Pakistan

Every day thousands of Pakistanis are losing jobs as the ongoing economic crisis deepens further. Just how many millions will become jobless in 2023? Estimates vary. But given the current pace of business closures, temporary shutdowns, and planned reduction in…

At least 13 people have been injured after a bomb blast derailed a passenger train in the southwestern Pakistani province of Balochistan. The bomb exploded after midday on Friday as the Jaffar Express passenger train was passing through the Bolan…

Pakistan, which has been reeling under severe economic crisis, is now heading towards acute shortage of life-saving medicines. The warning has been sounded by Pakistan Pharmaceutical Manufacturers Association (PPMA), which has warned the situation to worsen if Letters of Credit…

Four Pakistani soldiers and as many terrorists were killed in two different incidents in the southwestern Balochistan province, the Pakistan army said on Wednesday. In a statement, the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR), the media wing of the Pakistan army, said…

For the last seven and half decades, tens of thousands of Baloch have been killed, violating their right to live securely. The ongoing conflict between Baloch nationalists and government of Pakistan over the rule of Balochistan has resulted in the…

About 7 million workers have been fired as Pakistan’s textile exports dwindle, putting the sector on the edge of collapse, industry representatives warn. Once a thriving sector of economy, it now struggles with low exports amid a deepening crisis. A…

Legislators in Pakistan’s Upper House of Parliament on Monday unanimously passed a resolution recommending that teaching the Holy Quran with its translation, tajweed and tafseer should be made compulsory in all universities of Pakistan for students of all disciplines. The…

Last Saturday in Mirpur Khas, a city in Pakistan’s Sindh province, hundreds of people lined up for hours outside a park to buy subsidized wheat flour, offered for 65 rupees a kilogram instead of the current, inflated rate of about…

Pakistani authorities intensified their clampdown on media, civil society groups, and opposition activists in 2022, while failing to protect the rights of minorities and other at-risk groups, Human Rights Watch said Thursday in its World Report 2023. Devastating floods that…

More than four months after a national state of emergency was declared in Pakistan, up to 4 million children are still living near contaminated and stagnant flood waters, risking their survival and wellbeing, UNICEF warned today. Acute respiratory infections among…