Islamabad, April 5 (IANS) At least 45 people were killed and 105 others injured after heavy rains caused roof and wall collapses across several parts of Pakistan’s Khyber Pakhtunkhwa since March-end, according to the Provincial Disaster Management Authority’s (PDMA) latest report issued on Sunday quoting media reports. In its latest report, PDMA said that casualties were caused due to roof and wall collapse amid heavy rains across several districts of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. The PDMA said the deceas…
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Islamabad, March 30 (IANS) At least 17 people, including 14 children, were killed and 56 others were injured after heavy rains caused roof and wall collapse in several areas of Pakistan’s Khyber Pakhtunkhwa since March 25, according to a Provincial Disaster Management Authority (PDMA) report on Monday, local media reported. The highest number of casualties was reported in Bannu, with eight deaths, including seven children and one woman, while 42 others were injured.As many as five people, includ…
Washington, March 21 (IANS) As Pakistan’s trajectory mirrors North Korea’s path of sanctions, isolations and nuclear expansion, the risks are mounting for the US, making Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard’s recent warning especially timely, a report has detailed. Gabbard has placed Pakistan among the foremost nuclear threats to the US, alongside Russia, China, and North Korea. Her recent testimony warns that Islamabad’s advancing missile capabilities could soon reach the hom…
Kabul, Feb 28 (IANS) At least 19 people were killed and 26 others injured in the eastern provinces of Khost and Paktika in Afghanistan following border clashes with Pakistan, Hamdullah Fitrat, deputy spokesman for the Afghan government, said.The majority of the casualties are women and children, Fitrat added. Meanwhile, Taliban spokesperson Zabihullah Mujahid has claimed that a “special circle” in Pakistan has started a mission to destabilise the region after tensions escalated between Kabul and…
Moscow, Feb 27 (IANS) Russia on Friday expressed concern over the escalation of clashes between Pakistan and Afghanistan and urged both sides to resolve differences through political and diplomatic means. In a statement shared on X, Russian Foreign Ministry spokesperson Maria Zakharova stated, “We are concerned over the sharp escalation of armed clashes between Afghanistan and Pakistan. We call on them to abandon this dangerous confrontation and return to the negotiating table to resolve all dif…
Kabul, Feb 27 (IANS) Richard Bennett, the UN Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Afghanistan, on Friday called for calm and respect for human rights and humanitarian law, especially the protection of people, amid escalating tensions between Pakistan and Afghanistan which has claimed several lives, including of Afghan civilians. Bennett stressed immediate de-escalation as Pakistan launched Operation ‘Ghazab lil-Haq’ against Afghanistan, targetting several military installations…
Kabul, Feb 27 (IANS) Afghan Air Force conducted airstrikes against Pakistani military targets in Islamabad, Nowshera, Jamrud and Abbottabad, Taliban Deputy Spokesman Hamdullah Fitrat announced on Friday. Fitrat stated that these attacks were conducted in response to the airstrikes carried out by the Pakistani military in Kabul, Kandahar and Paktia last night.”The Air Force of the Ministry of National Defence carried out airstrikes on a military camp near Faizabad city in Islamabad, Pakistan, an …
Islamabad, Feb 25 (IANS) As the population of Sikhs and Hindus in Pakistan continues to shrink, a report on Wednesday highlighted that land belonging to several religious sites of the minority communities has been sold, with other properties allegedly being forcibly occupied by local individuals across the country. According to a report in ‘Khalsa Vox’, another case recently came to light in which a historic gurdwara in Abbottabad in Pakistan’s Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province was allegedly sold fo…
Islamabad, Dec 29 (IANS) A research emerging from Pakistan has revealed that the intersectional nature of women’s role in care work is difficult to ignore. The burden of care and low-paid labour in Pakistan falls heaviest on women positioned at the margins of social power, a report has stated. Pakistan is projected to become the world’s third most populous nation in 25 years, a figure highlighted at the Dawn Population Summit held earlier in December. As the population will increase, care needs …