Tag: Pakistan
Pakistan invites Nigeria to textile expo
Pakistan has expressed its readiness to improve economic relations with Nigeria and invited operators of the Nigerian textile industry to…
Pakistan may be polio free by end of 2019 -WHO
Director-General of the World Health Organisation (WHO), Tedros Ghebreyesus says that polio is likely to be eliminated from Pakistan by…
Pakistan jails ex-prime minister Sharif for corruption
Former Pakistani leader Nawaz Sharif will spend the next seven years in prison for corruption, state media reported. His conviction…
17 killed, 30 injured in blast in Pakistan
At least 17 people were killed and 30 others injured when a bomb went off in Pakistan's northwest tribal region…
Blasphemy: Pakistani Christian woman released from prison
A Pakistani Christian woman acquitted of blasphemy after spending eight years on death row has been freed from prison.
Italy working ‘discreetly’ to help Pakistani woman in blasphemy case
Italy is working “discreetly’’ to help Asia Bibi, a Christian woman at the centre of a blasphemy case in her…
Khan to Xi: Pakistan is going through ‘very difficult’ economy
New Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan told Chinese President Xi Jinping on Friday of his country’s “very difficult” economic situation,…
Pakistan frees Christian woman facing death in blasphemy case
Pakistan’s Supreme Court on Wednesday overturned the conviction of a Christian woman sentenced to death for blasphemy against Islam and…
Pakistan: 116 policemen suspended over Model Town tragedy
No fewer than 116 police officials have been suspended from their posts for their alleged involvement in June 2014 Model…
Pakistan orders international aid groups to leave
The Pakistani Government has ordered at least 18 International Aid Groups to wind up their operations and leave the country…
Saudi Arabia to build oil refinery in Pakistan
Saudi Arabia will build an oil refinery in Pakistan near the Iran border, officials said on Thursday amid warnings that…
Pakistan launches polio vaccination
More than 250,000 health workers have fanned out across Pakistan to vaccinate millions of children against polio in a week-long…
Court orders hospitals to provide separate rooms for transgenders
A court in Pakistan’s east Punjab province has ordered all state-run hospitals across the province to ensure separate rooms for…
Presidential elections kick off in Pakistan
Polling for presidential election kicked off Tuesday in Pakistan with three candidates competing for the slot of the 13th president…
U.S. cut anti-terrorism funds, not aid to Pakistan – Foreign Minister
The 300 million dollars in funds for Pakistan that the U.S. canceled was not aid, but part of a Coalition…