Pakistan

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…

The UN Refugee Agency, UNHCR, is mobilizing resources and staff to scale up its assistance in Pakistan to support local communities and refugees in areas devastated by the catastrophic floods. Some 33 million people have been affected by the weeks-long…

The United Nations and Pakistan have issued an appeal for $160 million in emergency funding to help millions affected by record-breaking floods that have killed more than 1,150 people since mid-June. UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said on Tuesday that Pakistan’s…

Cataclysmic flooding in Pakistan, triggered by unprecedented monsoon rainfall and glacial melting, has killed over 1,000 people and destroyed hundreds of thousands of homes and millions of acres of crops, affecting more than 30 million Pakistanis and causing billions of…