US woman travels to Pakistan on a 90-day visa to get married to a man she met online. (Photo: @haleemasaddawn) Mindy Rasmussen, a 47-year-old Illinois woman, traveled to Pakistan to meet her 31-year-old boyfriend, Sajid Zeb Khan, whom she met online and fell in love with. The US woman has gone viral for her Chicago […]
The announcement came after PTI party said it would stage nationwide protests starting on Aug 5, the second anniversary of Imran Khan’s arrest ISLAMABAD: Pakistan said on Monday it was creating a national paramilitary force, prompting concern among opposition parties and human rights groups that it could be used as a tool of political repression. […]
US President Donald Trump on Monday once again claimed credit for stopping a possible war between India and Pakistan. He said he helped reduce tensions between the two countries by using trade talks as pressure. Trump also claimed he helped settle the long-running conflict between Rwanda and Congo.Speaking about the India-Pakistan situation, Trump said, “We’ve […]
In a major goof-up, a Pakistani airline flew a passenger to Jeddah in Saudi Arabia instead of Karachi, his actual destination.Shahzain, the affected passenger, alleged that he was not informed that he had boarded the wrong flight despite showing his ticket to the air hostess, ARY News reported.The passenger had to travel from Lahore, Pakistan’s […]
In a shocking case from Pakistan’s Punjab province, a man allegedly shot and killed his daughter after an argument over her TikTok activity, police said on Wednesday.The incident took place in the Dhok Choudrian Takht Pari area of Rawalpindi district. The father had repeatedly told his daughter to delete her TikTok social media account, according […]
Gulzar Dost, a well-known social activist and convener of Kech Civil Society, was arrested on Monday in a wider effort by the Pakistani state to silence dissent in Balochistan. According to The Balochistan Post, Dost was taken from his home in Turbat during a raid by the Counter-Terrorism Department (CTD) and later charged with what […]
KARACHI: The death toll from a collapsed multi-story residential building in southern Pakistan rose to 16 as search operations to find survivors continued for the second day.Rescuers pulled 10 more bodies from the rubble during an overnight operation, officials said Saturday.The govt-run Civil Hospital said in a statement it had received the 16 bodies, adding […]
Rescue workers clear rubble with heavy machinery to search for survivors and bodies at the site of multi-story building collapsed, in Karachi, Pakistan. (Pic credit: AP) Rescue teams in Pakistan continued to search for survivors on Saturday after a six-storey residential building collapsed in Karachi’s Lyari neighbourhood, killing 16 people and injuring 13 others, according […]
Severe weather kills 14, injures 43 across Pakistan (Image credits: ANI) At least 14 people, including five children and three women, were killed and 43 others injured in rain-related incidents across Punjab, Pakistan, between June 25 and 28.The deaths occurred across 14 districts as torrential rain, thunderstorms, lightning, and strong winds swept through the province.According […]
An earthquake of 5.2 magnitude struck Pakistan at 3:54 am IST on Sunday, the National Centre for Seismology reported. No casualties or damage were immediately reported.The tremor at a depth of 150 kilometres. Its epicentre was located at latitude 30.25° North and longitude 69.82° East.The NCS confirmed the event in a post on X, stating: […]
