Flash Floods ‘kill 11 In Pakistan’
At least 11 people were killed and scores more people were injured in flash floods triggered by heavy rains in Pakistan's southwestern province of Balochistan, officials said Sunday. "Heavy rainfall...
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Polio Worker ‘shot Dead In NW Pakistan’
A health worker who had been immunising children against polio was shot dead in Pakistan's northwestern province Saturday, the provincial health department said. He was shot by two motorbike riders...
10,000 Rice Farmers Receive Sponsorship
Dalex Finance and Leasing Company Ltd. (DALEX) has announced that it will, in partnership with Shinkaafa Buni Rice Farmers Association (SHINKAAFA BUNI), to grant credit to over 10,000 rice farmers in...
Pakistan Says Climbers Missing On ‘Killer Mountain’ Presumed Dead
Two climbers missing on a treacherous peak in northern Pakistan known as "Killer Mountain" are now presumed dead and the rescue operation has been called off, officials said Saturday. The two...
England Recall Ballance For First Test Against South Africa
Batsman Gary Ballance has been give a chance to revive his England Test career after being named in the squad for next Thursday's first Test against South Africa. The Zimbabwe-born 27-year-old has...
Pakistani Journalist Held Over Facebook Posts Criticising Army
A Pakistani reporter has been detained and charged under cybercrime laws for criticising security forces on social media, officials and his family said Friday, the latest sign of a state crackdown on...
Death Toll In Pakistan Oil Tanker Fire Rises To 190
The death toll from an oil tanker explosion in central Pakistan has risen to 190, hospital and government officials said Friday as 16 more people succumbed to their injuries. The tanker overturned...
Pakistan Beefs Up Security In Tribal Northwest
Pakistan is beefing up security in the tribal northwest, the military said Friday, after days of protests over twin blasts which killed 69 people in the town which has suffered most from militancy...
Bad Weather Hampers Search For Two Climbers Missing On Pakistan…
The chances of survival for two climbers missing on a treacherous peak in northern Pakistan known as "Killer Mountain" have faded as bad weather hampers search and rescue efforts, police said Friday....
Pakistani Journalist Held Over Facebook Posts Criticising Security…
A Pakistani reporter has been detained and charged under cybercrime laws for criticising security forces on social media, officials and his family said Friday, the latest sign of a state crackdown on...
Death Toll In Pakistan Oil Tanker Inferno Rises To 174
The death toll from an oil tanker explosion in central Pakistan has risen to 174, officials said Thursday, including the driver who warned people scooping up spilled fuel to stay away but was...
Ten Killed In Pakistan Chairlift Accident
Ten people were killed and two others injured when a chairlift cable broke, sending riders plunging into a ravine in a mountain hamlet near capital Islamabad Thursday, officials said. The accident...
Asians Stuck In Saudi After Qatari Bosses Ordered Out
Asian migrants working as domestic staff and farmers are stranded in Saudi Arabia -- potentially illegally -- after their Qatari bosses were ordered out of the kingdom, a rights group said Wednesday....
Pakistan Slams US Sanctions On Kashmiri Militant
Pakistan Tuesday strongly criticised the US decision to impose sanctions on Syed Salahuddin, senior leader of the Kashmiri militant group Hizb-ul-Mujahideen. "The designation of individuals...
Two Alpinists Go Missing On Pakistan’s ‘Killer Mountain’
Two alpinists, a Spaniard and an Argentinian, have gone missing while attempting to summit a peak in northern Pakistan nicknamed "Killer Mountain", mountaineering experts said Tuesday. "Alberto...
Wealth, Poverty Propping Up Pakistan’s Illegal Kidney Trade
When Pakistani authorities burst into a makeshift hospital in Lahore this year, doctors were caught mid-way through two illegal kidney transplants, the local donors and Omani clients still...
Bromance As Trump and Modi Hail Friendship At First Talks
US President Donald Trump and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi embraced each other as friends and partners Monday, pledging their quest for economic growth would strengthen rather than undermine...
Talks Between Modi and Trump Get Off To A Positive Start
President Donald Trump congratulated Prime Minister Narendra Modi for leading India towards economic prosperity, as the pair met for bilateral talks on Monday. The US premier welcomed the Indian PM...
US Sanctions Kashmir Militant Leader
The US State Department imposed sanctions Monday on Syed Salahuddin, the senior leader of the Kashmiri militant group Hizb-ul-Mujahideen. The move means the United States now considers Salahuddin,...
Trump Hosts ‘true Friend’ Modi For First One-On-One
US President Donald Trump hosts Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday for a first face-to-face meeting, seeking to forge a chemistry that can add new fizz to a flourishing relationship...