Guardians of the glaciers - life beside Pakistan’s vanishing ice
The rapid melting of Pakistan’s icy giants is creating hardships and challenges for the vulnerable communities dependent on them.
Asian news from Pakistan
A police officer was killed in Pakistan-held Kashmir during protests against price hikes
ISLAMABAD (AP) — A protest against rising costs of food, fuel and utility bills turned violent in Pakistan-controlled Kashmir, leaving a police officer dead and dozens of people injured, officials said Sunday.
75-year-old ‘mastermind’ of a 2005 armed robbery that killed a UK police officer sentenced to life
LONDON (AP) — A 75-year-old man will spend the rest of his life in prison after being sentenced Friday for the murder of a British police officer who was shot dead during an armed robbery in northern England nearly two decades ago.
Pakistani police prevent pro-Palestinian protesters from moving toward US embassy in Islamabad
ISLAMABAD (AP) — Police in Pakistan’s capital Islamabad on Friday prevented a pro-Palestinian rally by a radical Islamist party from moving toward the U.S. Embassy, where demonstrators wanted to stage a sit-in protesting Israel’s strikes in Gaza.
A year since Pakistan’s May 9 riots: A timeline of political upheaval
Nationwide riots on this ‘dark day’ last year triggered a months-long political crisis that saw ex-PM Imran Khan jailed, and a crackdown on his party.
Two mango seasons: A long wait for Pakistan families hit by May 9 violence
As the Supreme Court debates the convictions of 85 people, families wait for their loved ones.
Militants bomb a girls school in northwestern Pakistan, once a Taliban stronghold. No one was harmed
DERA ISMAIL KHAN, Pakistan (AP) — Militants detonated a bomb at a girls school in a former stronghold of the Pakistani Taliban in the country’s volatile northwest, badly damaging the structure, police said Thursday. No one was harmed in the overnight attack.
India election: will Pakistan-bashing again become a rallying call for Modi’s BJP?
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his top aides have accused opposition leader Rahul Gandhi of allegedly receiving support from rival Pakistan over a social media post, but analysts say the spectre of Islamabad again at the polls is muted this time.