Pakistan
Pakistan: Millions of textile workers lose jobs amid crisis
January 18, 2023
Pakistan: Millions of textile workers lose jobs amid crisis
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…
Pakistan’s Senate passes resolution to teach Holy Quran with translation in universities
January 17, 2023
Pakistan’s Senate passes resolution to teach Holy Quran with translation in universities
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…
Pakistan is facing a growing food crisis, worsened by recent devastating floods
January 15, 2023
Pakistan is facing a growing food crisis, worsened by recent devastating floods
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…
Pakistan intensifies clampdown on journalists, fails to protect rights of minorities, HRW says
January 13, 2023
Pakistan intensifies clampdown on journalists, fails to protect rights of minorities, HRW says
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…
Up to 4 million children in Pakistan still living near stagnant and contaminated floodwater
January 11, 2023
Up to 4 million children in Pakistan still living near stagnant and contaminated floodwater
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…
Pakistan to seek $16 billion to rebuild flood-hit country at UN conference
January 10, 2023
Pakistan to seek $16 billion to rebuild flood-hit country at UN conference
Pakistan and the United Nations held a major conference in Geneva on Monday aimed at marshaling support to rebuild the country after devastating floods. Record monsoon rains and melting glaciers last September displaced some 8 million people and killed at…
Senior Shia and Sunni religious scholars in Pakistan unanimously issue a fatwa condemning terrorism and extremism
January 10, 2023
Senior Shia and Sunni religious scholars in Pakistan unanimously issue a fatwa condemning terrorism and extremism
Sixteen senior Islamic scholars from the Shia and Sunni sects in the Pakistani city of Karachi issued a unanimous fatwa condemning terrorism and extremism, and prohibiting attacks on the army and police forces that defend people’s rights and are responsible…
Pakistan frees 524 Afghan migrants from Karachi jail
January 8, 2023
Pakistan frees 524 Afghan migrants from Karachi jail
Hundreds of Afghan migrants, including women and children, have been released from a jail in the southern Pakistani port city of Karachi, Afghan officials said Saturday. Pakistani police in multiple raids last month detained at least 1,200 Afghan nationals who…
Pakistan kills 11 militants near Afghan border amid spike in terrorism
January 6, 2023
Pakistan kills 11 militants near Afghan border amid spike in terrorism
Pakistan said Thursday that a military counterterrorism raid in a remote region near Afghanistan’s border had killed at least 11 militants linked to a banned militant organization. The “Intelligence-based operation” in the South Waziristan district “successfully foiled a high-profile terrorist…
Pakistan Taliban threatens top political leadership
January 5, 2023
Pakistan Taliban threatens top political leadership
Armed group Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) has warned the country’s main ruling parties of “concrete action” against their top leadership in the government for “declaring war” against it. A statement released by the TTP – also known as Pakistani Taliban for…