Pakistan

Pakistan Allows International Flights To Resume

Even as Pakistan recorded its single highest overnight death toll of 78 and its numbers of COVID-19 confirmed cases soared passed 66,000, the country’s Civil Aviation Authority announced international flights can resume in and out of Pakistan.

Locust Invasion Wreaks Havoc On Pakistan's Crops, Orchards

An invasion of locusts has spread across Pakistan, officials said, causing damage to crops and orchards and posing a threat to food security in an impoverished Islamic nation already struggling to tackle a virus pandemic that has caused more than 1,300 deaths.

RSF Calls For Independent Investigation Into Pakistani Journalist’s Killing

Reporters Without Borders (RSF) is calling for a special independent team to investigate this week’s “shocking murder” of a Pakistani journalist, saying there is “every reason to doubt” local police claims that it was a so-called honor killing.

Investigators Scour Pakistan Air Crash Site For Clues, Cockpit Voice Recorder

Suspected Militants Kill Two Pakistani Policemen In Islamabad

Pakistan Considers Reinforcing Lockdown After Spike In Infections

Gunmen Kill Two Officials At Eid Celebration In Northwest Pakistan

At least three people, including two government officials, were killed in an attack in Pakistan's restive North Waziristan district on May 24, administration and police officials said. 

Flight Recorders Recovered From Pakistani Jet Crash That Killed 97

Investigators have recovered the black box flight recorders from the wreckage of a Pakistani International Airlines (PIA) jet that crashed in Karachi killing 97 people.

Pakistani Lawmaker, Former Governor Die After Positive Coronavirus Tests

Pakistan's Top Court Orders Lifting Of Coronavirus Restrictions On Malls, Weekend Businesses

Pakistan's Supreme Court has ordered the government to lift some of the remaining restrictions imposed on businesses to slow the spread of the coronavirus.

Pakistan Detains Three Over 'Honor Killing' Of Teenage Girls

Pakistani police have detained three people over the killing of two teenage girls shot dead after video of them with a man surfaced on the Internet, officials say.