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Attack on a health center used in an anti-polio campaign in Pakistan kills 2 police officers
Read full article: Attack on a health center used in an anti-polio campaign in Pakistan kills 2 police officersPakistani officials say militants attacked a health center used in an ongoing anti-polio campaign in the country's northwest, triggering a shootout that left two police officers dead.
Pakistan begins another vaccination campaign after a worrying surge in polio cases
Read full article: Pakistan begins another vaccination campaign after a worrying surge in polio casesPakistan has begun a nationwide vaccination campaign to protect 45 million children from polio after a surge in new cases.
Polio is rising in Pakistan ahead of a new vaccination campaign
Read full article: Polio is rising in Pakistan ahead of a new vaccination campaignOfficials say Pakistan has witnessed a surge in new polio cases ahead of a new nationwide campaign, hampering years-long efforts aimed at making the country a polio-free state.
Moscow and Beijing announce further cooperation during international group meeting in Pakistan
Read full article: Moscow and Beijing announce further cooperation during international group meeting in PakistanLeaders and top officials from an international group founded to counter Western alliances have met in Pakistan’s capital, with Moscow and Beijing announcing they will boost cooperation.
The IMF approves a $7 billion loan for Pakistan, which will get $1 billion immediately
Read full article: The IMF approves a $7 billion loan for Pakistan, which will get $1 billion immediatelyPakistani officials say the executive board of the International Fund has approved a new $7 billion loan for the country.
Gunmen kill a policeman guarding polio workers in northwestern Pakistan
Read full article: Gunmen kill a policeman guarding polio workers in northwestern PakistanPolice say a pair of gunmen on a motorcycle opened fire and killed a policeman guarding a group of polio workers going door-to-door in a vaccination campaign in northwestern Pakistan.
Gunmen kill a polio worker and a policeman during a vaccination campaign in Pakistan
Read full article: Gunmen kill a polio worker and a policeman during a vaccination campaign in PakistanPakistani police say gunmen on motorcycles opened fire on police escorting a team of polio workers during a door-to-door vaccination campaign in the northwest, killing an officer and a polio worker.
A roadside bomb hits a vehicle carrying police guarding an anti-polio drive in Pakistan, wounding 9
Read full article: A roadside bomb hits a vehicle carrying police guarding an anti-polio drive in Pakistan, wounding 9Officials say a roadside bomb has hit a vehicle carrying officers assigned to protect health workers conducting a polio immunization drive in a former stronghold of the Pakistani Taliban in northwestern Pakistan, wounding six officers and three civilians.
Pakistan hasn't learned lessons from 2022 deadly floods, experts say
Read full article: Pakistan hasn't learned lessons from 2022 deadly floods, experts sayExperts says that millions of people in Pakistan continue to live along the path of floodwaters showing neither people nor the government have learned any lessons from the 2022 devastating floods that killed 1,737 people.
The first election in a decade is planned in Indian-controlled Kashmir. Here's what to know
Read full article: The first election in a decade is planned in Indian-controlled Kashmir. Here's what to knowResidents of Indian-controlled Kashmir are gearing up for their first regional election in a decade that will allow them to have their own truncated government, also known as a local assembly, instead of remaining under New Delhi’s direct rule.
Separatist group claims deadliest day in recent history in Pakistan's Balochistan and threatens more
Read full article: Separatist group claims deadliest day in recent history in Pakistan's Balochistan and threatens moreA separatist group has claimed responsibility for the deadliest day in recent history in Pakistan’s Balochistan and warned that “even more intense and widespread” attacks are coming.
Death toll from bandit attack on police in Pakistan rises to 12
Read full article: Death toll from bandit attack on police in Pakistan rises to 12The death toll from Pakistan’s deadliest bandit attack on police has risen to 12 after one of the wounded officers died in a hospital in the eastern province of Punjab.
Gunmen ambush and kill 11 police officers in eastern Pakistan, officials say
Read full article: Gunmen ambush and kill 11 police officers in eastern Pakistan, officials sayPakistani officials say gunmen armed with rocket-propelled grenades ambushed a police convoy in eastern Punjab province, killing at least 11 officers and wounding several others.
Heavy rains hit Pakistan's south as this monsoon's death toll rises to 209
Read full article: Heavy rains hit Pakistan's south as this monsoon's death toll rises to 209Officials say flash floods triggered by the latest monsoon rains have swept through streets in southern Pakistan and blocked a key highway in the north.
Pakistan arrests top leader of radical party on charge of ordering the killing of the chief justice
Read full article: Pakistan arrests top leader of radical party on charge of ordering the killing of the chief justiceOfficials say Pakistan’s police have arrested the deputy chief at a radical Islamist party on charges of ordering the killing of the chief justice over his alleged support to the minority Ahmadi community.
Dozens rally in Pakistan after a Christian man is sentenced to death for blasphemy
Read full article: Dozens rally in Pakistan after a Christian man is sentenced to death for blasphemyDozens of members from Pakistan’s civil society have rallied in the southern port city of Karachi against the death sentence handed down to a Christian man on blasphemy charges, nearly a year after one of the worst mob attacks in the country on Christians.
Doctors treat thousands of heatstroke victims in southern Pakistan as temperatures soar
Read full article: Doctors treat thousands of heatstroke victims in southern Pakistan as temperatures soarOfficials say a days-long intense heat wave has disrupted normal life in Pakistan, especially in the southern city of Karachi, where doctors have treated thousands of victims of heatstroke.
US cricket team advances to second round in Twenty20 World Cup debut at Pakistan's expense
Read full article: US cricket team advances to second round in Twenty20 World Cup debut at Pakistan's expenseThe United States cricket team has made more history by qualifying for the second round in its Twenty20 World Cup debut after its last group game against Ireland was washed out in Florida.
The US cricket team is closing in on a major achievement at the Twenty20 World Cup
Read full article: The US cricket team is closing in on a major achievement at the Twenty20 World CupThe United States national cricket team already made a dent in the hierarchy of the game by beating Pakistan last week at the Twenty20 World Cup.
Bumrah helps India hold off archrival Pakistan in a low-scoring T20 World Cup thriller in New York
Read full article: Bumrah helps India hold off archrival Pakistan in a low-scoring T20 World Cup thriller in New YorkPace bowler Jasprit Bumrah has helped India to a six-run win over archrival Pakistan in a low-scoring Twenty20 World Cup thriller on Long Island.
Gunmen kill a police officer assigned to protect polio workers in Pakistan’s northwest
Read full article: Gunmen kill a police officer assigned to protect polio workers in Pakistan’s northwestPakistani police say gunmen opened fire on polio workers in the country's northwest, killing a police officer assigned to protect them.
Nearly 3 out of 10 children in Afghanistan face crisis or emergency level of hunger in 2024
Read full article: Nearly 3 out of 10 children in Afghanistan face crisis or emergency level of hunger in 2024About 6.5 million children in Afghanistan are forecast to experience crisis levels of hunger in 2024.
A bus falls into a ravine in southwest Pakistan, killing 28 people and injuring 20
Read full article: A bus falls into a ravine in southwest Pakistan, killing 28 people and injuring 20Officials say a speeding passenger bus fell off a highway into a ravine in southwest Pakistan, killing 28 people and injuring 20.
Weather forecasters warn Pakistanis to stay indoors ahead of new heat wave
Read full article: Weather forecasters warn Pakistanis to stay indoors ahead of new heat waveAuthorities in Pakistan urged people to stay indoors as the country is hit by an extreme heat wave that threatens to bring dangerously high temperatures and yet another round of glacial-driven floods.
Death toll from 4 days of rains rises to 63 in Pakistan with more rain on the forecast
Read full article: Death toll from 4 days of rains rises to 63 in Pakistan with more rain on the forecastLightning and heavy rains led to 14 deaths in Pakistan, officials said Wednesday, bringing the death toll from four days of extreme weather to at least 63.
India conducts first test flight of domestically developed missile that can carry multiple warheads
Read full article: India conducts first test flight of domestically developed missile that can carry multiple warheadsIndia says it has successfully conducted its first test flight of a domestically developed missile that can carry multiple warheads.
Pakistan swears in new parliament amid chaotic scenes as Imran Khan's followers protests vote count
Read full article: Pakistan swears in new parliament amid chaotic scenes as Imran Khan's followers protests vote countPakistan’s National Assembly swore in newly elected members on Thursday in a chaotic scene, as allies of jailed former Premier Imran Khan protested what they claim was a rigged election.
Imprisoned former Pakistani premier Khan appeals 3 recent convictions
Read full article: Imprisoned former Pakistani premier Khan appeals 3 recent convictionsA lawyer for former Prime Minister Imran Khan says the legal team has appealed his recent convictions and sentences in three controversial legal cases.
Pakistan hits back at criticism of election conduct and insists cellphone curbs were necessary
Read full article: Pakistan hits back at criticism of election conduct and insists cellphone curbs were necessaryPakistan has hit back at criticism over the conduct of its parliamentary elections, which were held amid sporadic militant attacks and an unprecedented suspension of all mobile phone services.
Bombings at Pakistani political offices kill at least 30 a day before parliamentary elections
Read full article: Bombings at Pakistani political offices kill at least 30 a day before parliamentary electionsBombs have ripped through two separate political offices in southwestern Pakistan a day before the country is set to elect a new parliament.
Pakistani leader calls for global unity to fight diseases and emergencies caused by climate change
Read full article: Pakistani leader calls for global unity to fight diseases and emergencies caused by climate changePakistan’s prime minister has called for unified efforts to tackle global infectious diseases like COVID-19 and emergencies caused by climate change, nearly 1 1/2-year after devastating floods killed 1,700 people in his nation.
Suspected militants kill 2 police officers assigned to protect polio workers in northwest Pakistan
Read full article: Suspected militants kill 2 police officers assigned to protect polio workers in northwest PakistanAuthorities say suspected militants have shot and killed two police officers assigned to escort polio workers in northwest Pakistan during the nationwide campaign against polio.
Pakistani Taliban claims responsibility for bomb that killed 6 police guarding anti-polio campaign
Read full article: Pakistani Taliban claims responsibility for bomb that killed 6 police guarding anti-polio campaignA roadside bomb has exploded near a van carrying police assigned to protect workers in an anti-polio immunization campaign in restive northwestern Pakistan, killing at least six officers and wounding 10 others.
Pakistan human rights body says an upcoming election is unlikely to be free and fair
Read full article: Pakistan human rights body says an upcoming election is unlikely to be free and fairPakistan’s independent human rights commission says there is little chance of free and fair parliamentary elections in the country next month because of “pre-poll rigging.”.
3 killed at massive fire in Pakistan's largest southern city of Karachi, officials say
Read full article: 3 killed at massive fire in Pakistan's largest southern city of Karachi, officials sayOfficials say a massive fire has swept through a multi-story commercial building in Pakistan’s largest southern port city of Karachi, killing at least three people and damaging several shops.
Toxic heavy smog in eastern Pakistan makes tens of thousands sick
Read full article: Toxic heavy smog in eastern Pakistan makes tens of thousands sickToxic gray smog has sickened tens of thousands of people in Pakistan’s cultural capital of Lahore, forcing authorities to shut schools, markets and parks for four days.
Pakistan’s ex-leader Nawaz Sharif regains right to appeal convictions, opening a path to election
Read full article: Pakistan’s ex-leader Nawaz Sharif regains right to appeal convictions, opening a path to electionA federal court in Pakistan’s capital has restored the appeals of the country’s former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif against his 2018 convictions in graft cases.
Former US officials ask Pakistan not to deport Afghans seeking relocation to the United States
Read full article: Former US officials ask Pakistan not to deport Afghans seeking relocation to the United StatesA group of former U.S. diplomats and representatives of resettlement organizations has asked Pakistan not to deport thousands of Afghans who have been waiting for U.S. visas under an American program that relocates at-risk Afghan refugees fleeing Taliban rule.
Desperate people dig out dead and injured from Afghanistan earthquakes that killed at least 2,000
Read full article: Desperate people dig out dead and injured from Afghanistan earthquakes that killed at least 2,000Men dug through rubble with their bare hands and shovels in western Afghanistan on Sunday in desperate attempts to pull victims from the wreckage of earthquakes that killed at least 2,000 people.
Amnesty International asks Pakistan to keep hosting Afghans as their expulsion may put them at risk
Read full article: Amnesty International asks Pakistan to keep hosting Afghans as their expulsion may put them at riskAmnesty International is urging Pakistan to maintain its support for Afghan refugees by enabling them to live with dignity and be free from the fear of deportation to Afghanistan where they face persecution by the Taliban.
Pakistan launches anti-polio vaccine drive targeting 44M children amid tight security
Read full article: Pakistan launches anti-polio vaccine drive targeting 44M children amid tight securityPakistan has launched its second nationwide anti-polio campaign of the year Monday in an effort to inoculate 44 million children under the age of 5.
Pakistan officials consider a new way to boost polio vaccination: prison
Read full article: Pakistan officials consider a new way to boost polio vaccination: prisonAuthorities in one province of Pakistan are turning to a controversial new tactic in the decades-long initiative to wipe out polio: prison.
Pakistani children rescued from a broken cable car say they repeatedly feared they would die
Read full article: Pakistani children rescued from a broken cable car say they repeatedly feared they would dieSchoolchildren who were rescued from a broken cable car dangling high above a valley in Pakistan say they repeatedly feared they were about to die during the 16-hour ordeal despite attempts by their parents to reassure them over cellphones.
Pakistan arrests 129 Muslims after mob attacks on churches and homes of minority Christians
Read full article: Pakistan arrests 129 Muslims after mob attacks on churches and homes of minority ChristiansPolice in eastern Pakistan have arrested 129 Muslims after a mob angered over an alleged desecration of a Quran by two men attacked more than a dozen churches and homes of minority Christians.
Sweden calls for vigilance abroad after Quran desecrations and protests
Read full article: Sweden calls for vigilance abroad after Quran desecrations and protestsA senior Swedish official says Swedes abroad and businesses linked to Sweden “should observe increased vigilance and caution,” following recent Quran burnings in the country and protests in the Muslim world.
Two years after fall of Kabul, tens of thousands of Afghans languish in limbo waiting for US visas
Read full article: Two years after fall of Kabul, tens of thousands of Afghans languish in limbo waiting for US visasWhen the U.S. pulled out of Afghanistan in August 2021 it airlifted tens of thousands of Afghans to safety.
Rail service in southern Pakistan is partially restored after train crash that killed 30 people
Read full article: Rail service in southern Pakistan is partially restored after train crash that killed 30 peopleOfficials say engineers have partially restored passenger rail service in southern Pakistan, a day after a passenger train derailed there, killing at least 30 people and injuring 90.
Prison probably isn't the end of the political road for Pakistan's ex-Prime Minister Imran Khan
Read full article: Prison probably isn't the end of the political road for Pakistan's ex-Prime Minister Imran KhanFormer Prime Minister Imran Khan of Pakistan is now an inmate at a high-security prison after being convicted of corruption and sentenced to three years.
Express train derails in southern Pakistan, killing 30 people and injuring more than 90
Read full article: Express train derails in southern Pakistan, killing 30 people and injuring more than 90Ten cars of an express train derailed in southern Pakistan on Sunday, killing 30 people and injuring more than 90 others.
Mideast countries that are already struggling fear price hikes after Russia exits grain deal
Read full article: Mideast countries that are already struggling fear price hikes after Russia exits grain dealEgypt and other lower-income Middle Eastern countries like Lebanon and Pakistan are worried about what comes next after Russia pulled out of a crucial wartime grain deal.
Pakistan's Supreme Court rejects Imran Khan's request to halt his concealing assets trial
Read full article: Pakistan's Supreme Court rejects Imran Khan's request to halt his concealing assets trialPakistan’s Supreme Court has rejected a petition from former Prime Minister Imran Khan about halting his trial in a lingering case involving the concealing of assets after selling state gifts.
Police officer killed as suicide bomber detonates explosive vest at mosque in northwest Pakistan
Read full article: Police officer killed as suicide bomber detonates explosive vest at mosque in northwest PakistanPakistani police say a suicide bomber detonated his explosive vest inside a roadside mosque when a police officer tried to arrest him after a chase in northwestern Pakistan, killing the officer.
11-year-old daughter of top Kashmiri rebel leader issues rare appeal to visit father jailed in India
Read full article: 11-year-old daughter of top Kashmiri rebel leader issues rare appeal to visit father jailed in IndiaThe eleven-year-old daughter of a prominent Kashmiri rebel leader who faces life in prison in neighboring India has issued an emotional appeal, urging New Delhi to allow her to meet her father.
11 dead after a wall collapses near an under-construction bridge in Pakistan during monsoon rains
Read full article: 11 dead after a wall collapses near an under-construction bridge in Pakistan during monsoon rainsPolice and rescue officials say 11 workers were killed after a portion of the outer wall of a sprawling building collapsed near an under-construction bridge on the outskirts of Pakistan’s capital Islamabad.
IMF approves much-awaited $3 billion bailout for Pakistan, saving it from defaulting on debt
Read full article: IMF approves much-awaited $3 billion bailout for Pakistan, saving it from defaulting on debtThe International Monetary Fund has approved a much-awaited $3 billion bailout for Pakistan that likely will save the nation from defaulting on its debt repayments.
Muslims across Pakistan hold anti-Sweden protests to denounce burning of Islam's holy book
Read full article: Muslims across Pakistan hold anti-Sweden protests to denounce burning of Islam's holy bookThousands of Muslims in Pakistan have held protests to denounce last week’s burning of the Islamic holy book in Stockholm following a call by Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif to “send a strong message to Sweden.”.
2 weeks of monsoon rains in Pakistan have killed at least 55, including 8 children
Read full article: 2 weeks of monsoon rains in Pakistan have killed at least 55, including 8 childrenOfficials in Pakistan say the death toll from two weeks of monsoon rains rose to at least 55 on Thursday after at least 12 people, including eight children, died in weather-related incidents in Pakistan.
Warming causes more extreme rain, not snow, over mountains. Scientists say that’s a problem
Read full article: Warming causes more extreme rain, not snow, over mountains. Scientists say that’s a problemA new study says climate change is turning major snowfalls into more extreme rain over mountains, somehow worsening both dangerous flooding like the type that devastated Pakistan last year and long-term water shortages.
Pakistan army fires 3 officers for failing to stop Khan supporters from attacking installations
Read full article: Pakistan army fires 3 officers for failing to stop Khan supporters from attacking installationsPakistan’s military says it has fired three senior officers over their failure to prevent violent attacks on public property and military installations by supporters of the country's former prime minister.
Islamic State group claims killing Sikh man in Pakistan's northwest
Read full article: Islamic State group claims killing Sikh man in Pakistan's northwestPakistani police say gunmen have shot and killed a member of Pakistan’s minority Sikh community in an overnight attack in the northwestern city of Peshawar.
Greek court orders 9 smuggling suspects held pending trial over migrant ship disaster
Read full article: Greek court orders 9 smuggling suspects held pending trial over migrant ship disasterNine men suspected of crewing a migrant smuggling ship that sank off Greece leaving more than 500 missing have been placed in pretrial custody.
Pakistan's Imran Khan presses legal fight, gets protection from arrest in multiple terrorism cases
Read full article: Pakistan's Imran Khan presses legal fight, gets protection from arrest in multiple terrorism casesPakistan’s former Prime Minister Imran Khan has taken his legal battle to a court in the capital, Islamabad.
Pakistani transgender activists to appeal Shariah court ruling against law aimed at protecting them
Read full article: Pakistani transgender activists to appeal Shariah court ruling against law aimed at protecting themTransgender activists in Pakistan say they plan to appeal an Islamic court’s ruling that guts a law aimed at protecting their rights.
With G20 event, India seeks to project normalcy in disputed Kashmir
Read full article: With G20 event, India seeks to project normalcy in disputed KashmirAs India prepares to host a meeting of tourism officials from the Group of 20 in the disputed region of Kashmir, authorities have deployed elite commandos and stepped up security in the region’s largest city.
Police officer opens fire at bus at girls' school in Pakistan, killing 1, injuring 5
Read full article: Police officer opens fire at bus at girls' school in Pakistan, killing 1, injuring 5Officials say a police officer tasked with protecting a private school for girls in northwestern Pakistan has opened fire at a school bus carrying teachers and students, killing an 8-year-old girl and injuring five others.
Pakistan leader says those involved in violence following Khan detention will face terrorism trials
Read full article: Pakistan leader says those involved in violence following Khan detention will face terrorism trialsPakistan’s prime minister says authorities will go after those involved in violent protests following the detention of his predecessor, Imran Khan, including prosecution in anti-terrorism courts.
AP Month in Pictures: Middle East, Afghanistan and Pakistan
Read full article: AP Month in Pictures: Middle East, Afghanistan and PakistanThis photo gallery highlights some of the most compelling images made or published by Associated Press photographers in the Middle East, Afghanistan and Pakistan in March 2023.
IMF says inflation to slow growth across Mideast this year
Read full article: IMF says inflation to slow growth across Mideast this yearEconomies across the Middle East and Central Asia will likely slow this year as persistently high inflation and rising interest rates bite into their post-pandemic gains.
UN: Months after Pakistan floods, millions lack safe water
Read full article: UN: Months after Pakistan floods, millions lack safe waterThe United Nations children’s agency says that after last summer’s devastating floods, 10 million people in Pakistan, including children, still live in flood-affected areas without access to safe drinking water.
Wikipedia again up and running as Pakistan lifts ban on site
Read full article: Wikipedia again up and running as Pakistan lifts ban on sitePakistan has lifted its ban on Wikipedia services that were blocked last week by the country’s media regulator for not removing purportedly blasphemous content that purportedly hurt the sentiments of Muslims.
Sweden PM says 'foreign actors' exploiting protests
Read full article: Sweden PM says 'foreign actors' exploiting protestsSwedish Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson has denounced activists who burned the Quran and hanged an effigy of Turkey’s president in Stockholm as “useful idiots” for foreign powers who want to inflict harm on the Scandinavian country as it seeks to join NATO.
Protests against Quran burning held across the Middle East
Read full article: Protests against Quran burning held across the Middle EastAngry protesters in several Middle Eastern countries have gathered to denounce the recent desecration of Islam’s holy book by far-right activists in Sweden and the Netherlands.
Study: Non-infectious diseases cause early death in Pakistan
Read full article: Study: Non-infectious diseases cause early death in PakistanA British-based medical journal says Pakistan has made progress over infectious diseases but now struggles against cardiovascular diseases, diabetes and cancer as causes of early deaths.
Pakistan premier says UAE extends $2B loan, offers $1B more
Read full article: Pakistan premier says UAE extends $2B loan, offers $1B morePakistan’s prime minister says that the United Arab Emirates agreed to extend a $2 billion loan to his country and provide a additional $1 billion as his nation struggles to recover from devastating floods this summer.
New abnormal: Climate disaster damage 'down' to $268 billion
Read full article: New abnormal: Climate disaster damage 'down' to $268 billionThis past year has seen a horrific flood that submerged one-third of Pakistan, one of the three costliest U.S. hurricanes on record, devastating droughts in Europe and China, a drought-triggered famine in Africa and deadly heat waves all over.
Man accused of killing daughter in Italy because she refused arranged marriage
Read full article: Man accused of killing daughter in Italy because she refused arranged marriagePolice say a Pakistani man suspected of killing his 18-year-old daughter in Italy after she reportedly refused an arranged marriage has been arrested and is being questioned by investigators in the capital, Islamabad.
UN climate deal: Calamity cash, but no new emissions cuts
Read full article: UN climate deal: Calamity cash, but no new emissions cutsNegotiators have approved an historic deal to create a fund for compensating poor nations that are victims of extreme weather worsened by rich countries’ carbon pollution.
Pakistan FM seeks compensation for damages caused by floods
Read full article: Pakistan FM seeks compensation for damages caused by floodsPakistan’s Foreign Minister Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari on Wednesday sought compensation for the unprecedented destruction that was caused in the country in summer when climate-induced flooding killed 1,739 people and affected 33 million and displacing hundreds of thousands.
Pakistan says gunmen killed policeman guarding polio workers
Read full article: Pakistan says gunmen killed policeman guarding polio workersPakistani police say gunmen riding on a motorcycle have shot and killed a police officer assigned to guard a polio vaccination team in volatile southwestern Baluchistan province.