Feb 28 Pakistani court issues arrest of former Prime Minister Imran Khan By Munir Ahmed, Associated Press A Pakistani court has issued an arrest warrant for former Prime Minister Imran Khan, as the cricket star-turned-politician called on his supporters to keep up protests amid a roiling political crisis. Continue reading
Feb 05 Watch 2:38 News Wrap: Navy searches for debris from downed Chinese balloon In our news wrap Sunday, Navy divers are working to recover debris from the suspected Chinese surveillance balloon that was shot down off the coast of South Carolina, Pakistan’s former President Pervez Musharraf died at the age of 79, and… Continue watching
Feb 05 Pervez Musharraf, Pakistan’s ex-president who aided U.S. war in Afghanistan, dies at 79 By Jon Gambrell, Munir Ahmed, Associated Press Gen. Pervez Musharraf, who seized power in a bloodless coup and later led a reluctant Pakistan into aiding the U.S. war in Afghanistan against the Taliban, has died, officials said Sunday. Continue reading
Jan 30 Watch 4:57 News Wrap: At least 59 killed in bombing at Pakistan mosque In our news wrap Monday, a suicide bomber killed at least 59 people and wounded 157 at a mosque in Pakistan, U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken urged Israelis and Palestinians to step back after days of growing bloodshed and… Continue watching
Jan 30 Death toll in suicide bombing at mosque in Pakistan climbs to 59 people By Riaz Khan, Associated Press A suicide bomber struck a crowded mosque inside a police compound in Pakistan on Monday, causing the roof to collapse and killing at least 59 people and wounding more than 150 others, officials said. Continue reading
Jan 18 Watch 7:12 Pakistanis build climate-resilient homes in aftermath of devastating floods By Fred de Sam Lazaro, Sarah Clune Hartman Pakistan is struggling to recover from last year’s cataclysmic flooding that killed more than 1,700. It was the latest in a string of weather-related disasters the country has faced over the past two decades, prompting calls to make hard-hit communities… Continue watching
Jan 07 Watch 9:05 Disaster aid running out as Pakistan struggles to recover from 2022 floods By Fred de Sam Lazaro, Sarah Clune Hartman, Kaisha Young, John Yang Millions in Pakistan remain displaced from last summer’s devastating floods, which left one-third of the country underwater. On Monday, the U.N. and Pakistan will host a conference in Geneva with the goal of raising more funds to help survivors. Fred… Continue watching
Jan 03 Watch 7:36 Mismanagement complicates Pakistan’s long recovery from deadly floods By Fred de Sam Lazaro, Sarah Clune Hartman Four months after a third of the country was underwater, Pakistan is still struggling to recover. The disaster affected more than 30 million people and is seen as a warning for other climate-vulnerable countries. As Fred de Sam Lazaro reports,… Continue watching
Jan 02 Watch 6:49 Pakistan struggles to recover from historic flooding as waters refuse to recede By Fred de Sam Lazaro, Sarah Clune Hartman Months after historic flooding that killed more than 1,700 people, Pakistan is still struggling to recover. The UN is warning it might suspend its food support program for flood victims because it is running out of money. Fred de Sam… Continue watching
Dec 14 Watch 7:45 Pakistan’s foreign minister discusses his country’s often-tense relationship with the U.S. By Amna Nawaz It has been a year of political tumult and natural disasters in Pakistan. And to the west, there is another humanitarian crisis in neighboring Afghanistan more than a year after the Taliban conquest there. Pakistan's foreign minister Bilawal Bhutto Zardari… Continue watching