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Pakistan's Ravi River Urban Development Project (RRUDP) is envisioned by the current ruling government, Pakistan Tekreef-i-Insaf, as an innovative and efficient solution to the country's exponentially growing population in one its major urban center's ⁠— Lahore. However, the project has been met with criticism from environmentalists and activists as well as ...

A militant separatist movement in southwest Pakistan's Balochistan province has stepped up attacks in recent weeks, targeting the Pakistani military and complicating infrastructure projects being developed by China as part of Beijing's Belt and Road initiative (BRI). In 2015, China announced the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC), a $46 billion (€41 ...

A militant separatist movement in southwest Pakistan's Balochistan province has stepped up attacks in recent weeks, targeting the Pakistani military and complicating infrastructure projects being developed by China as part of Beijing's Belt and Road initiative (BRI). In 2015, China announced the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC), a $46 billion (€41 ...

An angry mob has stoned to death a mentally ill man in eastern Pakistan over allegations of blasphemy, police said Sunday. The violence took place a day earlier in a remote village in the district of Khanewal in Punjab province. What did the man allegedly do? The custodian of the ...

Ghafoor Hussain Shah is a 56-year-old teacher and father of eight children in Pakistan-administered Kashmir. According to tribal customs in Pakistan, Shah said he is expected to arrange the children's marriages within his extended family. However, Shah knows about the potential risks of genetic disease prevalent in children from ...

Gunmen on a motorcycle killed a Christian priest and wounded another as the victims drove home from church in Peshawar in Pakistan's northwest, police said on Sunday. William Siraj, 75, was killed instantly in the attack on the city's ring road, according to police, while his colleague reportedly received hospital treatment ...

The perception of corruption in Pakistan has worsened since Imran Khan came to power in 2018, according to Transparency International (TI). In its Corruption Perceptions Index (CPI) 2021, the Berlin-based watchdog ranked the South Asian country 140th out of 180 countries, with 180th being the most corrupt country in ...

Aneeqa Ateeq, a 26-year-old Muslim woman, was arrested in May 2020 and charged with posting "blasphemous material" as her WhatsApp status, according to a summary issued by the court. A man urged her to change it, but she instead forwarded the material to him, it said.  Caricatures of Mohammed are forbidden ...

Thirty-year-old Rehana Qadir Dad had hoped to complete her education and work in a profession of her choice, but couldn't do so after forming an obstetric fistula during the birth of her third child. Dad, who is from the Ali Maher village of Ghotki, a town in southern Sindh ...

At least 21 people have died after heavy snow trapped them in their vehicles in Pakistan. Interior Minister Sheikh Rashid Ahmed the military has been mobilized to clear roads on Saturday after a devastating winter storm hit the mountain resort town of Murree. Videos on social media showed cars pushed ...