Pakistan expects to secure $3 billion in external financing from a friendly country in two weeks, its finance minister said on December 2 as the South Asian country awaits funding from the International Monetary Fund.
The Taliban's treatment of Afghan women and girls, including their exclusion from parks and gyms as well as schools and universities, may amount to a crime against humanity, a group of UN experts said on November 25.
Pakistan Interior Minister Rana Sanaullah said on November 25 that former Prime Minister Imran Khan should postpone the resumption of his protest march to Islamabad from Rawalpindi, stating there had been threats of attacks from militant groups.
Afghan women were stopped from entering amusement parks in Kabul on November 9 after the Taliban's morality ministry said there would be restrictions on women being able to access public parks.
Pakistan's prime minister said his country would need debt relief and would seek compensation for climate damage as it recovers from catastrophic floods that cost the country some $30 billion.
In Pakistan's "chili capital," farmers describe how they fought to shield their fiery crops from the massive flooding that is still lingering in many regions of the country.
Large-scale outbreaks of diarrhea, malaria, typhoid, and dengue fever have come at a particularly bad time as Pakistan struggles to cope with the long-term effects of severe flooding that has affected millions.
Oscar-winning actress Angelina Jolie met with locals in southern Pakistan on September 20 as the country struggles with an outbreak of disease amid massive floods.
A project launched by former Prime Minister Imran Khan to plant 10 billion trees in Pakistan has dramatically transformed some areas of the country.
Efforts to reach communities in Afghanistan affected by the June 22 earthquake are being hampered by bad roads and heavy rain. The magnitude-6.1 quake is known to have killed at least 1,000 people and injured 1,500. The epicenter was 160 kilometers southeast of Kabul near the Pakistani border.
Last month, Jacobabad in Pakistan became the hottest city on Earth. Women in southern Pakistan and millions like them around the world are at the searing edge of climate change. Pregnant women exposed to heat for prolonged periods of time have a higher risk of suffering complications.
China and Pakistan share concern about "spillover effects of unilateral sanctions" on Russia over its war against Ukraine and called for a cease-fire and diplomatic resolution of the crisis, the Chinese Foreign Ministry said on March 22.
India says it accidentally fired a missile into Pakistan and has ordered a high-level probe to investigate the matter.
Two Afghan brothers suspected of killing their sister for adopting a Western lifestyle went on trial in Berlin on March 2 in a case that highlights violence against women and cultural tensions among some recent migrants to Germany.
The executive board of the World Bank on March 1 approved a plan to use more than $1 billion from a frozen Afghanistan trust fund to finance urgently needed education, agriculture, health, and family programs, the bank announced.
The Taliban's announcement that it would restrict Afghans from leaving the country under certain circumstances has drawn concern from the United States and the United Kingdom this week amid fears it could hamper ongoing evacuation efforts.
Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan announced on February 28 a cut in petrol and electricity prices despite a steep rise in the global oil market, pledging to freeze the new rates until the next budget in June.
Protesting fishermen blockaded the port in Karachi, assembling their trawlers across the main channel to halt all traffic in and out of Pakistan's busiest port, officials said on February 23.
The United Nations children's agency will pay Afghan teachers a monthly stipend for at least two months, the organization said, as salaries remain unpaid for months amid an economic crisis in Afghanistan.
Hundreds of Afghan women have been leading protests in several cities across the country demanding the protection of rights for women and denouncing what they say is Pakistan's support for the Taliban takeover. At a Kabul protest on September 7, Taliban gunmen fired in the air.
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