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
Nov 28 Taliban ends ceasefire with Pakistani government, orders new attacks across country By Munir Ahmed, Associated Press The Pakistani Taliban on Monday say they have ended a monthslong cease-fire with the government in Islamabad, ordering its fighters to resume attacks across the country, where scores of deadly attacks have been blamed on the insurgent group. Continue reading
Nov 23 Watch 8:12 Former PM Khan on the tenuous politics in Pakistan after surviving assassination attempt By Amna Nawaz, Dan Sagalyn, Zeba Warsi Pakistan’s former Prime Minister Imran Khan was ousted in April after three and a half years in office. Since then, he's survived an assassination attempt and drawn massive crowds to rallies where he demands early elections, calls out corruption and… Continue watching
Nov 09 Pakistan seeks compensation for damage caused by climate-induced floods By Kelvin Chan, Munir Ahmed, Associated Press Pakistan's Foreign Minister Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari on Wednesday sought compensation for the unprecedented destruction that was caused in the country in summer when climate-induced flooding killed 1,739 people and affected 33 million and displacing hundreds of thousands. Continue reading
Nov 04 Watch 6:22 News Wrap: Hiring still strong despite inflation and interest rates In our news wrap Friday, the latest look at the U.S. economy shows hiring still going strong despite soaring inflation and rising interest rates, Twitter began sweeping layoffs under Elon Musk's ownership, federal agents say they identified a man who… Continue watching