Pakistan

COVID-19 is bio-weapon which was produced in a US laboratory: Scientist

Mar 30, 2020 13:14

A Pakistani scientist specializing in organic chemistry has said that the highly contagious novel coronavirus did not necessarily emerge naturally through mutation but rather may have been produced in a laboratory in the United States.
Pakistan PM calls on Trump to lift Iran sanctions as country fights virus outbreak

Mar 23, 2020 04:20

Pakistan’s Prime Minister Imran Khan has urged US President Donald Trump to lift unilateral sanctions that his administration has imposed on Iran as Tehran is engaged in a diligent fight against the ongoing pandemic of the deadly new coronavirus, known as COVID-19.
Coronavirus cases surge in South Asia as countries try to stem epidemic

Mar 18, 2020 17:05

The total number of confirmed coronavirus cases in the Indian subcontinent has topped 500 amid fears that inadequate health facilities could be overwhelmed in a region home to nearly 1.9 billion people.
Pilot killed in Pakistan Air Force F-16 crash in Islamabad

Mar 11, 2020 10:38

A Pakistan Air Force F-16 fighter jet crashed on Wednesday in a parade ground in the capital, Islamabad, killing the pilot as he was rehearsing for a Pakistan Day air show, the Air Force said.
Pakistan supports Iran’s censuring of organized anti-Muslim violence in India

Mar 04, 2020 09:22

Pakistan’s Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi has supported Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif’s condemnation of organized violence against Muslims in India.
Pakistan court convicts Mumbai suspect in terrorism case

Feb 24, 2020 13:22

A Pakistani anti-terrorism court has sentenced Hafiz Saeed, accused by India of masterminding the 2008 attacks in the port Indian city of Mumbai, to 11 years prison in a case related to terrorism financing, a government prosecutor and defense lawyer say.
Pakistani Senate adopts resolution against Trump’s Palestine plot

Feb 19, 2020 08:34

The Upper House of the Pakistani Parliament — the Senate — has unanimously adopted a resolution against a US-devised proposal on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, saying the scheme seeks the Palestinian people’s “humiliating surrender” before their oppressors.
At least 14 dead in apparent toxic gas leak in Pakistan

Feb 18, 2020 15:27

An apparent gas leak killed at least 14 people near the Pakistani port city of Karachi, officials said Tuesday, as investigators worked to determine the source of the deadly emission.
Gas leak kills six people in Pakistan’s Karachi

Feb 17, 2020 16:04

At least six people were killed and 50 were hospitalized after a suspected poisonous gas spread overnight in a neighborhood near the seaport in Pakistan's southern city of Karachi, rescue officials said on Monday.
Iraqis, Pakistanis pay tribute to General Soleimani

Feb 14, 2020 16:46

Tens of thousands of people in Iraq and Pakistan have held ceremonies to mark the 40th day after the martyrdom of Iran's Lt. Gen. Qassem Soleimani and his Iraqi comrade, Hashd al-Shaabi's Deputy Commander Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis.