Climate catastrophes of the past
People in Pakistan are enduring the scalding heat, trying to find shade or water or respite and, like all optimistic humans, imagining better times ahead. Unfortunately, the data…
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What this US doctor saw in Gaza as Israel invaded Rafah
Dr Usman Shah, a Pakistani-American pulmonary and critical care expert, saw more children inside the hospital with missing limbs than outside playing in the rubble.
TikToker shot dead by guard in Karachi
The guard, Ahmed Gul, became very angry when the young man pointed towards him while making the video.
Islamabad High Court stays execution of 5 court-martialled former Navy officials
The lawyers asserted that an appeal was filed against the death sentence without access to these documents and was dismissed, adding that the reasons for the appeal court…
Afghan cargo trucks enter Pakistan on temporary admission document for first time
Pakistan on June 1 started implementation of a plan that allows Afghan transporters to enter Pakistan on the Temporary Admission Document at border points to facilitate speedy…
Mother of Pakistani teenager killed ‘for honour’ in Italy finally arrested
In August 2023, her husband, Shabbar Abbas, who also arrived in Pakistan after the murder, was extradited to Italy and is now in prison. The couple was sentenced in absentia for…
At least 50 injured in major blast in Hyderabad LPG shop: officials
The victims were mostly children as the upper floor of the building was also a space for a seminary where the children were studying.
28 dead, 22 injured as Quetta-bound bus falls into ravine in Balochistan’s Washuk
The accident occurred when a tyre of the vehicle burst, which led to it crashing into a hill and then plunging into a ravine.
Dozens in hospitals with heatstroke as Pakistan sizzles
Over 70 people were admitted with heatstroke complaints in different hospitals of Lahore on Tuesday as temperatures in seven cities of Sindh and Punjab remained over 50 degrees…
Missing poet Ahmed Farhad Shah in Kashmir police custody, IHC told
The development came as IHC senior puisne judge Justice Kayani resumed hearing a petition seeking the missing Kashmiri poet’s recovery. The Human Rights Commission of Pakistan…