Girl buried under Pakistan avalanche for 18 hours is found alive Abu Arqam Naqash, Reuters Posted at Jan 16 08:09 AM A 12-year-old girl was found alive on Tuesday after being buried for 18 hours when an avalanche in Pakistan-controlled Kashmir engulfed the family house, her mother said on Wednesday. Read more »
More than 130 dead as severe weather hits Pakistan, Afghanistan Agence France-PressePosted at Jan 15 04:03 AM Avalanches, flooding and harsh winter weather has killed more than 130 people across Pakistan and Afghanistan in recent days, officials said Tuesday, as authorities struggled to reach people stranded by heavy snowfall. Read more »
Pakistan court annuls Musharaff's death sentence Agence France-PressePosted at Jan 13 10:02 PM A Pakistan court on Monday annulled the death sentence handed to former military ruler Pervez Musharraf, ruling a special court which found him guilty of treason last year was unconstitutional, a government prosecutor told AFP. Read more »
Hell and ice water: Glacier melt threatens Pakistan's future Agence France-PressePosted at Jan 10 12:30 PM SHISPER GLACIER, Pakistan - The villagers of Hassanabad live in constant fear. Read more »
Pakistani court orders ex-leader Musharraf arrested, hanged Kyodo NewsUpdated as of Dec 20 04:00 AM A Pakistani court that sentenced former dictator Pervez Musharraf to death in absentia for subverting the Constitution directed law enforcement agencies on Thursday to apprehend him and enforce the punishment. Read more »
Pakistan court sentences former military ruler Musharraf to death for treason Asif Shahzad, ReutersPosted at Dec 17 05:22 PM Musharraf, who seized power in a 1999 coup and later ruled as president, is not in Pakistan and was not available for comment on the sentence, handed down by an anti-terrorism court hearing the high treason case. Read more »
Lightning strikes kill at least 18, injure several on deadly night in Pakistan Agence France-PressePosted at Nov 15 09:56 PM Thunderstorms and a heavy downpour caused havoc in several villages, destroying dozens of homes, in an unusual rainfall event that a meteorologist says could be linked to climate change. Read more »
Brother found guilty of 'honor killing' of Pakistan social media star Mubasher Bukhari, ReutersPosted at Sep 27 03:58 PM LAHORE - A Pakistan court on Friday convicted the brother of social media star Qandeel Baloch of her murder, a 2016 killing that sparked a change in laws and ignited fierce debate over the prevalence of 'honor killings' of women. Read more »
Pakistan earthquake kills 37 Akhtar Soomro, ReutersPosted at Sep 26 09:19 AM A woman and her grandson collect family belongings outside their house, that was damaged in an earthquake in Jatlan, Mirpur, Pakistan on Wednesday. Read more »
19 killed, dozens wounded as Pakistan jolted by shallow 5.2 quake Nasir Jaffry and Zain Zaman, Agence France-PressePosted at Sep 25 12:14 AM At least 19 people have been killed and 300 wounded after a shallow earthquake rattled north-eastern Pakistan, a senior police officer said, with the tremor tearing car-sized cracks into roads and heavily damaging infrastructure. Read more »
Pakistan, India exchange cross-border fire after UN meet on Kashmir Jalees Andrabi and Bhuvan Bagga, Agence France-PressePosted at Aug 17 06:01 PM India and Pakistan exchanged "heavy" cross-border fire on Saturday, after New Delhi's move to strip the restive Kashmir region of its autonomy prompted a rare meeting of the UN Security Council. Read more »
OPINION: India, no longer a beacon of Asia Karim Raslan - Ceritalah ASEANPosted at Aug 15 05:31 AM The colonized have become colonizers. Read more »
Pakistani military plane crashes near garrison city, kills 17 Saad Sayeed, ReutersPosted at Jul 30 03:01 PM RAWALPINDI, Pakistan - A Pakistani military aircraft on a training flight crashed in a built-up area in the garrison city of Rawalpindi early on Tuesday killing all five crew members and 12 civilians and setting off a blaze that left a pile of smoking rubble. Read more »
Monsoon rains wreak flood havoc across South Asia Agence France-Presse Posted at Jul 17 07:06 AM Survivors scrambled for higher ground as torrential monsoon rains swept away homes and triggered landslides across South Asia Tuesday, with millions of people affected and at least 180 dead, officials said. Read more »