Pakistan

The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government has ordered the evacuation of four villages in the Lower Kurram region following a deadly attack on a relief convoy, Dawn Newspaper reported. The assault, which occurred on February 19, resulted in the deaths of nine…

In a tragic incident, four Pakistani troops were killed in an overnight ambush while responding to an earlier attack on aid trucks in Kurram, a district in the volatile Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, Arab News reported. The ambush occurred shortly after…

Four soldiers were killed and 15 terrorists were eliminated in two separate intelligence-based operations (IBOs) conducted in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa on Saturday, Dawn online newspaper reported citing the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR). The first operation took place in Dera Ismail Khan’s…

More than 2 million Afghan citizens in Pakistan are at risk of deportation as the Pakistani government implements new regulations targeting undocumented residents. A recent three-phase plan announced by Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif aims to expel Afghan citizens, starting with…

In a heart-wrenching incident, Pakistan’s beloved young Naat singers, Khawaja Ali Kazim and Syed Ali Agha Jan, along with Zain Turabi, the son of the renowned religious scholar Shaheed Allama Hassan Turabi, lost their lives in a tragic road accident.…

In a tragic incident in Balochistan province, Pakistan, at least 11 coal miners lost their lives and six others were injured when their vehicle struck a roadside bomb early Friday morning, VOA news reported. The attack occurred near a coal…

Pakistan has been identified as the most vulnerable country to climate change in the Climate Risk Index (CRI) for 2025, released by Germanwatch, Anadolu Agency reported. This ranking follows devastating floods in 2022 that inundated a third of the nation,…

Leopard killings in Pakistan have surged in recent years, posing a significant threat to the species’ survival, The Guardian said in a report released on Tuesday. Conservationists attribute this alarming trend to escalating human-wildlife conflicts, particularly in regions where leopards…

Pakistan’s fertility rate has declined from six births per woman in 1994 to 3.6 in 2024, according to the World Fertility Report 2024 by the United Nations, Pakistani news outlet Dawn ssid. The report, yet to be officially released, highlights…

Health officials in Pakistan have confirmed the presence of the WPV1 strain of the poliovirus in 21 regions, raising concerns about the virus’s continued spread, Khaama Press reported. Samples collected from areas including Islamabad, Lahore, Karachi, Peshawar, and Muzaffarabad tested…