After Pakistani officials blamed Afghans for a string of attacks on security forces earlier this month, Afghan refugees there say they fear a new crackdown.
Authorities released excess water into rivers that flow into neighboring and archrival Pakistan, when monsoon rains battered India early in July. While this process is usual, Pakistanis, who were also experiencing heavy rains, were caught off guard when the water came much earlier than expected and prompted widespread evacuations.
Mina Akbari is again working as a journalist after fleeing Taliban rule in Afghanistan. She is reporting for diaspora media from her new home in Pakistan.
Pakistanis traditionally give generously to charities, yet the majority do not pay taxes. The pressure is now on charities as donations drop in the face of record-breaking 38% inflation. Meanwhile, poor tax collection hurts economic growth and forces more people to rely on charity.
On Thursday, Pakistan’s top court handed former Prime Minister Imran Khan a big win by deeming his dramatic arrest unlawful. The government immediately condemned the decision.
In response to angry protests over the arrest of the former prime minister Imran Khan, Pakistan’s army has been called upon to maintain security in the country’s capital and two of its four provinces. VOA’s Pakistan Bureau chief Sarah Zaman has this report.
After paramilitary troops arrested former prime minister Imran Khan on Tuesday on charges of corruption, Pakistan is on edge. Political unrest has plagued the country ever since Khan was ousted last year, and some fear that it will only get worse as Khan’s fans turn their ire on the mighty military
Despite being so small that it’s hard to find on Google Maps, the village of Pono in Pakistan’s southern Sindh province continues to draw attention from around the world.That’s because the village is designed to show how communities that are most susceptible to climate change can become resilient to the effects of change and self-sufficient using traditional techniques
The severe monsoon rains that devastated a large portion of Pakistan last year have been referred to as “apocalyptic,” “a flood from the sky.”33 million people were affected by the flooding, and roughly 8 million were left homeless.
On Tuesday, Imran Khan’s supporters and police clashed outside of his residence in the eastern city of Lahore, injuring a senior police officer. Khan was being sought for arrest for failing to show up for court hearings.