Tag: Pakistan
Chinese climber dies after summiting worldâs second-highest peak, K2
GILGIT, Pakistan (AP) â A Chinese mountaineer has died after being hit by falling rocks while descending from…
US report says India acts minimally, Pakistan rarely acts against rights abuses
By Kanishka SinghWASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. government noted abuses in India and Pakistan in a shortened human rights…
New offensive against militants displaces thousands in northwest Pakistan
KHAR, Pakistan (AP) â Pakistani security forces have launched a much-awaited âtargeted operationâ against militants in a restive…
US puts Balochistan armed group in Pakistan on âforeign terroristâ list
The United States has upped pressure on the Pakistan-based Balochistan Liberation Army (BLA), labelling it a âforeign terroristâ…
Massive mudslide kills 7 volunteers repairing flood damage in northern Pakistan
GILGIT, Pakistan (AP) â A massive mudslide early Monday killed seven volunteers as they repaired a drainage channel…
India says six Pakistani aircraft shot down during May conflict
India shot down five Pakistani fighter jets and one other military aircraft during fighting in May, Indiaâs air…
Pakistan says soldiers kill 33 fighters near Afghan border
Pakistani security forces have killed 33 fighters who tried to cross into the southwestern province of Balochistan from…
Pakistani forces kill 33 militants in overnight operation near Afghan border
QUETTA, Pakistan (AP) â Pakistani security forces killed 33 militants who attempted to enter the insurgency-hit southwest from…
Body of missing father found on melting glacier 28 years after he vanished
The family of a missing man whose body was discovered on a melting glacier in Pakistan after 28…
Pakistanis hold anti-India rallies to mark 6th anniversary of revocation of Kashmir’s special status
MUZAFFARABAD, Pakistan (AP) â Chanting anti-India slogans, hundreds of people rallied Tuesday in Pakistan-administered Kashmir to mark the…
Pakistan police arrest 120 workers of ex-PM Imran Khan’s party ahead of protest
LAHORE, Pakistan (Reuters) -Police arrested 120 activists of Pakistan's main opposition party in raids overnight, security officials said,…
Pakistan’s Indus sinks and shrinks
Salt crusts crackle underfoot as Habibullah Khatti walks to his mother's grave to say a final goodbye before…