passengers died trying to jump off moving train to escape blaze in Punjab, say officialsAt least 70 people have died and dozens have been injured after a fire broke out on a passenger train in Pakistan.Footage showed three of the carriages engulfe…
On Karachi’s streets, a team is leading the way where police have failed in investigating disappearancesZigzagging through Karachi’s main road, Layla Gulnaz*, 46, is on a mission. Beneath a sweltering sun, she goes from one car to the next, peering int…
Fifty years of documenting Sindh’s visual history has culminated in a new project for Nasreen and Hasan AskariNasreen Askari had no interest in fashion when she was growing up. “I was deeply ugly, slightly sporty and slightly nerdy. That summed me up,”…
Soldiers and civilians killed on both sides as India and Pakistan blame each otherIndia and Pakistan have blamed one another for cross-border shelling in the disputed Kashmir region that has killed and injured soldiers and civilians on both sides and m…
Imran Khan will use UN address to highlight alleged atrocities carried out by Indian armyPakistan’s prime minister, Imran Khan, is to follow a speech by his Indian counterpart, Narendra Modi, at the United Nations general assembly by accusing him of be…
Death of son of the al-Qaida leader Osama bin Laden, mastermind of the 9/11 attacks, was reported but not confirmed in JulyDonald Trump confirmed on Saturday that the US has killed Hamza bin Laden, a son of the former al-Qaida leader Osama bin Laden. R…
Farmland was swapped for concrete houses, a private school has thrived – but the village still doesn’t even have a nameI went to a school in Pakistan’s Punjab province called government primary school, Chak 2/4-L. Chak means village; 2/4-L is the name …
Civilians in the Srinagar suburb of Anchar say they are engaged in a fight for existencePrayers had barely finished when the teargas was fired and a trail of smoke arched in the sky. Security forces had launched another assault on Anchar, the only majo…
Deaths over past 30 days follow Indian government’s decision to strip region of autonomyFive civilians have died in Indian Kashmir, including an 18-year-old man, officials confirmed, one month after Delhi’s decision to revoke the region’s special statu…
Retailer’s target is part of aim to use 100% sustainable cotton in all product categoriesPrimark has announced plans to improve its sustainability credentials by training 160,000 cotton farmers in India, Pakistan and China in environmentally friendly f…
Vivek Oberoi movie will tell ‘true story’ of reprisals after February attack in which 40 Indian troops were killedBollywood is to make a movie based on the “true story” of Indian air strikes on Pakistan this year, its producer said, the latest patrioti…
Punjab joins regions where polythene bags are illegal and stiff fines take effect in Islamabad amid demands for alternativesPunjab has become the latest region in Pakistan to ban plastic bags, as the country battles to reduce single-use plastics that a…