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ISLAMABAD —  China joined a Pakistan probe Friday into the killing of five of its nationals in a suicide car bombing. That attack has led to the suspension of work on a multibillion-dollar Chinese-funded hydropower project. Pakistani…

Islamabad, Pakistan: In the 10 days between March 16 and March 26, Pakistan witnessed five different attacks, three in its northwestern Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province and two in its southwestern Balochistan province, resulting in the deaths…

Pakistan has lost 5.7 million hectares of arable land due to soil salinization. This figure is growing by 40 000 hectares each year, according to Pakistan’s Nuclear Institute for Agriculture and Biology (NIAB). Most crops are unable…

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Sustainability, Vol. 16, Pages 2630: Assessing the Level of Urban Sustainability in the Capital of Pakistan: A Social Analysis Applied through Multiple Linear Regression Sustainability doi: 10.3390/su16072630 Authors: Asad Aziz…

In January 2024, researchers at Aga Khan University (AKU) in Pakistan’s Sindh province, launched an ambitious four-year project to measure the impact of extreme heat on maternal and child health. Studies on the impact of the climate…

islamabad —  A top U.S. diplomat for South and Central Asia has for the first time publicly addressed allegations of conspiring to oust Pakistan's then-Prime Minister Imran Khan in 2022. Testifying before the House Foreign Relations…

Unions point to hazardous working conditions as major cause of accidents in resource-rich Balochistan.At least 12 miners have been killed in a gas explosion at a coalpit in Pakistan’s southwestern province of Balochistan. The explosion…

ISLAMABAD —  Pakistan carried out cross-border aerial strikes against suspected militant hideouts in Afghanistan early Monday, killing several people, according to officials. A Pakistani security official, speaking anonymously to VOA…

Assailants used vehicle packed with explosives as well as suicide vests in attack that also involved a shootout.An armed group attacked a military post in northwestern Pakistan near the border with Afghanistan using a vehicle laden with…

Water is the most abundant chemical substance and is a basic source for the lives of people, plants, and animals on Earth. Water has a central role to play for every cell and organ in the human body. The main sources of water for human…

This is an early access version, the complete PDF, HTML, and XML versions will be available soon. Open AccessArticle 1 Sino-France Joint Laboratory for Invasive Forest Pests in Eurasia, Beijing Forestry University, Beijing…

Figure 1. Asphalt pavement design. Figure 1. Asphalt pavement design. Figure 2. Workflow diagram in ABAQUS. Figure 2. Workflow diagram in ABAQUS. Figure 3. Diagram illustrating machine learning models, depicting…

Recognizing this, the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) organized a comprehensive five-day training entitled "Law of Armed Conflict at Sea" for 23 officers of the Pakistan Maritime Security Agency (PMSA) from February…

Pakistani lawmakers vote for return of widower of Benazir Bhutto after elections marred by rigging claims.Pakistan Peoples Party’s co-chairperson Asif Ali Zardari has won a second term as Pakistan’s president, supported by the ruling…

Harare, Zimbabwe – Sikandar Raza, Zimbabwe’s Pakistan-born cricketer, has been on a fairytale run since 2022. The 37-year-old has been nominated twice in succession for the ICC Twenty20 International Player of the Year award in addition…

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BALOCHISTAN: After unbearable disasters caused by torrential rains and floods in Balochistan's Gwadar city and many parts still waiting for assistance, the people of Mohalla Band area have criticised "administrative negligence" which…

PESHAWAR, Pakistan —  Pakistani authorities said Sunday at least 29 people died and 50 others injured due to heavy rains that swept across the country in the past 48 hours, causing several houses to collapse and landslides to block…

Islamabad, Pakistan – From the outside, one might assume that the former premises of Marghazar Zoo are now deserted. A dilapidated ticket office and overgrown foliage suggest an absence of visitors. But listen closely, and you might hear…

Islamabad —  Pakistan’s National Assembly swore in newly elected members Thursday amid protests by allies of jailed former Prime Minister Imran Khan, who say the general elections were marred by widespread rigging. The polls for the…

Islamabad —  Access to social media platform X, formerly Twitter, remained restricted in Pakistan late Friday, a week after services were suspended following a high-level official’s declaration that he was involved in election rigging.…

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Pakistan People’s Party and Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz to form a coalition with Shehbaz Sharif selected as candidate for PM.Two of Pakistan’s leading political parties have reached a formal agreement to form a coalition government,…

A senior bureaucrat in Pakistan has said he helped rig Pakistan’s elections, a week after polls marred by allegations of manipulation returned no clear winner. On Saturday, Liaqat Ali Chattha, commissioner of the garrison city of…

islamabad, pakistan —  A week after Pakistan’s general elections delivered a hung parliament, runners-up are poised to form a coalition government while the winners continue to protest the results. Observers say the election delivered…

Islamabad, Pakistan — Five days after the elections on February 8, Pakistan is nowhere closer to knowing which parties are going to make its next government and who might be its next prime minister. The elections delivered a split…

Prime Minister Imran Khan’s Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) party and its affiliates have won the most seats in Pakistan’s elections, the election commission has revealed as it declared final results in the hotly-contested vote. A number of…

Islamabad —  Pakistan’s much-awaited election vote count concluded Sunday, with jailed former Prime Minister Imran Khan's allies winning the most National Assembly seats but not enough to form a simple majority.The Election Commission…

Karachi, Pakistan – These are the fourth general elections I’m covering in Pakistan over the past 16 years. In a city where colours, music and ethnicities change from neighbourhood to neighbourhood, every one of those previous elections…

More than half of Gaza’s population of over two million is now crammed into the city, which is located on the border with Egypt and originally home to some 250,000 people.Congestion has reached a point where normal routes are blocked by…

Lahore, Pakistan – Four months after Pakistan was originally scheduled to hold national elections, the country’s 128 million voters will on Thursday get the chance to pick their next federal government amid a pre-poll crackdown on former…

EXPLAINERPakistan will vote on February 8 for national and state legislatures amid political fluidity and steep economic challenges.On Thursday, 128 million Pakistanis will get to elect their country’s next government, and also the…

OHCHR denounced all acts of violence against political parties and candidates in the lead-up to Thursday’s vote.Spokesperson Liz Throssell said there have been no less than 24 reported instances in which armed groups have staged attacks…

ISLAMABAD —  Authorities in northwestern Pakistan said Monday that a pre-dawn militant raid had killed at least 10 police officers and injured six others ahead of national elections later this week. The attack occurred in the…

Karachi, Pakistan —  There's a scrum of people trying to get photos with the married couple at the Radiance banquet hall, and you can barely hear someone talk above the din of 400 guests tucking into biryani and chicken tikka, music and…

ISLAMABAD —  A new United Nations report warns that al-Qaida has established eight new training camps in Taliban-ruled Afghanistan and is increasingly assisting anti-Pakistan militants to launch cross-border attacks. The report said an…

Verdict comes a day after another court convicted Khan for leaking state secrets and gave him a 10-year prison sentence.Islamabad, Pakistan – Pakistan’s former Prime Minister Imran Khan and his wife Bushra Bibi have been sentenced to 14…

Tehran and Islamabad have moved to de-escalate amid high concern that the Gaza war could spill out across region.Iran’s foreign minister arrived in Pakistan as the two countries seek to calm tensions, which have risen amid the conflict…

On Tuesday, January 16th, Iran launched airstrikes in Pakistan targeting a terrorist group it claimed carried out attacks in Iran. Two days later, Pakistan responded with its own strikes in Iranian territory,…

Islamabad, Pakistan — Former Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif appears poised to compete in the country’s February 8 legislative elections that could see him return to power, after the nation’s Supreme Court reversed its six-year-old…

India and Pakistan will face each other in New York in their group-stage match at the T20 World Cup 2024. The cricketing rivals have been scheduled to play at the 34,000-seat modular stadium in Long Island on June 9. Tournament co-host,…

October 25, 2023 Scholarship will provide opportunities for exceptional emerging leaders from Pakistan University of Wollongong (UOW)…

Saeed is accused by India and the US of being involved in the 2008 attacks, which killed 166 people.India has formally requested that Pakistan extradite the 2008 Mumbai attacks suspect Hafiz Saeed for trial in India, according to New…

One of the core principles of humanitarian journalism is that “newsworthiness” is driven by the moral equivalence of all lives. A crisis deserves coverage because of the impact it has on peoples’ lives — no…

ISLAMABAD, Nov 29 (APP): The Ministry of Climate Change & Environmental Coordination, in collaboration with the National Disaster Risk Management Fund (NDRMF), in a concerted effort to address the urgent and escalating challenges…

According to IOM, in the past two months alone, nearly 375,000 Afghans left Pakistan, primarily utilizing the Torkham and Spin Boldak border crossings, near Kabul and Kandahar, respectively.The number of daily border crossings has…

1. Introduction Majestic conifers around the world mostly occupy temperate, boreal, and subtropical climates (1). Global populations of these long-lived species are facing serious threats to their existence mostly due to anthropogenic…

More than 64 people are missing and feared dead after the vessel they were travelling in capsized on Sunday.Approximately 90 migrants, including 60 women, were on board the vessel, which was heading to Yemen from the coast of…

<!-- -->The dense, toxic smog in Lahore is causing illness in a significant number of people.Not only the Indian capital, New Delhi, but also the most prominent city of Pakistan, Lahore, are both suffering from severe air pollution…