Tag: Pakistan

Since 1960, a treaty brokered by the World Bank has prevented a water war between pugnacious neighbors India and Pakistan—even as the two countries have gone to war three times ...

US military equipment left behind during the chaotic withdrawal from Afghanistan has made its way into the hands of Pakistani militants, the country’s prime minister claimed Monday.  The high-tech gear, ...

An adult lion escaped from a private vehicle amidst heavy traffic in the southern Pakistani city of Karachi on Tuesday, causing panic for two hours before it was recaptured, police ...

Pakistan is living under the pall of authoritarianism as the rowdy circus of political survival pushes the urgent need for reform and accountability into the shadows. Rights activists say successive ...

Hair-raising drone video shows six children and two adults dangling hundreds of feet in the air inside a cable car in Pakistan — before they were finally rescued in a ...

Anwaar-ul-Haq Kakar, from Balochistan Province, was named by opposition leader Raja Riaz Ahmad following a meeting with outgoing premier Shehbaz Sharif. “We first agreed that whoever should be prime minister, ...

A statement from President Arif Alvi’s office said he acted on the advice of the country’s Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif in disbanding the lawmakers as the assembly’s five-year term is ...

Last Saturday, former Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan joined a long list of elected leaders in the country to be jailed on corruption charges after removal from office. Khan’s conviction ...

The order by the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP), seen by Reuters and confirmed by a senior officer, said Khan was disqualified in line with his conviction. “Imran Ahmad Khan ...

At least 25 people were killed and another 80 were injured Sunday when a passenger train derailed near the town of Nawabshah in southern Pakistan, officials said. In a statement, ...