Tag: Pakistan
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Schools to close as air pollution hits record high in Pakistan’s Lahore | Environment News
Unprecedented air pollution levels prompt authorities to take emergency measures. Pakistan’s second-largest city of Lahore will close primary schools for a week after it saw “unprecedented” pollution levels, government authorities have said. For days, the city of 14 million people has been enveloped by smog, a mix of fog and pollutants caused by low-grade diesel…
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Pakistan thrash England to win Test series after Noman, Sajid heroics | Cricket News
Pakistan beat England by nine wickets inside three days in the third Test to seal a 2-1 series win in Rawalpindi. Spinners Noman Ali and Sajid Khan suppressed England’s batting attack inside three days to earn Pakistan a long-awaited series-clinching nine-wicket win in the third and final Test in Rawalpindi on Saturday. The 38-year-old left-arm…
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Choosing to be child-free in an ‘apocalyptic’ South Asia | Demographics
Zuha Siddiqui is currently designing her new house in Karachi, creating a blueprint for her future life in Pakistan’s largest metropolis. Her parents will live in the downstairs portion of this house, “because they’re growing old, and they don’t want to climb stairs”, she says. She will live in a separate portion upstairs, with furniture…
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At least 11 killed in fighting between tribes in northwest Pakistan | Armed Groups News
A shooting incident between rival tribes appear to have led to clashes, with woman and children among the casualties. At least 11 people have been killed and eight injured, including women and children, in tribal clashes in northwestern Pakistan, according to a local official. Tensions rose in Kurram district, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, on Saturday after…
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China says two citizens killed, one injured, in Pakistan ‘terrorist attack’ | Crime News
At least 10 people were hurt after a convoy from the Port Qasim Electric Power Company was attacked near Karachi airport. The Chinese Embassy in Pakistan has said at least two of its citizens were killed and a third injured after their convoy was attacked near Karachi airport. The embassy said the attack took place…
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Explosion kills one, injures several, near Pakistan’s Karachi airport | News
Pakistani secessionist group Balochistan Liberation Army has claimed responsibility for the blast. At least one person has been killed and 10 others injured in an explosion near the international airport in the Pakistani port city of Karachi, local broadcaster Geo News reported, less than two weeks before a regional summit slated to be held in…
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Indian FM rules out bilateral talks during SCO Summit in Pakistan | Politics News
Hopes for diplomatic breakthrough dashed as prominent Kashmir leader urges India and Pakistan to ‘break the ice and engage constructively’. India’s foreign minister has ruled out discussing bilateral relations with rival Pakistan as he is scheduled to embark on his first trip to the neighbouring country in nearly a decade to attend the 2024 Shanghai…
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Supporters of jailed ex-PM rally in Pakistan despite police crackdown | Protests News
Demonstrators rally, demanding Imran Khan be released from jail despite a ban on protests and police crackdown. Supporters of former Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan have rallied in Islamabad to push for Khan’s release as the police blocked roads, cut off mobile internet and fired tear gas to deter the protesters. Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) party…
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Six soldiers and eight rebels killed in fighting in northwest Pakistan | Pakistan Taliban News
Army says a high-ranking officer among those killed as the military clashes with rebels in two incidents. Six Pakistani soldiers and at least eight rebels have been killed in two clashes in the restive northwest, the military says. The military’s media wing said on Saturday that Lieutenant Colonel Muhammad Ali Shoukat was among the six…
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Who are the top 10 players to watch at the ICC Women’s T20 World Cup 2024? | Cricket News
From Smriti Mandhana to Abtaha Maqsood, Al Jazeera picks the 10 players who could light up the tournament in the UAE. Some of cricket’s finest talent will be on display at the ICC Women’s T20 World Cup 2024, which gets under way with a match between Bangladesh and Scotland in Sharjah, the United Arab Emirates,…