Pakistanis feed predatory birds despite crackdown on practice
Lahore, Pakistan Reuters Shabnam, a young woman in the eastern Pakistani city of Lahore, sells small packets of scrap meat to passersby to feed predatory birds, despite a recent crackdown on the practice which many people do as an offering to ward off adversity. The tradition of tossing offerings off a bridge – which are […]
Former Pakistan premier Nawaz Sharif vows to work toward economic recovery
Islamabad, PakistanReuters Pakistan’s three-time Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif kick-started his party’s campaign for next year’s election on Saturday after arriving home from four years of self-imposed exile in London, promising to tackle record inflation. “I want to serve this nation,” said the 73-year-old veteran politician in his address to thousands of his supporters at his […]
City limits: Pakistan’s poor return to villages as prices spiral
As Pakistan’s cost-of-living crisis deepens, some poor families leave cities to eke out cheaper existences in village homes. ZOFEEN T EBRAHIM and WAQAR MUSTAFA, of Thomson Reuters Foundation, report…
Pakistan former premier Imran Khan held after court hands down three-year sentence
Lahore, Pakistan Reuters Police arrested Pakistan’s former Prime Minister Imran Khan in Lahore on Saturday after a court sentenced him to three years in prison for illegally selling state gifts, potentially barring the opposition leader from contesting an upcoming election. Legal experts say the guilty verdict reached by an Islamabad district court could eliminate Prime […]
Ex-Pakistan PM Khan says police surround his house, fears re-arrest
Islamabad, Pakistan Reuters Former Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan said on Wednesday that police had surrounded his house and that he expected to be rearrested soon, after the government warned him to hand over supporters who it blamed for attacks on the army. Khan was arrested by a paramilitary force on 9th May on graft […]
Former Pakistan PM Imran Khan arrested, stirring nationwide violence
Updated: 8:20am, 10th May, 2023 (AEST)Islamabad, PakistanReuters Pakistan’s anti-corruption agency arrested former Prime Minister Imran Khan at Islamabad High Court on Tuesday, threatening fresh turmoil in the nuclear-armed country as clashes erupted between Khan supporters and police, killing at least one protester. Khan’s arrest comes a day after the powerful military rebuked him for repeatedly […]
Pakistan’s ex-PM Imran Khan marks court presence as supporters clash with police
Islamabad, Pakistan Reuters Pakistan’s former Prime Minister Imran Khan officially marked his presence in court in the country’s capital on Saturday, his aide said, complying with judicial orders after a standoff with police that has led to intense clashes with his supporters. Local media Geo TV reported that the trial court in Islamabad cancelled the […]
Lahore is most polluted city, Chad worst among countries – survey
New Delhi, IndiaReuters Lahore in Pakistan jumped more than 10 places to become the city with the worst air in the world in 2022, according to an annual global survey by a Swiss maker of air purifiers. The report published on Tuesday by IQAir also said that Chad in central Africa had replaced Bangladesh as […]
Several wounded in clashes as Pakistan police try to arrest ex-PM Khan
Lahore, Pakistan Reuters Pakistani police and supporters of Imran Khan fought pitched battles outside the former Prime Minister’s home in Lahore on Tuesday, wounding several on both sides, ahead of his expected arrest, a government spokesman and witnesses said. Police hit Khan supporters in baton charges and lobbed tear gas canisters, some of which landed […]
Pakistan ex-PM Khan announces march on capital to call for early elections
Lahore, PakistanReuters Former Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan announced on Tuesday that he would begin a protest march with his supporters from the eastern city of Lahore to Pakistan’s capital Islamabad on Friday to call for early elections. Smaller protests by Khan’s supporters took place last week after Pakistan’s top election tribunal found Khan guilty […]