Bhopal, India – Triveni Sonani starts her working day at 9am when she opens the gates of Oriya Basti school and welcomes the children of the neighborhood into the classroom for another day of learning. On this sunny December morning, she begins by settling the children into their spots, instructingContinue Reading
Top aide to imprisoned former prime minister says hundreds of protesters shot as authorities end lockdown after evicting PTI supporters. Pakistan’s security forces have driven supporters of imprisoned former Prime Minister Imran Khan from Islamabad following a sweeping crackdown overnight. Authorities reopened roads linking the capital with the rest ofContinue Reading
Thousands of supporters of former PM march to the capital, demanding his release from jail and government’s resignation. Thousands of supporters of Imran Khan have been detained by police as Pakistan’s capital remains under lockdown in advance of a rally demanding the release of the jailed former prime minister andContinue Reading
On the streets of Pakistan’s second biggest city, smog stings eyes and burns throats. Inside homes, few people can afford air purifiers to limit the damage of toxic particles that seep through doors and windows. Lahore, a city of 14 million people stuffed with factories, regularly ranks among the world’sContinue Reading
Haris Rauf and Saim Ayub star in Pakistan’s resounding nine-wicket win to level the three-game series in Australia. Haris Rauf took five wickets as Pakistan cruised to a nine-wicket victory over Australia in the second one-day international to level the three-match series 1-1 at the Adelaide Oval on Friday. RaufContinue Reading
Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif condemns attack near a girls’ school in the southwestern province of Balochistan. At least seven people, including five schoolchildren, have been killed and 23 injured in a bombing near a girls’ school in southwestern Pakistan, officials said. Friday’s attack targeted police guarding a polio vaccination driveContinue Reading
Pakistan beat England by 152 runs to level three-game series on Day Four of second Test match in Multan. Pakistan sealed their first home Test win in nearly four years as they beat England by 152 runs in the second match in Multan on Friday, leveling the three-game series andContinue Reading
A series of bomb threats against multiple Indian airlines has rocked the country this week, throwing authorities there and across five other nations into a scramble to investigate threats amid long delays and flight diversions. India’s flagship carrier, Air India, has been the target of more than a dozen warningsContinue Reading
It was the call that the family of a young British mountaineer who disappeared on Everest 100 years ago had given up hope of receiving. Last month, a team of mountaineers filming a documentary about National Geographic He came across a boot that was kept there and that appeared whenContinue Reading
England go one up in three-Test series after humbling defeat for Pakistan as records tumbled in Multan. England’s bowlers, led by spinner Jack Leach, tore through the Pakistan lineup to secure victory in the first Test in Multan on Friday after a record partnership between Harry Brook and Joe RootContinue Reading
