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The fire broke out inside a chemical factory in Mehran Town, a congested Karachi neighbourhood.A fire has engulfed a chemical factory in Pakistan’s Karachi city, killing at least 15 workers, officials say. The fire broke out inside the factory in Mehran Town, a congested Karachi neighbourhood, rescue official Mobeen ...

Pakistan passes the grim milestone as authorities struggle to contain the highly contagious Delta variant.Pakistan has crossed another grim milestone of 25,000 coronavirus-related deaths as authorities struggle to contain the highly contagious Delta variant. At least 80 new deaths were reported in the last 24 hours, taking the toll ...

Pakistan says the United States’ decision to remain committed to a full troop withdrawal from Afghanistan, despite the Afghan Taliban’s lightning takeover of the country, is a “logical conclusion” to the Afghan conflict, as thousands of Afghans flooded into Pakistan at a southern border crossing. Pakistani Prime Minister Imran ...

Afghanistan’s eastern neighbour says its embassy is open and ‘offering assistance’ to those seeking consular help or visas.Pakistan’s government says it is “closely following” developments in Afghanistan, as Taliban fighters surrounded the Afghan capital Kabul and panicked civilians prepared for a possible Taliban takeover of the country. In a ...

Foreign minister says bombing that killed 13 people last month was a suicide attack ‘planned’ with Afghan, Indian intelligence support.An attack on a bus in northern Pakistan last month that killed 10 Chinese labourers and three Pakistanis was a suicide attack carried out by a branch of the Pakistani ...

Pakistan PM accuses US of seeing his country as useful only in the context of the ‘mess’ it is leaving behind in Afghanistan.Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan has accused the United States of seeing his country as useful only in the context of the “mess” it is leaving behind ...

A group of Muslims attacked the temple last week after a court granted a Hindu boy bail in a ‘blasphemy’ case.A Hindu temple that was badly damaged last week by an angry crowd in central Pakistan has been returned to the Hindu community following repairs to the structure, a ...

Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan said on Tuesday that any person who commits rape was “solely responsible” for the crime and “never the victim”, after he was criticised for blaming a rise in sexual assault cases on how women dress. “Anyone who commits rape, solely and solely, that person ...

Pakistan’s foreign ministry describes Kabul’s decision to recall diplomats ‘unfortunate and regrettable’ after ambassador’s daughter abducted.Pakistan’s foreign ministry has termed the Afghan government’s decision to recall its ambassador and senior diplomats from its embassy in Islamabad “unfortunate and regrettable”, after the ambassador’s daughter was abducted and assaulted last week. ...

Afghanistan’s First Vice President had accused Pakistani forces of supporting Taliban after it took control of a key border crossing.Pakistan has rejected allegations made by a senior Afghan official that it had provided “close air support” to the Afghan Taliban after the armed group took over a key border ...