Tag: Pakistan
Pakistan evacuates 25,000 people from eastern city as rivers threaten flooding
JALALPUR PIRWALA, Pakistan (AP) — Rescuers backed by troops evacuated more than 25,000 people from a city in…
Floods affect 1.2 million, displace nearly 250,000 in eastern Pakistan
NAROWAL, Pakistan (AP) — Rescuers in boats raced to reach stranded families in Pakistan’s populous eastern Punjab province…
India-Pakistan missile race heats up, but China in crosshairs, too
Islamabad, Pakistan – India on August 20 announced that it had successfully test-fired Agni-V, its intermediate-range ballistic missile, from…
Pakistan blows up dam embankment as it braces for flood surge
Pakistan authorities blew up an embankment next to a monsoon-engorged dam on Wednesday as flooding submerged one of…
Flash floods leave 32 dead in Indian-controlled Kashmir as over 150,000 are displaced in Pakistan
NEW DELHI (AP) — Intense rains have lashed parts of Pakistan and India and triggered flash floods in…
Pakistan evacuates 150,000 people after flood warning from rival India
By Asif ShahzadLAHORE, Pakistan (Reuters) -Pakistan evacuated at least 150,000 people in areas along three rivers in its…
Militants attack security camp in northwest Pakistan, killing 3 officers and wounding 17
PESHAWAR, Pakistan (AP) — Militants attacked a security forces camp in northwestern Pakistan on Monday, sparking an hours-long…
Explosion at Pakistan fireworks storage facility injures at least 25 people
KARACHI, Pakistan (AP) — An explosion at a fireworks storage facility in Pakistan’s southern port city of Karachi…
China and Pakistan foreign ministers agree to launch new economic corridor projects
ISLAMABAD (AP) — Pakistan and China pledged to expand economic cooperation and investment under the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor,…
What’s causing Pakistan’s deadly floods?
Pakistan has been reeling from flooding triggered by torrential rains, with nearly 400 people killed since August 14.On…
Can China make Pakistan and the Taliban friends again?
Islamabad, Pakistan – With clasped hands and half-smiles, the foreign ministers of Pakistan, China and Afghanistan’s ruling Taliban…
China calls on Pakistan, Afghanistan to strengthen trilateral exchanges
BEIJING (Reuters) -Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi has called on Pakistan and Afghanistan to further strengthen trilateral exchanges…