Pakistan’s largest city flooded in latest bout of torrential rain
Karachi, Pakistan Reuters Torrential rains caused widespread flooding and damage in Pakistan’s financial capital Karachi on Monday, even inundating the business district, officials said. Most underpasses were flooded and there was nowhere to pump the flood waters out to, the chief minister for Sindh province, Murad Ali Shah told reporters. He said an unprecedented 126 […]
Flooding in Pakistan kills dozens as heavy monsoon rains lash the country
Quetta, Pakistan Reuters Intense floods killed dozens of people and left hundreds homeless in Pakistan, officials said on Saturday, as heavy monsoon rains battered the country. In the southern province of Balochistan, 57 people, including women and children, were killed after being swept away in flood waters, according to Ziaullah Langove, the disaster and home […]
Postcards: Sweet relief – Karachi public toilets aim to boost privy parity
As the world marked World Toilet Day on 19th November, ZOFEEN T EBRAHIM, of Thomson Reuters Foundation, reports on how a new project in Karachi is creating the country’s first privately managed public toilets made out of old shipping containers…
Pakistan court orders arrests over Christian teen’s forced marriage
Karachi, PakistanThomson Reuters Foundation A Pakistani court ordered several arrests on Monday in the case of a Christian teenager who was allegedly forced to convert to Islam and marry a 44-year-old Muslim man, an incident that sparked street protests by church groups and rights activists. The high court in Sindh province – where the legal […]
PAKISTAN ELECTIONS: CHRISTIANS EXPRESS DISMAY AT LACK OF REPRESENTATION
With elections scheduled for later this month, ASIF AQEEL, of World Watch Monitor, looks the representation of Christians and other minority groups in Parliament in Pakistan…