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Pakistan

Pakistan is a Muslim-majority country that borders Afghanistan, China, India and Iran. Since it gained independence from British rule in 1947, the country has seen several military coups overthrow democratic governments.

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Armed soldiers in Pakistan

Pakistan: Gunmen kill 11 police officers in ambush attack

The attack which took place in southern Pakistan is one of the deadliest on police officers in recent years.
CrimeAugust 23, 2024
Rashida, a woman dressed in a headscarf, seen at a desk piled with textiles

German development minister in Pakistan for supply chain law

German Development Minister Svenja Schulze is in Pakistan to discuss how Germany's supply chain law can be implemented.
BusinessAugust 22, 202404:46 min
A bus, seen overturned with its roof smashed in, carrying Shiite pilgrims from Pakistan to Iraq crashed in central Iran

Iran: Bus crash kills at least 28 Pakistani pilgrims

The Pakistani pilgrims were traveling through Iran to Iraq to mark a major Shiite annual event known as Arbaeen.
CatastropheAugust 21, 2024
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REV – The Auto & Mobility Show

BYD outsells Tesla, European countries ban short flights, and safe transport for women in Pakistan
Cars and TransportationAugust 21, 202426:06 min
A female tattoo artist works on a tattoo in Islamabad

Pakistan: Breaking taboos through tattoos

One artist is helping to change perceptions of this art form and gender in the Muslim-majority country.
SocietyAugust 16, 202401:35 min
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Pakistan: A young boxer fights poverty

18-year-old Aliya is breaking with her country's feminine ideal and is literally fighting her way through.
EqualityAugust 16, 202406:43 min
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Fighting poverty

Growing poverty and how to tackle it — we meet people in Pakistan, the US and Grenada.
EqualityAugust 16, 202426:06 min
Image of an mpox vaccine bottle as seen on July 14, 2022

Pakistan registers 1st case of mpox

Pakistan's Health Ministry said it has detected a case of mpox virus in the country. The variant is not yet known.
HealthAugust 16, 2024
Mahrag Baloch Aktivistin für Rechte Belutschistans

Who is the woman behind Balochistan's protest movement?

In patriarchal Pakistan, Mahrang Baloch has emerged as a powerful voice of a large protest movement.
PoliticsAugust 14, 202405:09 min
A military transport and soldiers walking on an asphalt road

Indian captain killed in Kashmir as clashes escalate

An Indian army captain is believed to have been killed by rebels as parts of Kashmir see an uptick in militant activity.
ConflictsAugust 14, 2024
Followers of the Balochistan Yakjehti Committee taking part at a protest in Gwadar

China-Pakistan Economic Corridor sparks Pakistan protests

The recent mass protests in Balochistan highlight the growing discontent among the local population, say analysts.
ConflictsAugust 14, 2024
Faiz Hameed speaking in 2022

Pakistan's former spy chief detained by military

Faiz Hameed served as the head of the ISI under former Prime Minister Imran Khan.
PoliticsAugust 12, 2024
A roadside barber shop in Islamabad, Pakistan

Pakistan street barbers: Low price, high risk

Roadside hairdressers in Pakistan make up for a lack of hygiene with affordable prices. But is it worth the risk?
SocietyAugust 11, 202401:48 min
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Pakistani man charged with US assassination plot

A Pakistani man who allegedly has ties to Iran has been charged with a plot to carry out assassinations on US soil.
CrimeAugust 6, 2024
The China-funded Gwadar port in southwestern Pakistan

How Chinese loans trapped Pakistan's economy

As Pakistan works on enacting economic reforms under IMF, it must first figure out what to do with its Chinese debt.
BusinessAugust 2, 2024
Water tankers being filled in Karachi, Pakistan

Pakistan: A look at Karachi's 'tanker mafias'

Millions of people in Pakistan's most populous city have to buy water supplied through commercial tankers every day.
SocietyAugust 2, 202403:13 min
People carry vegetables through a flooded road caused by heavy monsoon rainfall in Lahore, Pakistan, Thursday, August 1, 2024

Pakistan: Lahore records heaviest rainfall in years

Streets of the Pakistani city of Lahore were submerged in water, and hospitals and homes flooded, after record rainfall.
Nature and EnvironmentAugust 1, 2024
Pashtun protesters in Bannu, Pakistan

What is behind 'Pashtun uprising' in northwestern Pakistan?

Islamabad accuses a Pashtun rights movement of conspiring against the state. The group says its demands are legitimate.
ConflictsJuly 31, 202404:00 min
A large gathering Balochistan of protesters

Pakistan: What's behind the protests in Balochistan?

This is what you need to know about mass protests taking place in Pakistan's southwestern Balochistan province.
PoliticsJuly 30, 202403:05 min
Pakistani porters hiking on the Baltoro Glacier along the trail between Askole and K2

Elite Japanese climbers fall while trying to scale K2

Mountaineers Kazuya Hiraide and Kenro Nakajima fell from a great height and were immobile, accordion to a rescue team.
CatastropheJuly 28, 2024
A massive demonstration in Bannu, in Pakistan's northwest

Pakistan: Why are many Pashtuns turning against Islamabad?

The military has long accused a Pashtun rights movement along the Afghan border of conspiring against the state.
ConflictsJuly 24, 2024
Afghan refugees in Pakistan

Pakistan: Afghan refugees relieved at deportation extension

Rights groups say Pakistan's decision to allow Afghan refugees to stay in the country for another year is insufficient.
SocietyJuly 22, 202402:56 min
Protesters are seen removing the Pakistan flag from the country's consulate in Frankfurt, Germany, on July 21, 2024

Pakistan complains over flag removal at Frankfurt consulate

The foreign minister said Islamabad had protested to Germany's government after protesters stole the Pakistani flag.
CrimeJuly 21, 2024
The protagonist stands smiling in front of her company

Pakistan: A woman entrepreneur thinks outside the box

Afshan Khan founded her own company in Pakistan. She tells us about the obstacles she overcame.
BusinessJuly 19, 202405:47 min
Indian army personnel look on during a search operation in Reasi on June 10, 2024, after gunmen in Kashmir ambushed the bus packed with Hindu pilgrims

Kashmir: What's behind the recent militant attacks in Jammu?

With assembly elections approaching, a string of militant attacks in Indian-administered Kashmir has residents on edge.
ConflictsJuly 18, 2024
Street food in Karachi, Pakistan

Pakistan: Why are diabetes cases rising?

Pakistan has one of the world's highest diabetes rates, with at least 33 million people living with the disease.
HealthJuly 16, 202402:43 min
Placards of former Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan and hands gesturing the V-sign during a protest by Khan's supporters

Pakistan to ban Imran Khan's PTI party

Pakistan's government has accused PTI of receiving illegal funds and inciting riots after Khan's arrest in 2023.
PoliticsJuly 16, 202402:26 min
MADE-Logo superimposed over an image of workers in the Fehmarnbelt tunnel

Materials and technology - MADE

Building tunnels, houses, motors or cardboard boxes takes resources, preferably recycled.
BusinessJuly 16, 202426:04 min
Imran Khan supporters hold signs with his picture during a post-election protest in Karachi

Pakistan: Why banning Imran Khan's party could backfire

Popular with voters, former PM Imran Khan's PTI party faces a ban, which analysts warn could lead to social unrest.
PoliticsJuly 16, 2024
Indian soldiers stand next to a vehicle on July 9, 2024.

India: 4 soldiers killed in Kashmir militant fighting

The shooting incident took place in the Hindu-dominated part of Kashmir, where officials say militants have shifted.
ConflictsJuly 16, 2024
Supporters of former Prime Minister Imran Khan's Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) party protest against the alleged skewing in Pakistan's national election results, in Karachi on February 17, 2024.

Pakistan government seeks to ban Imran Khan's party

Analysts say the move "could lead to uncertainty and chaos" as the Supreme Court is expected to overturn the ban.
PoliticsJuly 15, 2024
Pakistan's former Prime Minister, Imran Khan (right) along with his wife Bushra Bibi looks on as he signs surety bonds for bail in various cases, at a registrar office in the High court, in Lahore

Pakistan: Court acquits Imran Khan in illegal marriage case

A Pakistani court overturned former Prime Minister Imran Khan's conviction for illegal marriage.
Law and JusticeJuly 13, 2024
A market in Karachi, pictured on June 11

Pakistan reaches $7 billion aid deal with IMF

Pakistan has agreed a further IMF aid package as it struggles with high foreign debt and a shortage of tax revenue.
BusinessJuly 13, 2024
Supporters of Imran Khan at a protest in Karachi

Pakistan under growing pressure to free ex-PM Imran Khan

Since being ousted, Former Prime Minister Imran Khan has faced over 200 legal cases and is currently imprisoned.
PoliticsJuly 12, 2024
Burqa-clad Afghan women walk on a street in Karachi, Pakistan, Friday, Jan. 26, 2024.

Pakistan steps up clampdown on Afghan migrants

Islamabad said tens of thousands of Afghan refugees approved for relocation to Western nations have yet to leave.
MigrationJuly 11, 2024
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Apple's VPN ban - And how it restricts Internet freedom

Apple bans VPN apps from its Russian App Store. Here’s why VPN access is being restricted in several countries.
Digital WorldJuly 11, 202404:10 min
Pakistani journalist Arshad Sharif poses for a photograph at the set of his talk show in Islamabad in 2016

Kenya court finds killing of Pakistani news anchor unlawful

Kenyan police had shot Arshad Sharif in his car. Police brutality in Kenya remains rampant.
Press FreedomJuly 8, 2024
People carry the coffin of former senator Hidayatullah Khan to an ambulance

Pakistan: Bomb kills former senator close to Afghan border

The politician was reportedly campaigning when his vehicle was struck by a remote-controled device.
ConflictsJuly 3, 2024
Army soldiers and police officers clear the way for ambulances rushing toward a bomb explosion site, at the main entry gate of police offices, in Peshawar, Pakistan, Monday, Jan. 30, 2023

Can Pakistan's new military campaign end militancy?

Pakistan's new military operation could exacerbate tensions with the Taliban rulers in neighboring Afghanistan.
ConflictsJuly 1, 2024
Pakistan's Finance Minister Muhammad Aurangzeb speaks before the National Assembly

Pakistan: Parliament passes tax-heavy budget to appease IMF

Pakistan's parliament has approved a government budget entailing big tax hikes, a condition of further IMF loans.
PoliticsJune 28, 2024
Insect farming in Rawalpindi, Pakistan

Pakistan: How insect farming can lead to healthy poultry

Chicken feed in Pakistan is often unhealthy, but a cheap option for farmers. This woman is offering an alternative.
BusinessJune 28, 202402:14 min
Pakistani author Fainaana Farnaam recording a children's story for her YouTube channel

Pakistani author creates online Urdu content for children

A Pakistani writer has embarked on an interesting and much-needed project — digitizing stories for children in Urdu.
CultureJune 27, 202401:50 min
A Pakistani migrant on a street in Italy

How a Pakistani migrant suffered trying to reach Italy

Muhammad Umar Arif endured physical and emotional scars on a perilous journey from Pakistan to Italy.
MigrationJune 26, 202403:18 min
Police in civilian clothes stand near burned out cars and other rubble left by a mob that attacked a local police station, obtained a man in custody there, and then killed him in public. Madyan, Pakistan, June 21, 2024.

Pakistan: Police arrest 23 after 'blasphemy' lynching

Police in northwestern Pakistan said they were still looking for more potential suspects after last Thursday's attack.
CrimeJune 24, 2024
Plainclothes police officers stand next to the burned vehicles in Madyan in Pakistan's Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province on 21 June, 2024.

Pakistani 'blasphemy vigilante' mob kills man

A crowd of vigilantes in Pakistan killed and burned the body of a man whom they accused of desecrating the Quran.
PoliticsJune 21, 2024
A health worker administers a polio vaccine to a child in Lahore, Pakistan

As polio cases rise in Pakistan, is there a way out?

Experts explain that population movements and "significant vaccine hesitancy" are hindering progress in combating polio.
HealthJune 20, 2024
Afaf Khattak, a young Pakistani polo player, riding a horse

Pakistan: Young female player breaks barriers on polo field

For fifteen-year-old Afaf Khattak, this equestrian sport is as much for women as it is for men.
SportsJune 20, 202401:45 min
Sacrificial animals for Eid al-Adha at a cattle market in Karachi, Pakistan

Pakistanis struggle to afford sacrificial animals for Eid

Despite soaring prices, people are flocking to cattle markets as the religious feast of Eid al-Adha starts.
SocietyJune 16, 202402:17 min
People buy produce at a market in Karachi, Pakistan

Will Pakistan's new budget help the country's poorest?

How far does Pakistan's tax collection target go to help the nation's poor, who have been struggling to make ends meet?
BusinessJune 13, 2024
A man carrying a bag of wheat at a wholesale food market in Karachi, Pakistan

Pakistan: Next federal budget 'will fall on us like a bomb'

Prices are soaring in Pakistan. How do locals see the government's new monetary policy, amid economic challenges?
BusinessJune 11, 202402:51 min