Pakistan

Pakistan is facing the risk of fresh floods and more deaths, after unusually severe torrential downpours triggered by climate change submerged a third of the country and killed more than 1,500 people. Although the water has started…

Violent swells have swept away roads, homes, schools and hospitals across much of Pakistan. Millions of people have been driven from their homes, struggling through waist-deep, fetid water to reach islands of safety. Nearly all of the…

Water levels in Pakistan's biggest lake are starting to recede, officials say, after last-ditch attempts to prevent it from bursting its banks. Manchar Lake, in Sindh province, is dangerously full after record monsoons that…

United Nations (UN) Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said Tuesday that he will appeal for massive support for Pakistan during his upcoming visit to the country, as one third of its territory is underwater. "Tomorrow I will be flying to…

The Singapore government will provide US$50,000 (S$69,700) as seed money to support the Singapore Red Cross' public fund-raising efforts for Pakistan, which has been devastated by massive floods recently. The Singapore Red Cross had…

The United Nations on Tuesday offered a $160 million aid to help Pakistan address damage from heavy rain and floods that have killed more than 1,100 people and affected 33 million since mid-June. The six-month aid package is mainly aimed…

India's government has sacked three air force officers for the "accidental firing of a missile" into Pakistan in March. The incident escalated tensions between the two nuclear-armed nations. Delhi had blamed the…

Pakistan's police have charged the country's former Prime Minister, Imran Khan, under anti-terror laws. Their investigation comes after he accused the police and judiciary of detaining and torturing his close aide.…

Two policemen guarding a polio vaccination team have been shot dead by gunmen in north-west Pakistan. The team of two vaccinators was unharmed, police said. Local polio vaccination teams are often targeted by…

An ally of former Pakistan premier Imran Khan was arrested and a TV channel seen to be close to his party has been pulled off air for allegedly broadcasting "seditious" content against the South Asian country's powerful army. Pakistan's…