Heavy rains kill 29 in Pakistan as houses collapse, landslides block roads | Weather News

Heavy rains kill 29 in Pakistan as houses collapse, landslides block roads | Weather News

The majority of deaths reported in the northwestern province of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. At least 29 people have been killed and 50 others injured due to heavy rains that swept Pakistan in the past 48 hours, causing several houses to collapse and landslides to block roads, particularly in the northwest. At…

Shehbaz Sharif set to become Pakistan’s new PM after controversial election | Politics News

Shehbaz Sharif set to become Pakistan’s new PM after controversial election | Politics News

Sharif is likely to return to the role he held until August when parliament was dissolved ahead of the vote. Islamabad, Pakistan – Pakistani legislators are set to elect Shehbaz Sharif as the country’s prime minister following a controversial election last month. The South Asian country voted on February 8…

Saving Baboo the baby tiger: Inside Pakistan’s zoo-turned-rescue centre | Wildlife

Saving Baboo the baby tiger: Inside Pakistan’s zoo-turned-rescue centre | Wildlife

Islamabad, Pakistan – From the outside, one might assume that the former premises of Marghazar Zoo are now deserted. A dilapidated ticket office and overgrown foliage suggest an absence of visitors. But listen closely, and you might hear the chatter of monkeys, the growl of bears, and even the roar…

Kashmiri journalist Aasif Sultan re-arrested days after release | Media News

Kashmiri journalist Aasif Sultan re-arrested days after release | Media News

Aasif Sultan, a former editor of Kashmir Narrator magazine, has been re-arrested under ‘anti-terror’ law days, two days after his release following five years in jail. A Kashmiri journalist, who was released after spending more than five years in jail earlier this week, has been re-arrested by police in another…

Are snakebites rising in South Asia — and what’s responsible? | Health News

Are snakebites rising in South Asia — and what’s responsible? | Health News

In 1950, Roald Dahl wrote a short story titled Poison. The tale, set in colonial India and often found in deckle-edged children’s anthologies, tells a riveting story about racism. In the story, a striped snake called a common krait slithers on the stomach of one of the main characters. The…

As Pakistan’s newly elected parliament meets, a look at the PM candidates | Politics News

As Pakistan’s newly elected parliament meets, a look at the PM candidates | Politics News

Islamabad, Pakistan – Who will be the next prime minister of Pakistan? That will be the big question as the country’s parliament convenes on Thursday for the first time after the controversial February 8 national elections, marred by large-scale allegations of rigging and manipulation of results. The tense election threw…

Internet: Pakistan’s new political battleground | Internet

Internet: Pakistan’s new political battleground | Internet

Internet disruptions, unexplained by authorities, are casting serious doubts over the rule of law and Pakistan’s ambition to expand its digital economy. In Pakistan, the internet has become a battleground. Not one fought with tanks and missiles but with throttled bandwidth and targeted shutdowns. Less than two months into 2024,…

Pakistan government deal agreed despite opposition from Imran Khan’s PTI | Elections News

Pakistan government deal agreed despite opposition from Imran Khan’s PTI | Elections News

Pakistan People’s Party and Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz to form a coalition with Shehbaz Sharif selected as candidate for PM. Two of Pakistan’s leading political parties have reached a formal agreement to form a coalition government, they say, days after inconclusive national elections did not return a clear majority. The Pakistan…

Pakistan official admits involvement in rigging election results | Elections News

Pakistan official admits involvement in rigging election results | Elections News

A senior bureaucrat in Pakistan has said he helped rig Pakistan’s elections, a week after polls marred by allegations of manipulation returned no clear winner. On Saturday, Liaqat Ali Chattha, commissioner of the garrison city of Rawalpindi, where the country’s powerful military has its headquarters, said he would hand himself…