The Latest Breaking News from Pakistan

Asia Cup 2022: Will the knock against Hong Kong become the turning point Virat Kohli has been searching for?

NEW DELHI: When a batter is going through a torrid phase of semi-par form, runs against a minnow team can play a crucial role. It's an encounter in which the player is expected to do well and when he or she does get the runs, despite the fact that a…

The Times of India · Sep 2, 2022

Aid groups warn of growing plight in flood-hit Pakistan

Pakistan's armed forces rescued a further 2,000 people stranded by rising floodwaters, they said on Friday, while the country's best-known charity warned that only a small fraction of millions affected by the floods had been reached so far.

Reuters · Sep 2, 2022

Aid pours into Pakistan; deaths from floods cross 1,200 mark

Officials say planes carrying fresh aid from the United Arab Emirates and Uzbekistan have landed overnight at an airport near Pakistan’s capital

The Independent UK · Sep 2, 2022

UK's £15million aid for Pakistan as devastated nation braced for more disastrous floods

The UK government has announced it will match public donations for a Pakistan flood appeal, after the UN pleaded £138 million - as the South Asian country braces itself for more catastrophe

Daily Mirror · Sep 1, 2022

As Pakistan endures an 'unprecedented' flood, the Australian diaspora swings into action

Flood-affected Pakistanis tell the ABC the magnitude of the calamity is overwhelming the rescue and relief operations on the ground, with worse feared to be on the way.

ABC News · Sep 1, 2022

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The Hindu · Sep 1, 2022

British gran facing death penalty for murdering her husband says she was 'framed'

Yasmin Kausar, from Leeds, was detained after the charred remains of her husband of 23 years were found in a car at a rubbish dump in Rawalpindi in the Punjab region on April 1

Daily Mirror · Sep 1, 2022

Pakistan's new normal? Climate change triggers record monsoon floods

First the glaciers melt, then the heavens open. As Pakistan bails out from unprecedented monsoon flooding comes the stark realisation that this is not some freak of nature, it is the new normal for a nation that scientists rank among the most vulnerable to global warming. We ask about the…

France 24 · Sep 1, 2022

From Pakistan to Texas, big rains after extreme heat deliver double punch

While Pakistanis count the cost of one of the country's worst recorded floods, heavy rain is hitting southwestern China as the Texas city of Dallas recovers from a 10-inch deluge in a single day last month.

Reuters · Sep 1, 2022

Urgent aid appeal launched as satellite images show a third of Pakistan underwater

Humanitarian workers expect conditions to worsen as monsoon rains continue and say millions face a terrible winter

The Guardian - UK · Sep 1, 2022