Hundreds of people are dead and millions affected. Pakistan has been hit by its worst flooding on record. Hundreds of people have been confirmed dead, with farms and livestock washed away and homes and businesses destroyed. Just three years ago, a third of the country was submerged in similar catastrophic floods. Pakistan is highly vulnerable … Read more
Rescuers in northern Pakistan have pulled dozens of bodies overnight from homes ravaged by landslides and flash floods, taking the death toll to at least 321 in the past two days, according to disaster agencies. Hundreds of rescue workers continue to search for survivors in the Buner district of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province in northwest Pakistan … Read more
The death toll from heavy monsoon floods and landslides in Pakistan and Pakistan-administered Kashmir continues to rise rapidly, with at least 307 people confirmed dead. Most of the deaths were recorded by disaster authorities in the mountainous Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province in north-west Pakistan. At least 74 homes have been damaged, while a rescue helicopter crashed … Read more
Separatist Baloch fighters have in past claimed responsibility for attacks in the southwestern Balochistan province. Nine bus passengers have been killed after gunmen kidnapped them in Pakistan’s restive southwestern Balochistan province, officials have said. The passengers were taken from several buses on Thursday evening, the provincial government spokesman, Shahid Rind, said on Friday. The bus … Read more
Rescuers were searching for trapped survivors after the incident in the impoverished Lyari neighbourhood of Karachi. A five-storey building has collapsed in Pakistan, killing at least eight people and injuring nine others, officials said, with rescuers searching through the rubble for more trapped victims. The incident occurred on Friday, shortly after 10am (05:00 GMT) in … Read more
A suicide bomber rammed an explosive-laden vehicle into an army convoy in Khbyer Pakhtunkhwa province, officials say. More than a dozen soldiers have been killed and dozens of people were wounded in a suicide attack in northwestern Pakistan’s Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, officials said. Saturday’s attack was carried out in Khadi Market, Mir Ali, North Waziristan, … Read more
Nine people from one extended family were killed at the Swat River, while others died in rain-related incidents elsewhere. Flash floods have killed at least nine people in northern Pakistan after pre-monsoon rains swept away dozens of individuals. District administrator Shehzad Mahboob said on Friday that the nine people who were killed were from one … Read more
Over 200 inmates attacked guards and fled when tremors saw them removed from cells as safety precaution. More than 200 inmates have escaped from a prison in Pakistan after they were moved from their cells for safety amid earthquake tremors, officials have said. Several dozen of the prisoners that broke out of the jail in … Read more
A tense ceasefire holds days after the most intense hostilities in decades. Feelings of relief and hope are sweeping India and Pakistan. The latest flare-up in hostilities that killed at least 60 people across the two countries has come to a dramatic halt after four days. Nearly 30 countries including the United States are reported … Read more
We have selected seven stories from this week’s news across Hong Kong, mainland China, the wider Asia region and beyond that resonated with our readers and shed light on topical issues. If you would like to see more of our reporting, please consider subscribing. 1. Pakistan claims Chinese-made J-10C fighter jets used against India’s air … Read more