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
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
The raids in Islamabad come after major protests in the capital calling for Khan’s release from jail. Police in Pakistan have arrested several legislators and leaders from former Prime Minister Imran Khan’s party in a series of raids in Islamabad, according to party officials and authorities. A police spokesperson saidContinue Reading
Islamabad, Pakistan – For 15 years, pick-up truck driver Qadeer Aslam had been transporting goods across Pakistan. Most of his trips were to Balochistan, about 400km (250 miles) west of his village near Burewala city in southern Punjab province. Over the years, Aslam, 32, was able to save enough moneyContinue Reading
Islamabad, Pakistan – Nearly two dozen civilians traveling from Pakistan’s Punjab province were pulled from their vehicles and shot dead by armed gunmen, as a series of at least six deadly attacks battered the country’s southwestern province of Balochistan on Sunday night and Monday morning. At least 43 people wereContinue Reading
