‘Our culture is dying’: vulture shortage threatens Zoroastrian burial rites | Pakistan
With the rapid decline of vultures in India, Iran and Pakistan, traditional Zoroastrian burial rites are becoming increasingly impossible. For thousands of years, Parsi communities have traditionally disposed of their dead in facilities called . Dakuma, Or “Tower of Silence.” These circular high-rise structures are designed to protect the soil and the sacred elements of […]
Pakistan to block mobile sim cards of over half a million tax defaulters – The Times of India
Pakistan has frozen the SIM cards of 506,671 people for failing to file their 2023 tax returns and aims to target these people to increase the number of filers. read more Pakistan has frozen the SIM cards of 506,671 people who did not file their 2023 tax returns and aims to increase the number of […]
Pakistan Sees 500% Increase in Suicide Attacks Since Biden Afghanistan Debacle
Pakistan’s top diplomat in charge of Afghanistan affairs on Wednesday claimed that the country had recorded a 500 percent increase in terrorist attacks and criticized the Taliban’s permissive attitude towards terrorist activities in its territory. Ambassador Asif Durrani, Pakistan’s Special Representative for Afghanistan, blamed the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP), a jihadist terrorist organization commonly known as […]
Pakistan and Iran vow to ramp up efforts at ‘united front’ against militants
Neighboring Pakistan and Iran on Wednesday pledged to step up “united front” efforts against Afghanistan-based militants, saying their presence poses a serious threat to regional and global security. Ta. The two countries, which share a long and porous border, announced the commitment in a joint statement issued after Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi’s three-day visit to […]
Over 135 Deaths In Afghanistan And Pakistan As Flooding Ravages Regions
Young people walk on a road flooded by heavy rains in Peshawar, Pakistan, Monday, April 15, 2024. Dozens of people, mostly farmers, have been killed in lightning strikes and heavy rain across Pakistan in the past three days, authorities said on Monday, as authorities declared a state of emergency. To avoid further casualties and damage, […]
Saudi foreign minister arrives in Pakistan to discuss how to help with the country’s economic crisis
ISLAMABAD (AP) – Saudi Arabia’s foreign minister led a high-level delegation on a two-day visit to Pakistan on Monday, seeking support to help the country overcome one of its worst economic crises. Saudi Arabia pushes for US defense deal as 2024 presidential election approaches Prince Faisal bin Farhan’s visit comes after Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif […]
Christians in Pakistan Host Easter in Hotel After Good Friday Church Fire
Arson has been suspected after a fire broke out at a Presbyterian church in Rawalpindi, Pakistan, shortly after Good Friday prayers, forcing local Christians to hold Easter services in a hotel. UP Junior Church authorities initially told reporters that a local businessman, identified in some reports as Sheikh Ahmed, had paid someone to set the […]
12 arrested in Pakistan suicide bombing that killed 5 Chinese nationals
Pakistan’s anti-terrorism police have arrested 12 suspects involved in a suicide bombing that killed five Chinese workers and a Pakistani driver. Those detained were not directly involved in the attack, but were said to have provided assistance to the perpetrators, and some had ties to Pakistani militants. The detained suspects were involved in transporting a […]
Villain to some, hero to others: Asif Ali Zardari returns as Pakistan president | Asif Ali Zardari
last month,”Ek zardari sab pe bari” (“One Zardari is greater than all”) echoed through the presidential palace as Asif Ali Zardari, with his signature smile, took the oath of office as Pakistan’s president for the second time. Few figures have been as persistent and often controversial in Pakistani politics over the years as Zardari. He […]
China sends investigators to Pakistan to probe bombing that killed 5 nationals
A Chinese team of investigators arrived in Pakistan on Friday to join the probe into the suicide bombing that killed five people earlier this week, officials said, as Pakistan continues its own investigation into the attack. . The slain Chinese engineers and workers were heading to Das Dam, the largest hydroelectric project in northwestern Pakistan, […]