Tag: Pakistan
City girls snub traditional Hindu face tattoos in Pakistan
Grinding charcoal with a few drops of goat's milk, 60-year-old Basran Jogi peers at the faces of two…
Death toll from northern Pakistan monsoon floods rises to almost 400
Rescuers and residents resumed searching on Tuesday for survivors as the death toll from five days of torrential…
Pakistan restores electricity and reopens roads in areas where floods killed over 300
ISLAMABAD (AP) — Pakistan restored 70% of electricity and reopened damaged roads in the country's north and northwest…
Twenty bodies found in Pakistan mountain village after cloudburst flooding
PESHAWAR, Pakistan (Reuters) -Rescue workers on Tuesday recovered more bodies from a mountain village in northwest Pakistan where…
Pakistan floods and cloudbursts visualised in maps and satellite images
More than 100 people remain missing in northern Pakistan after flash floods have killed at least 360 across…
Rain halts rescue operation after Pakistan floods kill hundreds
Rain on Monday halted search and rescue operations in northern Pakistan after flash floods that have killed nearly…
Rescuers look for 150 people still missing in Pakistan’s northwest following devastating floods
PESHAWAR, Pakistan (AP) — Rescuers are looking for more than 150 people who were still missing on Monday…
Cloudbursts are causing chaos in parts of India and Pakistan. Here’s what they are
ISLAMABAD (AP) — Cloudbursts are causing chaos in mountainous parts of India and Pakistan, with tremendous amounts of…
Pakistan will not restrict mountaineering despite recent deaths of climbers
Pakistan has issued no warnings or restrictions on mountaineering expeditions, an official said Sunday, despite a spate of…
Pakistan will not restrict mountaineering expeditions despite the recent deaths of climbers
PESHAWAR, Pakistan (AP) — Pakistan has issued no warnings or restrictions for mountaineering expeditions in the north, an…
Hopes for survivors wane as landslides, flooding bury Pakistan villages
Thousands of Pakistani rescuers battled rain and knee-deep mud Sunday, digging homes out from under massive boulders in…
More than 220 people have died in Pakistan after flash floods, landslides
Flooding in northwest Pakistan has killed more than 220 people over the last 48 hours, officials said Saturday,…