Pakistan

Pakistani media said yesterday, Friday, that the Ministries of Education and Higher Education in the Northwest Province (Khyber Pakhtunkhwa) issued strict instructions to delete false information about the personality and biography of Abu Talib, the father of the Commander of…

Karachi police closed the shrine of Abdullah Shah Ghazi, after an attack by an extremist group on Shia pilgrims of the shrine, who were commemorating the martyrdom of Imam Redha (peace be upon him). The shrine, which is located on…

Pakistan deployed thousands more doctors and medics to battle the outbreak of disease as the death toll from the unprecedented floods that have gripped the country this summer surpassed 1,600 on Friday, officials said yesterday, Friday. The disaster management agency…

Activists of a radical Islamist Sunni group attacked a Shia Arbaeen procession on 18th September in Pakistan’s Punjab province, Sialkot, leaving at least 15 people injured.  According to an official report, the procession was going to the Hussainiyah in Sialkot,…

A new form of Sunni militancy is creeping across many new areas in Pakistan, threatening Shias, Ahmadis and non-Muslim minorities. The growth of sectarian violence in Pakistan has long been driven by the Sunni groups from the military and political…

The Council of Ministers in the Pakistani province of Punjab, headed by the Chairman of the Parliamentary Affairs and Environmental Protection Committee, held a wide meeting to discuss the necessary preparations for holding mourning processions on the Arbaeen of Imam…

The Pakistani ‘Urdu Point’ news agency reported that several cities in the country, most notably the city of Lahore, are preparing to hold mourning processions on the Arbaeen of Imam Hussein (peace be upon him). The agency clarified in a…

 Imamia Medics International (IMI) teams established Emergency Medical-Aid Camps in flood-affected areas all across Pakistan on Tuesday, 6th of September.  In Sindh Province, about 200 patients were seen by IMI team comprising of physicians, pediatricians, cardiologists and female doctors, and…

Pakistan is currently experiencing its worst floods this century and has been appealing to the world for immediate aid. Saylani Welfare Trust has been travelling around the affected areas of Pakistan providing aid and support. However, when a local phoned…

Another 24 people lost their lives in flood-related incidents across Pakistan over the past 24 hours, pushing the overall tally to 1,314, the country’s national disaster agency said on Sunday. A majority of the latest fatalities, 19, were reported from…