Pakistani government

Pakistani Justice Minister resigns

Islamabad - Jamal Al Saadi

The Pakistani government and religious leaders have reached an agreement to end the 22-day sit-in in the capital, Islamabad, and Pakistani Justice Minister Zahid Hamid resigned to defuse the crisis. The sit-in caused problems for residents of the capital and clashes between protesters and security forces in various areas of Pakistan, leaving dead and wounded and material losses. Following theRead more

Pakistan calls on army to restore security in capital

Islamabad - Muslimchronicle

The Pakistani government has authorised the powerful military to deploy troops to secure the capital Islamabad after violence broke out Saturday when security officials attempted to disperse an Islamist sit-in, the interior ministry said. The request was made by Islamabad Capital Territory authorities, according to an interior ministry order, which said the federal government had authorised the deployment of "sufficientRead more

Pakistan rape victim attends US opera

Los Angeles - Muslimchronicle

Fifteen years after her horrific gang rape by a local clan in her village in Pakistan, Mukhtar Mai is reliving her ordeal -- and courageousness -- through a US opera inspired by her story. "I was very emotional when I first started watching it and began reliving the incident in my mind," Mai, 37, told AFP on Friday, after attendingRead more

Hundreds of Afghans wait at border as Pakistan seals crossing point

Nangarhar - ArabToday

the border gate of Torkham in eastern Nangarhar province, Afghanistan.Hundreds of Afghans including scores of patients have been waiting behind border gate at Torkham since early Friday morning after Pakistani government sealed off the crossing point in the wake of terrorist attack in Pakistan that claimed scores of lives on Thursday. source: Xinhua Read more

Death toll from Pakistan tribal region rises to 25

Peshawar - Arab Today

A Pakistani government official says the death toll from a bomb blast in the Kurram tribal region has risen to 25 after three injured people died overnight. It was the first major militant attack in the country in 2017. Shahid Khan, an assistant tribal administrator, said Sunday an investigation revealed that 12 kilograms (26.5 pounds) of explosives improvised with stealRead more

Pakistan chopper crew home after Afghan hostage drama

Islamabad - Arab Today

Six crew members of a Pakistani government helicopter which crash-landed in Afghanistan’s volatile east have been released, an official said Saturday, after they were taken hostage by the Afghan Taliban. The crew “was released in an inter-tribe exchange on the Pakistan-Afghan border (and) arrived in Islamabad today,” Foreign Ministry spokesman Nafees Zakaria said in a statement. He did not specifyRead more

Young girl sues Pakistani government over climate change

Islamabad - Arab Today

In a landmark case, seven-year-old Rabab Ali has sued the Pakistani government for violating her rights, and the rights of her generation, to a healthy life, Dawn reports. “I want the government to give me and my friends a safe environment to grow up in. I want it to help me conserve it for future generations,” she told thethirdpole.net. SheRead more