Pakistan

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Pakistan victims walk for hours due to dilapidated infrastructure

Due to the heavy damage to the infrastructure of the flood in Pakistan, those in need walk for hours to reach the aid.

31/08/2022

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Humanitarian medical centre welcomes flood victims in Pakistan

A humanitarian medical centre is providing care for the growing number of victims of the floods that are affecting large parts of Pakistan

30/08/2022

Climate

Shocking photos show one third of Pakistan submerged by deadly floods

The "monster" monsoon has affected 1 in 7 people, and follows the previous “climate blow” of deadly heatwaves earlier this year.

30/08/2022

Pakistan

One-third of Pakistan underwater after 'apocalyptic' floods

"Right now, one-third of Pakistan is underwater and 33 million are affected. This is a huge humanitarian disaster and I would call it quite apocalyptic."

30/08/2022

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Displaced Pakistanis are distraught after the floods.

Exhausted villagers in southern Pakistan stand in front of their flooded homes as their possessions and livelihoods are washed away..

28/08/2022

Pakistan

Pakistan floods: A thousand dead, millions impacted by disaster

Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has called for international aid as the country struggles to cope.

28/08/2022

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Pakistan: Evacuated residents await help after deadly floods

Evacuees from Zajanpur and Sukkur, Pakistan, wait for help after deadly floods caused by record monsoon rains.

26/08/2022

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Heavy rains trigger flash floods in Sindh province

After soaking much of Pakistan's southwestern Baluchistan and eastern Punjab province, flash floods have now started to affect the southern Sindh province.

25/08/2022

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Pakistan: Flash floods leave Quetta residents homeless

Flash floods caused by an unusually heavy monsoon have killed nearly 800 people across Pakistan since mid-June.

22/08/2022

Pakistan

Pakistan's police file terrorism charges against ex-PM Imran Khan

Tensions are high with hundreds of Khan's supporters reportedly gathering outside his home, after he was charged following official accusations of "hate speech".

22/08/2022

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Karachi among the world's most unlivable cities

The pungent smell of rubbish wafts through Karachi's streets.

06/08/2022

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In Pakistan, cows hoisted from rooftop ahead of Eid al-Adha

Cows are lifted by a crane from the roof of a building in preparation for Eid al-Adha, or the "Feast of Sacrifice," in the city of Karachi, Pakistan

03/07/2022

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Traditional bullfighting in Pakistan

Traditional bullfighting was held in Rawalpindi, Pakistan with the participation of over 100 farmers.

07/06/2022

Earth News

Pakistan bridge is swept away in severe flash flooding

Pakistan recorded its hottest April in decades with Jacobabad touching 49C.

10/05/2022

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Pakistan bridge swept away in flash flooding

Flash floods sweep away one of the main bridges in northern Pakistan setting off alarms about increased glacial lake outburst floods due to the rise in temperatures in the country.

10/05/2022

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Thousands attend former Pakistani PM Imran Khan's rally in Peshawar

Thousands attended rally in support of former Pakistani prime minister Imran Khan Wednesday evening in Peshawar. Khan was dismissed Sunday after losing a no-confidence vote.

14/04/2022

Pakistan

Pakistan's prime minister Imran Khan ousted in no-confidence vote

Khan was voted out in the Sunday morning vote after several political allies and a key party in his ruling coalition deserted him.

10/04/2022

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Muslims in Karachi break the fast on the first day of Ramadan

Thousands of Muslims broke the fast at mosques in Karachi on Sunday night as the holy month of Ramadan began in Pakistan.

03/04/2022

Pakistan

Pakistan president dissolves Parliament at PM's request

Pakistan’s president dissolved Parliament on Sunday setting the stage for early elections after the prime minister sidestepped a no-confidence move earlier in the day.

03/04/2022

Pakistan

Suicide bombing kills 56 at Shiite mosque in Pakistan

A suicide bomber struck inside a Shiite Muslim mosque in Pakistan's northwestern city of Peshawar during Friday prayers.

04/03/2022

Nature

Karachi’s urban forest is bringing nature to the heart of the city

Six years ago this was an abandoned waste land, now it's a nature filled forest in the middle of Pakistan's largest city.

23/01/2022

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Tourists question blizzard tragedy in scenic Pakistan town

As unprecedented snowfall thawed at a popular Pakistan mountain resort, rescued tourists were found reckoning with the deaths of 22 fellow travellers in a frozen traffic jam.

09/01/2022

Pakistan

Cold kills 22 stuck in cars in heavy snow at Pakistan resort

Temperatures fell to minus 8 degrees Celsius amid heavy snowfall at Pakistan's mountain resort town of Murree overnight, killing at least 22 people who were stuck in their vehicles, officials said on Saturday.

08/01/2022

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Karachi Christians hold pre-Christmas procession

Hundreds of members of Karachi's Christian community took part in a pre-Christmas peace procession on Saturday.

18/12/2021

Culture news

Killing time with Pakistan's lonely clock collector

Hundreds of antique clocks fill a small hall in the southwestern Pakistani city of Quetta, where collector Gul Kakar swears he will spend all the time he has left caring for them.

10/12/2021

Pakistan

At least 20 dead as powerful earthquake strikes southwest Pakistan

Authorities expect the death toll to rise even further after a powerful earthquake collapsed at least one coal mine and many flimsy mud houses in southwest Pakistan.

07/10/2021