Pakistan

Swat wakes beneath a curtain of morning mist, Mingora's rooftops, orchards, and the road that winds to Marghazar. On this ridge sits the White Palace (Sufaid Mahal), started in 1940 and finished in 1941 for the Wali of Swat as a summer…

Renewed clashes between Afghanistan and Pakistan have once again closed key border crossings, leaving hundreds of cargo trucks stranded. Following the brief 48-hour ceasefire declared on October 15, fighting resumed, forcing the closure of…

The United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) announced that 18 civilians were killed and 361 injured in cross-border clashes between Pakistan and Afghanistan since October 10. Most casualties occurred in Kandahar’s Spin…

A truck carrying members of the same family plunged into a ditch on the Swat Highway in Pakistan’s Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, killing 15 people and injuring eight others. The family was reportedly traveling from Gabral to Punjab.…

Thousands took to the streets in Islamabad, Karachi, and Peshawar to condemn Israel’s raid on the Global Sumud Flotilla, which was carrying humanitarian aid to Gaza. Demonstrators waved Palestinian flags, chanted anti-Israel…

A suicide bombing outside the Border Guard headquarters in Quetta, Balochistan province, killed 10 people and injured more than 30. Health Minister Bakht Muhammad Kakar confirmed the casualties, while police said the blast occurred as a…

As early sunlight touches the Murree Galiyat ridge and the mist thins along the pines, a thin spire appears at Kashmir Point. Just a few turns ahead, in Nathia Gali, a small cedar-wood chapel comes into view: St. Matthew’s Church. Its…

Severe monsoon rains since June 26 have left 985 dead and 1,062 injured across Pakistan, officials said. Khyber Pakhtunkhwa recorded the highest toll with 504 deaths, followed by Punjab with 287. In Punjab, more than 4,700 villages were…

The death toll from floods and landslides triggered by monsoon rains in Pakistan since June 26 has risen to 905, according to the National Disaster Management Agency (NDMA). Punjab province, the worst-hit region, has recorded 56 deaths,…

A bomb blast struck a commemoration ceremony in Quetta, Pakistan’s Balochistan province, killing 13 people and injuring dozens. The event marked the death anniversary of Sardar Attaullah Mengal, founder of the Balochistan National Party.…