Pakistan

Death toll in Pakistan quake climbs to 22 as rescuers assess damage

MIRPUR, Pakistan (AFP) -- Rescue workers battled on Wednesday to reach people affected by a shallow earthquake that rocked northeast…

12 killed as flooding paralyses Pakistan’s Karachi

KARACHI, Pakistan (AFP) -- At least 12 people were killed as monsoon rains lashed Pakistan's port city of Karachi, officials…

18 killed as Pakistan army plane crashes into residential area

by Sajjad TARAKZAI RAWALPINDI, Pakistan (AFP) -- Eighteen people were killed when a small military plane crashed into a residential area…

Pakistan train collision kills nine, injures 66

WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) -- At least nine people were killed and more than 60 injured when two trains collided…

Pakistan ex-president Zardari arrested over graft charges

  ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (AFP) -- Former Pakistani president Asif Ali Zardari was arrested Monday after his bail application was rejected…

Over 600 people test HIV positive in Pakistan city

Pakistan said on Sunday over 600 people, most of them children, had tested HIV positive in a city in southern…

India’s Modi and Pakistan PM highlight need for ‘peace,’ after vote

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his Pakistani rival Imran Khan sent messages highlighting the need for "peace" Thursday after…

Blast in Pakistan’s Lahore kills at least four, wounds 24: police

LAHORE, Pakistan (AFP) -- A blast at one of Pakistan's oldest and most popular Sufi shrines killed at least four…

The Pakistani popcorn seller who built his own plane

by Kaneez FATIMA TABUR, Pakistan (AFP) -- The engine is from a roadcutter, the wings are burlap, the wheels are…

Thunderstorms kill 35 in India

NEW DELHI, India (AFP) -- Thunderstorms swept across western India killing at least 35 people and leaving widespread damage, officials…

Updated: Suicide blast rips through Pakistani fruit market, killing 20

  by Maaz Khan Agence France Presse QUETTA, Pakistan (AFP) -- At least 20 people were killed and 48 wounded…

Millions malnourished in Pakistan despite abundance of food

by Ashraf KHAN A frantic mother cradling her seven-month-old baby rushes towards the special paediatric ward in a desolate Pakistan…

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