A combination of Ramadan fasting and 44-degree Celsius (111 degree Fahrenheit) temperatures are proving deadly in Karachi By Saad Sayeed ISLAMABAD, May 22 (Reuters) - A heatwave has killed 65 people...
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Study finds new superbug typhoid strain behind Pakistan outbreak
by Reuters Tuesday, 20 February 2018 11:43 GMT An outbreak of drug-resistant typhoid that began in Hyderabad in Pakistan in November 2016 is still spreading LONDON, Feb 20 (Reuters) - An outbreak of...
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Earthquake kills child, injures dozens in Pakistan
KABUL, Jan 31 (Reuters) - A 6.1 magnitude earthquake struck northeast Afghanistan on Wednesday, shaking large parts of the region and killing a child and injuring several people in neighbouring...
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Pakistan recommends five-month extension for Afghan refugees
By Asif Shahzad ISLAMABAD, Jan 31 (Reuters) - A Pakistani government ministry recommended on Wednesday that Afghan refugees be given a five-month extension of their stay, dispelling fears that a...
Pakistan debates how to fill education gaps
by Reuters Tuesday, 7 November 2017 00:28 GMT By Saad Sayeed ISLAMABAD, Nov 7 (Reuters) - Two young boys kneel over small white tables, intently studying the Koran at a madrassa in Pakistan. Read...
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Pakistan resumes repatriation of Afghan refugees
Pakistan is home to the world's second largest refugee population, with a total of 2.5 million Afghans living there By Saad Sayeed ISLAMABAD, April 3 (Reuters) - Pakistan resumed the repatriation of...
Bomb kills at least 10 in shopping district in Pakistan's Lahore
by Reuters Thursday, 23 February 2017 14:36 GMT Second attack in Lahore in two weeks: a suicide bombing on Feb. 13 killed 13 people and wounded more than 80 at a protest (Updates death toll, adds...
Suicide attack on Pakistani shrine kills 72, claimed by Islamic State
Thursday, 16 February 2017 19:21 GMT A suicide bomber entered the shrine as crowds massed, Sindh police spokesman says Second major attack on Sufi shrines in recent months Islamic State a growing...
Blast kills at least 13 in Pakistani city of Lahore, 83 injured
Monday, 13 February 2017 16:43 GMT Security in Pakistan has vastly improved in recent years but Islamist groups such as the Pakistani Taliban and the Islamic State still pose a threat By Mubasher...
Pakistani city launches new polio campaign after rare strain found
Local officials recruited Muslim clerics to promote immunisations for 400,000 children after past programmes were met with resistance and violence by extremists By Gul Yousafzai QUETTA, Pakistan, Jan...
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At least 19 killed in latest India-Pakistan border firing
by Reuters Tuesday, 1 November 2016 09:22 GMT By Fayaz Bukhari and Abu Arqam Maqash SRINAGAR, India/MUZAFFARABAD, Pakistan, Nov 1 (Reuters) - India and Pakistan on Tuesday tallied at least 19 deaths...
Karachi opens heat relief centres in bid to cut death toll
After nearly 1,300 people died in extreme heat last year, the city is stepping up preparations for this summer By Aamir Saeed ISLAMABAD, June 16 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Last summer,...
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U.N. urges Pakistan to resolve Afghan refugees' status
Source: Reuters - Sat, 27 Feb 2016 11:46 GMT By Krista Mahr KALABAT, Pakistan, Feb 27 (Reuters) - A senior U.N. official has urged Pakistan to resolve the status of more than 2.5 million Afghan...
Polio worker shot as Pakistan holds countrywide vaccination drive
Source: Reuters - Wed, 17 Feb 2016 09:38 GMT Author: Reuters LAHORE, Pakistan Feb 17 (Reuters) - Gunmen shot and wounded a Pakistani polio worker in the eastern city of Lahore on Wednesday, the...
Despite threats, thousands join drive to end polio in Pakistan, a last bastion of the disease
Source: Reuters - Mon, 15 Feb 2016 12:48 GMT Author: Reuters KARACHI/ISLAMABAD, Feb 15 (Reuters) - More than 100,000 health workers fanned out across Pakistan on Monday, stepping up a drive to...
Explosion kills eight, injures dozens in Pakistan city of Quetta
QUETTA, Pakistan, Feb 6 (Reuters) - At least eight people were killed and more than 40 wounded in a bomb blast on Saturday in Pakistan's western city of Quetta, hospital officials said, the latest...
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Pakistan refuses to accept some migrants deported by Greece
By Asad Hashim ISLAMABAD, Dec 3 (Reuters) - Pakistan refused to allow about 30 migrants deported from Greece to get off a plane at Islamabad on Thursday, a week after talks with the European Union to...
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Refugees in Pakistan hit by aid cuts as Europe crisis drains funds
Source: Reuters - Tue, 13 Oct 2015 13:34 GMT Afghan refugees see some programmes reduced Shortfalls linked to money being diverted to Europe crisis By Asad Hashim PESHAWAR, Pakistan, Oct 13 (Reuters)...
Rapid groundwater depletion threatens Pakistan food security - officials
PAKPATTAN, Pakistan, June 10 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - U ntil recently, Ghulam Mustafa made a living growing sugarcane, rice, barley and wheat on his 10-acre farm in Punjab province. But these...
Pakistan wastes $3.7 million worth of donated vaccine, official says
By Syed Raza Hassan ISLAMABAD, March 2 (Reuters) - Pakistan has wasted $3.7 million worth of vaccines donated to protect children from deadly diseases because officials failed to store them properly,...