Pakistani leader calls for global unity to fight diseases and emergencies caused by climate change
Pakistanโs prime minister has called for unified efforts to tackle global infectious diseases like COVID-19 and emergencies caused by climate change, nearly 1 1/2-year after devastating floods killed 1,700 people in his nation.
Pakistani Taliban claims responsibility for bomb that killed 6 police guarding anti-polio campaign
A roadside bomb has exploded near a van carrying police assigned to protect workers in an anti-polio immunization campaign in restive northwestern Pakistan, killing at least six officers and wounding 10 others.
Former US officials ask Pakistan not to deport Afghans seeking relocation to the United States
A group of former U.S. diplomats and representatives of resettlement organizations has asked Pakistan not to deport thousands of Afghans who have been waiting for U.S. visas under an American program that relocates at-risk Afghan refugees fleeing Taliban rule.
Amnesty International asks Pakistan to keep hosting Afghans as their expulsion may put them at risk
Amnesty International is urging Pakistan to maintain its support for Afghan refugees by enabling them to live with dignity and be free from the fear of deportation to Afghanistan where they face persecution by the Taliban.
Pakistani children rescued from a broken cable car say they repeatedly feared they would die
Schoolchildren who were rescued from a broken cable car dangling high above a valley in Pakistan say they repeatedly feared they were about to die during the 16-hour ordeal despite attempts by their parents to reassure them over cellphones.
11 dead after a wall collapses near an under-construction bridge in Pakistan during monsoon rains
Police and rescue officials say 11 workers were killed after a portion of the outer wall of a sprawling building collapsed near an under-construction bridge on the outskirts of Pakistanโs capital Islamabad.
Muslims across Pakistan hold anti-Sweden protests to denounce burning of Islam's holy book
Thousands of Muslims in Pakistan have held protests to denounce last weekโs burning of the Islamic holy book in Stockholm following a call by Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif to โsend a strong message to Sweden.โ.
Warming causes more extreme rain, not snow, over mountains. Scientists say thatโs a problem
A new study says climate change is turning major snowfalls into more extreme rain over mountains, somehow worsening both dangerous flooding like the type that devastated Pakistan last year and long-term water shortages.
Pakistan army fires 3 officers for failing to stop Khan supporters from attacking installations
Pakistanโs military says it has fired three senior officers over their failure to prevent violent attacks on public property and military installations by supporters of the country's former prime minister.
Police officer opens fire at bus at girls' school in Pakistan, killing 1, injuring 5
Officials say a police officer tasked with protecting a private school for girls in northwestern Pakistan has opened fire at a school bus carrying teachers and students, killing an 8-year-old girl and injuring five others.
Sweden PM says 'foreign actors' exploiting protests
Swedish Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson has denounced activists who burned the Quran and hanged an effigy of Turkeyโs president in Stockholm as โuseful idiotsโ for foreign powers who want to inflict harm on the Scandinavian country as it seeks to join NATO.
New abnormal: Climate disaster damage 'down' to $268 billion
This past year has seen a horrific flood that submerged one-third of Pakistan, one of the three costliest U.S. hurricanes on record, devastating droughts in Europe and China, a drought-triggered famine in Africa and deadly heat waves all over.
Pakistan FM seeks compensation for damages caused by floods
Pakistanโs Foreign Minister Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari on Wednesday sought compensation for the unprecedented destruction that was caused in the country in summer when climate-induced flooding killed 1,739 people and affected 33 million and displacing hundreds of thousands.