Pakistan

Pakistan hospitals running out of beds as virus cases surge past 100,000

ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (AFP) -- Pakistan has recorded more than 100,000 cases of coronavirus, health authorities said Monday, as hospitals warned…

Survivor recalls horror of Pakistan plane crash that killed 97

  by Ashraf KHAN Agence France Presse KARACHI, Pakistan (AFP) -- One of the two people to survive a plane…

Asia steps up virus efforts as second wave of infections strikes

by Allison JACKSON Agence France-Presse Hong Kong, China (AFP) — From Australia's Bondi Beach to the streets of New Delhi, authorities…

Seven missing after Pakistan building collapse as death toll hits 16

KARACHI, Pakistan (AFP) -- Pakistani rescuers using their bare hands searched Friday for seven people missing after an apartment building…

Pakistan confirms first two cases of coronavirus

KARACHI, Pakistan (AFP) -- Pakistan has detected its first two cases of novel coronavirus, a public health advisor to Prime…

At least 14 dead in apparent toxic gas leak in Pakistan

KARACHI, Pakistan (AFP) -- An apparent gas leak killed at least 14 people near the Pakistani port city of Karachi,…

Death toll rises to at least 100 after Pakistan snow, avalanches

MUZAFFARABAD, Pakistan (AFP) -- Search teams found the bodies of 14 people buried by avalanches and heavy snowfall in Pakistani-administered…

Afghanistan and Pakistan jolted by strong 6.1 quake: USGS

  KABUL, Afghanistan (AFP) -- A strong earthquake rattled Afghanistan and Pakistan on Friday afternoon, the US Geological Survey said,…

14 killed in van crash in southwest Pakistan

QUETTA, Pakistan (AFP) -- At least 14 people were killed in western Pakistan Friday when a passenger van hit a…

Funerals begin as town mourns victims of Pakistan train fire

by Ashraf KHAN MIRPUR KHAS, Pakistan (AFP) -- Distraught relatives gathered Friday for the first funerals of some of the…

Shallow tremor rocks quake-hit area of Pakistan

  MIRPUR, Pakistan (AFP) -- A shallow tremor sent terrified people running into the streets in northeastern Pakistan on Thursday,…

Rescuers scramble to reach survivors as Pakistan quake toll climbs

by Nasir JAFFRY / Zain ZAMAN JATLAN, Pakistan (AFP) -- Rescuers battled along badly damaged roads and combed through toppled…

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