Pakistan

Pakistan

At least 16 dead and dozens trapped in Pakistan factory collapse

At least 16 people were killed on Wednesday and up to 150 trapped under the rubble when a factory collapsed in an industrial area of Lahore in

04/11/2015

My Europe Series

UN recognition for Afghan refugee who spends her life educating girls in Pakistan

Afghan refugee Aqeela Asifi has dedicated her life to bringing education to refugee girls in Pakistan. Now her efforts have been recognised by the

05/10/2015

Pakistan

Gunmen attack Pakistani Air Force base in Peshawar

Gunmen have attacked a Pakistani Air Force base in Peshawar, according to the country’s military. It is reported that between seven and 10 militants

18/09/2015

Sport

Dirt pitches and abandoned academies - FIFA's Pakistan project scores own goal

A dirt pitch on a windswept plot by the Arabian Sea near Karachi, Pakistan. It’s not quite up to FIFA standards and yet this centre is among the

08/09/2015

Pakistan

Malala Yousazai aces GCSEs

Malala Yousafzai has achieved six A*s and 4 As in her GCSEs, The 18 year old education activist, who was shot in the head by the Taliban in her

22/08/2015

Pakistan

Pakistan: bomb kills Punjab Home Minister

Rescuers in Northern Pakistan have dug desperately through the remains of a minister’s house flattened by a suicide bomb attack. At least nine people

16/08/2015

Pakistan

Twelve arrested in Pakistan child sex abuse scandal

Police in eastern Pakistan have arrested at least 12 men suspected of sexually abusing hundreds of children and blackmailing their families. The case

11/08/2015

Pakistan

Pakistan hangs 'teen' convict despite protests from rights groups

Convicted killer Shafqat Hussain was hanged by Pakistan on Tuesday despite claims that he was under 18 when arrested and was tortured into confessing

04/08/2015

Pakistan

Malik Ishaq: Pakistan Sunni militant chief dies in shootout

Police in Pakistan say the leader of the banned Sunni militant group Lashkar-e-Jhangvi has been shot dead. Malik Ishaq was arrested last week in

29/07/2015

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Happy birthday Malala

13/07/2015

Culture news

The pen is mightier than the sword as art battles extremism in Pakistan

Gauher Aftab is a Pakistani comic artist and his latest three-part work ‘The Guardian’ deals with one of the major issues of our time, extremism. The

09/07/2015

Pakistan

First official attempt at peace talks to end conflict in Afghanistan

The first official peace talks have been held between the Taliban and the government.

08/07/2015

Pakistan

Pakistan heatwave death toll climbs above 1,000

The heatwave which has struck southern Pakistan has now claimed more than 1,000 lives – most of them believed to be among the poor, as well as the

25/06/2015

Pakistan

Pakistan heatwave claims more victims with hospitals struggling to cope

Mortuaries are said to be reaching their capacity in Pakistan’s southern Sindh province with over 800 people having died in the last three days from

25/06/2015

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Devastating heatwave hits Pakistan

24/06/2015

Pakistan

Pakistan's poor perish as heatwave sears Karachi

As southern Pakistan sears in temperatures hitting 45 degrees celcius health officials say more than 700 people have died over the past three days

24/06/2015

Pakistan

Hundreds die in Pakistan heatwave

More than 400 people have died so far in a heatwave in Southern Pakistan. Temperatures have soared above 45 degrees Celsius or 113 Fahrenheit. Power

23/06/2015

Pakistan

Anger at Karachi power cuts as hundreds die in Pakistan heatwave

Morgues have been filling up and hospitals struggling to cope in southern Pakistan which has been struck by an intense heatwave. The authorities said

23/06/2015

Pakistan

Pakistan heatwave claims more victims

Dozens of people have died in the Pakistani city of Karachi over the weekend due to heatstroke. Over 700 others had to be admitted to hospital for

22/06/2015

Pakistan

Save the Children Fund expelled from Pakistan

The doors to the Save the Children Fund offices have been locked in Pakistan and the charity’s work stopped. Police took the action in Islamabad

12/06/2015

Pakistan

Malala Yousafzai suspects acquitted not convicted as first reported

It has emerged that eight out of ten men reportedly jailed over the shooting of Pakistani schoolgirl Malala Yousafzai were actually acquitted. In

05/06/2015

Pakistan

Pakistan: 19 killed in Balochistan bus attacks

Unidentified gunmen have killed at least 19 passengers they forced off two buses in southwest Pakistan. It happened in the restive province of

30/05/2015

Pakistan

Pakistan mourns as funerals are held for Karachi bus victims

Pakistan has been observing a day of mourning as a mass funeral was held for dozens of people killed in a terror attack on a bus in Karachi. Hundreds

14/05/2015

Pakistan

Pakistan's PM condemns deadly bus attack in Karachi

Pakistan’s government is vowing to track down those involved in a deadly bus attack in Karachi, which has left at least 43 people dead. Militant

13/05/2015

Pakistan

Gunmen in Pakistan kill 43 in bus attack

At least 43 people have been killed and another 20 injured when gunmen opened fire on a bus carrying Ismaili Shi’ite Muslims in Pakistan’s southern

13/05/2015

Pakistan

Motorcycle gunmen kill 41 in Karachi bus attack

13/05/2015