ISLAMABAD, Pakistan -- Pakistan's former prime minister Imran Khan said on Saturday he expected to be arrested as he headed to court on graft charges, after days of legal wrangling and pitched battles between his supporters and police. The 70-year-old former cricket star has been tangled in a slew...
LAHORE, Pakistan - Pakistan police appeared Wednesday to have given up an attempt to arrest former prime minister Imran Khan, ending a siege of his residence after violent clashes with hundreds of his supporters. AFP correspondents and witnesses near Khan's home in the plush Zaman Park suburb of...
Kabayan Party-list Rep. Ron Salo is seen here enjoying a Pakistani breakfast. But he's not in Pakistan. And he's not in the Philippines, either. Salo found this Pakistani restaurant in Deira, Dubai in the United Arab Emirates (UAE). The veteran lawmaker is currently on an 11-day trip to the Middle...
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan - A pet leopard escaped from a house in the Pakistan capital and roamed the streets for hours before being shot with a sedation dart, wildlife officials said Friday. A pet leopard captured from a residential area, reacts inside a cage in a former zoo in Islamabad on February 17,...
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan -- An IMF team left Pakistan on Friday after crisis talks with the government failed to deliver a deal on financial aid that would help the South Asian country avert economic collapse. After months of deadlock, the International Monetary Fund arrived last week for last-ditch...
PESHAWAR, Pakistan -- A suicide blast at a mosque inside a Pakistan police headquarters was a targeted revenge attack, a police chief said Tuesday, as rescue efforts ended with the death toll standing at 100. Between 300 and 400 policemen had gathered for afternoon prayers at the compound's mosque...
Peshawar, PAKISTAN -- Forty-nine children died when their overloaded boat capsized in northwest Pakistan, police said Tuesday after divers spent three days dragging bodies from freezing waters. In this picture taken on January 30, 2023, relatives and local residents carry the coffin of a student,...
GENEVA, Switzerland -- More than $16 billion is needed to help Pakistan recover from devastating floods that submerged a third of the country last year, and to better resist the impact of climate change, the United Nations said Thursday. In a bid to meet the towering needs, Pakistan Prime Minister...
Photo by Ruel Madelo from Pexels. Move over Dumbo because real-life Simba, a kid (baby goat) in Karachi, Pakistan, is capturing the hearts and attention of the internet with his outstanding 22-inch ears. Simba was born on June 4, 2022 with his ears already 19 inches long. His owner, Mohammad Hasan...
KARACHI, Pakistan -- A kid goat with extraordinarily long ears has become something of a media star in Pakistan, with its owner claiming a world record that may or may not exist. Breeder Mohammad Hasan Narejo displays the ears of his kid goat Simba, in Karachi on July 6, 2022. A kid goat with...
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan -- At least 77 people have died in monsoon rains lashing Pakistan, the country's climate change minister said Wednesday, warning more heavier-than-usual downpours lay ahead. Children carrying household items wade through a flooded area after a monsoon rainfall in Quetta on July...
PESHAWAR, Pakistan - Gunmen attacked a polio vaccination team in northwest Pakistan on Tuesday killing a health worker and two policemen -- the latest deaths in a dangerous campaign to eradicate the disease. Pakistan is one of two countries, alongside neighbouring Afghanistan, where polio remains...
