Pakistan

A severe heat wave has struck Pakistan, with temperatures soaring up to 49°C (120°F) in the city of Mohenjo Daro, the Associate Press reported yesterday. The high temperatures have led to hundreds of heatstroke victims being treated at hospitals across…

In the past month, Pakistan’s military has reported killing nearly 30 “terrorists” in operations against a recent surge in terrorist attacks and militant infiltration attempts from Afghanistan, VOA reported yesterday. The announcement comes a day after a U.S. research group…

Pakistan’s Punjab Assembly approved on Monday the Defamation Bill of 2024, rejecting all amendments proposed by the opposition, Pakistan’s Dawn reported yesterday. The bill was met with protests from the PTI-backed Sunni Ittehad Council (SIC) and journalists covering the proceedings.…

In a tragic incident, a Mazda truck plunged into a ditch on Panj Pir Manawan Road in Khushab district, Pakistan, resulting in the death of at least 14 people and leaving 12 others injured, Dawn online newspaper reported yesterday. According…

In an intelligence-based operation in Balochistan’s Zhob district, security forces engaged and eliminated three terrorists, Dawn newspaper reported yesterday. However, the operation came at a tragic cost, as army officer Major Bahar Khan was killed during the intense exchange of…

Residents of Pakistan’s tribal areas along the Afghan border are facing increasing disruption to their daily lives due to ongoing military operations and clashes between security forces and militants, VOA reported yesterday in an article citing local sources. The Center…

Pakistan’s army chief, General Asim Munir, has accused “inimical forces” of unleashing “digital terrorism” and attempting to sow division between the military and the public through “lies, fake news and propaganda,” Anadolu Agency reported yesterday. In a speech to army…

In two separate intelligence-based operations in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, security forces have eliminated a total of six terrorists, Dawn online newspapaer reported yesterday. In Dera Ismail Khan district, five terrorists were “successfully neutralised” during an operation. In North Waziristan, another terrorist…

Pakistan’s human rights record took a significant downturn in 2023, with the government demonstrating a “blatant disregard” for the country’s constitution, according to a new report by the independent Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) cited by VOA yesterday. The…

A Pakistani court has ordered the transfer of Bushra Bibi, the wife of former Prime Minister Imran Khan, from house arrest to Adyala jail in Rawalpindi, TRTWorld reported today. Bushra Bibi, who was detained at Khan’s Islamabad mansion since their…