Former Pakistani PM Nawaz Sharif currently in hospital, fighting for his life
Sharif is currently in the Services Hospital in the eastern city of Lahore and is in critical condition
Former Pakistani prime minister Nawaz Sharif has been transferred (...)
Egyptian transport technology start-up Swvl will expand into two cities in Pakistan in the next two weeks and begin operations in Nigeria's commercial capital Lagos before the end of the year, its chief executive told Reuters.
The firm, which (...)
Pakistani officials said Monday that a much-awaited visa-free border crossing for Sikh pilgrims from India will be ready by early November, allowing thousands of pilgrims to easily visit a Sikh shrine just inside Pakistan each day.
The Pakistani (...)
Egyptian transport technology start-up Swvl is planning an initial public offering on one of the stock exchanges in five to ten years, its chief executive told Amwal Al Ghad.
The company, which operates buses along fixed routes and allows customers (...)
Pakistan would not use nuclear weapons first, Prime Minister Imran Khan said on Monday, amid tensions with arch-rival India after New Delhi revoked the special status of its part of the disputed Kashmir region.
"We both are nuclear-armed countries. (...)
Spokesman for the Foreign Ministry Ahmed Hafez on Thursday extended Egypt's condolences to the Pakistani government and people over a tragic train crash that left at least 16 people dead and 78 injured.
Hafez offered condolences to the victims' (...)
قُتل شخصان على الأقل وأُصيب آخر بجروح خطيرة عندما فتح شخص النار في المطار الدولي علامه اقبال في لاهور في باكستان، اليوم الأربعاء.
وبحسب ما ورد، تمكنت الشرطة من احتجاز مطلق النار المشتبه به من موقع الحادث.
ووفقًا لمسؤول في الشرطة، فتح الشخص النار على (...)
An improvised bomb rigged to a motorcycle and apparently targeting a police vehicle exploded near a mosque in the western Pakistani city of Quetta on Monday, killing at least four policemen and wounding 11, officials said.
There was no immediate (...)
Gunmen stormed a luxury hotel in Pakistan's southwestern port city of Gwadar on Saturday, killing at least one guard and battling security forces inside, officials and the army said.
Balochistan Home Minister Ziaullah Langove said most guests were (...)
A bomb targeting Pakistani police outside a major Sufi shrine in the city of Lahore on Wednesday killed at least 10 people and wounded more than 20, officials said.
The blast, a day after the beginning of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan, went off (...)
Ever since 1959, a couple of hours before the sun sets border guards from Pakistan and India line up in a large stadium. Each group stands on its side of the famous Wagah border between the two countries where they perform a stunning and theatrical (...)
The Bangladesh cricket team narrowly avoided being caught up in a shooting at a mosque in Christchurch on Friday that left 30 dead and forced the cancellation of a test match against hosts New Zealand.
At least one gunman killed 49 people and (...)
ذكرت تقارير لصحيفة "التايمز" الهندة، أن القوات الجوية الهندية، زعمت أن فيديو تم تحريره بشكل مكثف لقائد سلاح الجو أبهيناندان فارت هامان، قد تم تسجيله حيث كان ضابطها في الأسر وتحت الإكراه.
وقالت القوات الجوية، إنها ستتحدث مع الطيار شخصيًا وتوضح (...)
The American University in Cairo (AUC) has been playing a large role in Egypt since its foundation in 1919 by Americans devoted to education and service in the Middle East.
Throughout its history, the AUC has balanced a strong commitment to liberal (...)
Impoverished daily wage laborers in Pakistan are forced to sell their body organs to make both ends meet. DW meets a brick kiln worker near Lahore, who narrates his horrifying tale of kidney selling to an illegal racket.Muhammad Iqbal (pictured (...)
A peace activist who disappeared last year after criticising Pakistan's military has returned to his home in the eastern province of Punjab, his friends said on Friday.
Liberals have long criticised what they see as the military's use of militant (...)
The deadliest attacks in Pakistan's troubled election campaign killed on Friday at least 132 people, including a candidate, just before the arrest of disgraced former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif upon his return to the country.
In the southwestern (...)
Disgraced former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif was in custody on Saturday, a day after the deadliest attacks in Pakistan's troubled election campaign killed more than 130 people, including a candidate.
In the southwestern province of Baluchistan, a (...)
LAHORE, July 11, 2018 (News Wires) -- A suicide bomber blew himself up at an anti-Taleban political party's rally in northwest Pakistan on Tuesday, killing 12 people, including a candidate in July 25 elections, police said.
The attack on a meeting (...)
LAHORE, Pakistan, July 3, 2018 (News Wires) - Torrential monsoon rains have lashed many cities across Pakistan, flooding streets and killing three people. The deaths from Tuesday's rain were reported in the eastern city of Lahore, where residential (...)
LAHORE, Pakistan, March 25, 2018 - The deeply rooted historic relations between Egypt and Pakistan were characterised by distinction and co-operation, The All-Egypt Mufti Dr Shawki Allam said.
Addressing the military academy in Lahore, Pakistan, the (...)
ISLAMABAD, March 23, 2018 (AP) — Pakistanis celebrated on Friday their National Day with a military parade in the capital, Islamabad, showcasing short- and long-range missiles, tanks, jets, drones and other hardware. Troops, including female (...)
The first translations of the Quran into European languages, in this case Latin, took place in the Middle Ages when the intentions of the translators were not always friendly. Islam was widely seen as a competitor to Christianity, and the early (...)
A suicide bomb blast ripped through a police checkpoint in the eastern Pakistani city of Lahore on Wednesday, killing seven people and wounding 18, officials said.
Jam Sajjad Hussain, spokesman of a state-run rescue service, told Reuters that his (...)
Pakistani cricketer-turned-politican Imran Khan has tied the knot for the third time, his party said on Sunday, confirming his marriage to a woman local media call a "faith healer".
Khan, who captained the Pakistan team when it won the Cricket World (...)
