Pakistan

Pakistan ex-PM Khan defies arrest as supporters clash with police

by Kaneez FATIMA Agence France-Presse LAHORE, Pakistan (AFP) -- Supporters of former Pakistan prime minister Imran Khan clashed repeatedly with…

Pakistan suicide bomber kills nine police officers

QUETTA, Pakistan (AFP) -- A suicide bomber killed nine police officers and wounded 16 others on Monday in an attack…

More than 80 killed in Pakistan mosque blast

PESHAWAR, Pakistan (AFP) -- Bodies were still being pulled Tuesday from the wreckage of a mosque blast at a police…

Pakistan’s economy in ‘collapse’ as IMF visits

ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (AFP) -- Pakistan is gripped by a major economic crisis, with the rupee plummeting, inflation soaring and energy…

Power returns to Pakistan a day after massive outage

Islamabad, Pakistan | AFP | Tuesday 1/24/2023 by Nasir Jaffry and Kaneez Fatima in Lahore The national power grid was…

Pakistan hit by nationwide power outage

Islamabad, Pakistan | AFP | Monday 1/23/2023 A massive power breakdown in Pakistan on Monday affected most of the country's…

Pakistan hit by nationwide power outage

ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (AFP) - A massive power breakdown in Pakistan on Monday affected most of the country's more than 220 million…

Pakistan seeks billions for flood recovery, climate resilience

GENEVA, Switzerland (AFP) - Pakistan will ask Monday for billions in international support towards its recovery from the aftermath of last…

All hostages freed and captors killed as Pakistan police siege ends

Bannu, Pakistan (AFP) All 33 suspected militant prisoners who seized a Pakistan police station over the weekend were killed and…

Guard shot in ‘assassination attempt’ at Pakistan’s Kabul embassy

  Kabul, Afghanistan (AFP) A security guard was wounded Friday by shots fired at Pakistan's embassy in the Afghan capital…

Bus plunge kills 20 in southern Pakistan

ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (AFP) - At least 20 people were killed, including 11 children, when a minibus crashed into a deep and…

Floods sweep future from Pakistan schoolchildren

by Ashraf KHAN Agence France-Presse CHANDAN MORI, Pakistan (AFP) -- Pakistani three-year-old Afshan's trip to school is a high-wire balancing…

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