Tag: Pakistan
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Former PM Imran Khan gets 14-year prison sentence in third conviction
Former Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan and his wife were sentenced yesterday to 14 years in prison each for corruption, his lawyer and prison officials said, ... -
Islamabad retaliates with airstrikes in Iran after an attack by Tehran, killing 9 people
Pakistan’s air force launched retaliatory airstrikes yesterday in Iran allegedly targeting militant hideouts, an attack that killed at least nine people and further raised tensions between ... -
The first two children are rescued from a cable car dangling hundreds of feet in the air in Pakistan
An official says military commandos have rescued two children stuck in a cable car dangling hundreds of meters above the ground in a remote part of ... -
High security prison for ex-Pakistani PM Imran Khan after court sentencing
Pakistan’s former Prime Minister Imran Khan awoke yesterday as an inmate in a high-security prison after a court handed him a three-year jail sentence for corruption, ... -
Beijing has invested $25.4B in Pakistan over the last decade, Chinese vice premier says
China has invested $25.4 billion in Pakistan over the past decade for projects ranging from roads to power plants, China’s vice premier said yesterday [Macau time], ... -
People bury dead from massive suicide attack at political rally that killed 54
Hundreds of mourners attended funerals in Pakistan yesterday after a suicide bombing killed at least 54 people at an election rally for a pro-Taliban cleric, carrying ... -
Pakistan’s finance minister says Beijing rolls over $2.4 billion loan for Islamabad for two years
Pakistan’s finance minister yesterday said China has rolled over a $2.4 billion loan for the cash-strapped Islamic nation for two years, a move aimed at helping ... -
Pakistan launches $3.5 billion Chinese-designed nuclear energy project
Pakistan’s Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Friday launched the construction of a 1,200-megawatt Chinese-designed nuclear energy project, which will be built at a cost of $3.5 ... -
IMF deposits much-awaited $1.2b with Pakistan’s central bank under bailout
Pakistan’s finance minister yesterday said the International Monetary Fund deposited a much-awaited first installment of $1.2 billion with the country’s central bank under a recently signed ... -
Imran Khan in court as more violence erupts across country
Pakistan’s former Prime Minister Imran Khan appeared in court yesterday, a day after he was dragged from another court and arrested in Islamabad, setting off clashes ... -
FM says it will skip US democracy summit amid turmoil
Pakistan announced it will not participate in this week’s U.S.-led Summit for Democracy, a move seen in part as an effort by the impoverished Islamic nation ... -
Pervez Musharraf, Pakistan martial ruler in 9/11 wars, dies
Gen. Pervez Musharraf, who seized power in a bloodless coup and later led a reluctant Pakistan into aiding the U.S. war in Afghanistan against the Taliban, ... -
Death toll from mosque suicide bombing rises to 88
The death toll from a suicide bombing at a mosque in northwestern Pakistan rose to 88 yesterday, officials said. The assault, on a Sunni mosque inside ... -
Suicide bomber kills 20, wounds 96 at mosque in NW Pakistan
A suicide bomber struck yesterday inside a mosque in the northwestern Pakistani city of Peshawar, killing at least 20 people and wounding as many as 96 worshippers, ... -
In hopeful sign, Pakistan says no new flood deaths in three days
Pakistan said yesterday there have been no fatalities for the past three days from the deadly floods that engulfed the country since mid-June, a hopeful sign ... -
Pakistani premier promises compensation for flood victims
Pakistan’s prime minister yesterday promised the country’s homeless people that the government will ensure they are paid to rebuild and return to their lives after the ... -
UNHCR rushes aid amid to amid raging floods in country’s south
The U.N. refugee agency rushed in more desperately needed aid yesterday to flood-stricken Pakistan as the nation’s prime minister traveled to the south where rising waters ... -
Flooding deaths pass 1,000 in ‘climate catastrophe’
Deaths from widespread flooding in Pakistan topped 1,000 since mid-June, officials said yesterday, as the country’s climate minister called the deadly monsoon season “a serious climate ... -
Government steps up pressure on ex-PM Imran Khan
Pakistani government stepped up pressure on former Prime Minister Imran Khan who has been holding mass rallies, seeking to return to office, with an Islamabad court ... -
Suicide bomber kills six, gunmen kill two Sikhs in NW Pakistan
A suicide bombing near a security forces vehicle killed three soldiers and three children in northwest Pakistan near the border with Afghanistan yesterday, while gunmen shot ... -
Pakistan | School reopens after Taliban massacre of students
Pakistani children returned yesterday to the school where Taliban gunmen killed 150 of their classmates and teachers last month, clutching their parents’ hands tightly in ... -
Pakistan | Country mourns 142 slain in Taliban school attack
Pakistanis mourned as mass funerals got underway yesterday for 142 people, most of them children, killed the day before in a massacre by the Taliban ... -
Pakistan | Taliban school terror assault leaves over 140 dead, mostly kids
Taliban gunmen stormed a military-run school in the northwestern Pakistani city of Peshawar yesterday, killing at least 141 people, mostly children, before Pakistani officials declared a ... -
Beijing blasts US hypocrisy as CIA torture condemned
China joined human rights advocates yesterday in criticizing the U.S. over a report on the practice of torture by the CIA. “China has consistently opposed torture,” ... -
US Senate report: Harsh CIA tactics didn’t work
U.S. Senate investigators delivered a damning indictment of CIA practices yesterday, accusing the spy agency of inflicting pain and suffering on prisoners beyond legal limits and ... -
Offbeat | Singer-turned preacher investigated for blasphemy
Police in Pakistan say they have opened a blasphemy investigation against a pop singer-turned Islamic preacher accused of insulting one of the wives of Islam’s prophet. ... -
Cricket world quick to respond to death of Hughes
Players and fans across the cricket world expressed shock and sadness at the news of the death of Australian test batsman Phillip Hughes, two days after ... -
Pakistan | Gunmen kill 4 polio workers
Gunmen attacked a polio vaccination team yesterday, killing four health workers, while a suspected U.S. drone strike killed four alleged militants in Pakistan, officials said. The ... -
Afghanistan | At least 50 dead in volleyball match suicide attack
The death toll in Afghanistan’s deadliest insurgent attack this year has risen to at least 50, with 63 wounded, many of them children, officials said yesterday, as NATO ... -
Pakistan | 58 dead in head-on highway collision
A head-on collision between a passenger bus and a truck on a highway in southern Pakistan killed 58 people yesterday, police said. The collision ignited a fuel ... -
Cricket |Babar’s pair reduces New Zealand to 81-3
Pakistan left-arm spinner Zulfiqar Babar claimed two early wickets as New Zealand staggered to 81-3 chasing at lunch on the third day of the first test ... -
India-Pakistan | Suicide blast kills 53 at border crossing
A suicide bombing at the busiest India-Pakistan border crossing after a nightly flag-lowering ceremony Sunday killed at least 53 people, according to the state-run Pakistan Television ... -
Bangladesh | Court upholds death for Islamist leader
Bangladesh’s Supreme Court yesterday upheld the death sentence given to a senior Islamist leader convicted by a special tribunal last year for his role in mass killings ... -
Cricket | Pakistan beats Australia by 356 runs on Day 5
Pakistan picked up the last five wickets for eight runs in 7.3 overs after lunch yesterday to complete a 356-run win over Australia in the second ... -
Bangladesh | Islamist party chief sentenced to death
A special tribunal in Bangladesh yesterday sentenced the leader of the country’s largest Islamist party to death for his role in the deaths of thousands of people during ...
