Pakistan & The World
Flood-hit KP sees sharp rise in diseases
Residents walk alongside a stream a day after flash floods in the Buner district of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province on August 16, 2025. — Reuters ISLAMABAD: Diseases have rapidly spread in...
Top court acquits former PTB official in NAB case after sentence served
A view of the Supreme Court of Pakistan. — Top court's official website.Supreme Court sets aside NAB conviction against PTB ex-official.Bench says no financial benefit proved for Hussain or family.PTB...
Journalist Khawar Hussain’s death declared ‘suicide’ as investigation concludes
Journalist Khawar Hussain. — Facebook@k.hussains/FileCCTV review shows no one near Khawar Hussain’s vehicle.Medical, post-mortem reports also confirm death as suicide.Family input needed to learn possible reasons: investigators. KARACHI: Investigators from...
PM Shehbaz vows speedy rehabilitation in flood-hit KP
Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif chairs federal cabinet in Islamabad on August 22, 2025. — PIDPM says will call meeting to discuss illegal constructions on rivers.Premier expresses deep concern over widespread...
Pakistan floods: Wedding celebrations turned into 24 funerals
Noor Muhammad, 25, who lost 24 family members and relatives, stands at his damaged 36-room family house which was hit by devastating floods in the mountainous Qadir Nagar village of...
Imran Khan’s nephew given to police for 8-day remand in Jinnah House attack case
This file photo shows Aleema Khan's son Shahrez Khan. — X/@Shahrez_KhanPK Lawyer seeks evidence the police have against Shahrez Khan. DSP presents case record in court, affirming suspect's involvement.ATC announces...
UK pledges £1.33m aid for Pakistan’s monsoon relief
Relief personnel use an excavator to clear rubble of collapsed houses as they search through the debris for victims, a day after a cloudburst at the Dalori village in Swabi...
Glacier burst wreaks havoc in GB’s Ghizer, creating artificial lake
A collage shows scenes of glacial lake outburst in Gilgit Baltistan’s Ghizer district on August 22, 2025. — X@GBTourism_/InstagramLandslides block Gilgit–Shandur Road, cut off Raushan village.Ghizer River blocked since 3am,...
Chinese FM, COAS discuss security, counter-terrorism in Islamabad
Chief of Army Staff Field Marshal Asim Munir shakes hand with Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi in Islamabad on August 22, 2025. — ISPR Wang Yi, COAS' talks focused on...
Karachi rain system expected to move out today, light showers likely
Men remove water from a mosque following heavy rain in Karachi, Pakistan, August 20, 2025.—Reuters Several parts of city remain submerged in stagnant rainwater.Citizens protest against up to 48-hour-long power...
