Pakistanis

More than 10 million people, including children, still lack access to safe drinking water after the catastrophic floods hit Pakistan from June to October last year, the Unicef said

Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif's office has sought PKR 75 million or 16 per cent additional budget for allowances, fuel, and food rather than placing a cut on the expenses

Amid the shortage of wheat, the banks in Pakistan remain hesitant in opening letters of credit (LCs) for the import of necessities, posing threat to the food supply, reported The News International

Khalil Hashmi told a press conference that there was an urgent need for housing, and that flood damage had impacted agriculture, and people's livelihoods, Xinhua news agency reported

At least four people were injured on Sunday in a grenade blast on the Sabzal Road in Pakistan's Quetta, according to a statement by Balochistan Chief Minister Abdul Qudoos Bizenjo, reported The Dawn

A Pakistani civilian allegedly trying to enter Indian territory was killed by Border Security Force personnel in Anupgarh sector of Sriganganagar district here, police said. On Friday night, Border Security Force personnel patrolling the area saw a Pakistani civilian trying to enter the Indian side. When he did not stop despite being alerted by the jawans, they opened fire, Sriganganagar Superintendent of Police Anand Sharma said. A case has been registered at Anupgarh police station and the body kept in a mortuary. The police said the identity of the deceased could not be ascertained and added that nothing was found from him.

Remittances sent by overseas Pakistani workers decreased 10.5 per cent in September 2022 on a month-on-month basis, the State Bank of Pakistan has said

"Pakistan has never seen a more stark and devastating example of the impact of global warming," Sharif said about the disaster.

Students were protesting against the government's decision to hold in-person exams of classes 10 and 12 from June 23, despite a surge in Covid-19 cases in the country

Al-Qaida in the Indian Subcontinent operates under the Taliban umbrella it is led by Pakistan-born Osama Mahmood, say UN monitors

He said the law was enacted for religious minorities of three nations--Pakistan, Bangladesh and Afghanistan--who fled their countries because of religious persecution.

They were repatriated to the country during the tenure of the present government.