Protests were held in Islamabad and other cities across Pakistan on September 11 amid national outrage over the alleged gang rape of a woman in front of her children
The rains, typical of the monsoon season, began on 22 August, and a second period lasted from 25 to 27 August causing extensive damage. Much infrastructure in Karachi is destroyed. The city is still submerged and all 7 traffic underpasses are filled with water. The Pakistani Ranger and Navy forces have initiated rescue operations
There was a time when starting up a business of any kind required an immense amount of market research and some physical office space to meet potential clients. But the days of big offices may be coming to an end. It’s called co-working and one coworking place in Pakistan is designed to help women entrepreneurs
Transported to the hospital of Lahore, capital of Punjab, died on February 28, three days after the attack in the village of Baguyana, in the district of Kasur, in Punjab. Fr. Qaisar continues: “It is sad to know that a person is killed for having washed himself at a well, on charges of having polluted the water in the well. Saleem was washing himself after working in the agricultural fields. It is urgent to change this mentality: we must treat everyone as human beings, but many people are full of hatred towards non-Muslims. Now another human being has been killed”
Police in Pakistan say a suicide bomber killed at least eight people and wounded more than a dozen others on February 17 at a radical Sunni Islamist rally in Quetta, the capital of Pakistan’s Balochistan Province. Quetta Police Chief Abdul Razzaq Cheema said the February 17 rally was being staged by dozens of Sunni Muslim followers of the radical Ahle Sunnat Wal Jammat (ASWJ) party..Shops throughout Pakistan’s southeastern city of Quetta were closed to protest against a lack of security after a suicide bombing killed at least 10 people and wounded dozens
In a country often criticized for a lack of tolerance and religious freedom, one man is trying to change attitudes through art. In the process, he is uplifting the lives of hundreds of under-privileged children
An anti-government sit-in entered its sixth day in the Pakistani capital, Islamabad, with thousands of protesters continuing to demand the resignation of Prime Minister Imran Khan
Tharparkar desert in Pakistan’s Sindh province is known for being hot and dry. But a recent heavy rain spell has turned the desert into a lush green landscape…..The generation of children are called digital natives because they have grown up in a digital world. But there are two generations of older people and many disadvantaged people for whom the digital world is a mystery
The streets of Srinagar were largely deserted on Monday and most schools and shops were closed even though authorities say they were re-opening close to 200 elementary schools in Kashmir’s largest city. Residents are angered over the Indian government’s decision to downgrade the status of the Indian-administered side – Jammu and Kashmir – from a federal state and split into two union territories
Rizvi was arrested in Pakistan’s Punjab province along with hundreds of other TLP leaders and activists