Pakistani teenager Afsheen Gul suffered from a rare condition that kept her neck at 90 degrees. She struggled to access the right treatment until her case was brought to a doctor in India.
BBC Urdu's Riaz Sohail reports on the teen's journey to (...)
Intense floods killed dozens of people and left hundreds homeless in Pakistan, officials said, as heavy monsoon rains battered the country.
In the southern province of Balochistan, 57 people, including women and children, were killed after being (...)
At least 77 people have lost their lives so far in the current spell of heavy rains across Pakistan, said Federal Minister for Climate Change Sherry Rehman on Wednesday.
Nearly half of the victims were reported in southwestern Balochistan province, (...)
People in Pakistan have been asked to reduce the amount of tea they drink to keep the country's economy afloat.
Sipping fewer cups a day would cut Pakistan's high import bills, senior minister Ahsan Iqbal said.
The country's low foreign currency (...)
A former member of the National Assembly and popular Pakistani TV host, Aamir Liaqat Hussain, died at age 50 on Thursday, local media reported.
The anchor felt discomfort in his chest on Wednesday night but didn't visit a hospital, Geo TV reported. (...)
A deadly cholera outbreak linked to contaminated drinking water has infected thousands of people in central Pakistan as the country grapples with a water crisis exacerbated by a brutal heatwave in South Asia.
Temperatures in parts of Pakistan and (...)
With extreme heat gripping large parts of India and Pakistan, the two countries are working to roll out life-saving health action plans to combat the heatwave, the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) said on Friday.
The extreme heat is impacting (...)
Secretary General of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) for Arab States Dr. Naif Falah Mubarak Al-Hajraf condemned the terrorist bombings in the south of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan near a Chinese institute at the University of Karachi, (...)
The Muslim World League (MWL) condemned the terrorist bombing that targeted an institute at the University of Karachi in the south of Pakistan, which resulted in a number of innocent victims.
The Secretary-General of the MWL, President of the (...)
Three Chinese language teachers and their Pakistani driver were killed in a suspected suicide bombing in the southern city of Karachi, police say.
The blast ripped through their minibus, injuring at least four others near the university's Confucius (...)
Three Chinese nationals and their Pakistani driver were killed in an explosion in the southern city of Karachi, police said.
The blast ripped through their van, injuring at least four others near the university's Confucius Institute.
Police have yet (...)
At least 16 tourists died in freezing temperatures after being stranded in their vehicles in northern Pakistan, where thousands had flocked to enjoy the snow, officials said on Saturday.
With some 1,000 vehicles still stranded, the government has (...)
Nuclear scientist Dr. Abdul Qadeer Khan passed away in Islamabad on Sunday morning at the age of 85, the Dawn newspaper reported.
According to Radio Pakistan, he was admitted to a local hospital where his health deteriorated early morning. PTV said (...)
ISLAMABAD -- The Royal Saudi Naval Forces (RSNF) and the Pakistani Naval Forces (PNF) began on Tuesday a major joint exercise titled "Naseem Al-Bahr 13" in Arabian Sea, off the Pakistani coast.
The Royal Saudi Air Force (RSAF) is also participating (...)
A group of vessels of the Royal Saudi Naval Forces (RSNF) arrived Saturday at the port of Karachi, Pakistan, to carry out the mixed bilateral naval exercise "Naseem Al-Bahr 13" with the Pakistani Naval Forces and with the participation of the Royal (...)
A group of vessels of the Royal Saudi Naval Forces arrived today at the port of Karachi, Islamic Republic of Pakistan, to carry out the mixed bilateral naval exercise "Naseem Al-Bahr 13" with the Pakistani Naval Forces and with the participation of (...)
At least 15 people, including women and children, were killed in rain-related incidents in Pakistani's northern Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KPK) province on Sunday, said officials.
A senior administrative official, Assistant Commissioner Azhar Zahoor in a (...)
Pakistani authorities have imposed a lockdown in the southern Sindh province, including the commercial hub of Karachi and other urban centers, amid an alarming increase in COVID-19 cases.
The lockdown began Saturday and is set to last until Aug 8. (...)
Pakistani authorities have imposed a lockdown in the southern Sindh province, including the commercial hub of Karachi and other urban centers, amid an alarming increase in COVID-19 cases.
The lockdown began Saturday and is set to last until Aug 8. (...)
RIYADH — Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman has sent a cable of condolences and sympathy to Pakistani President Dr. Arif Alvi on the death of former President Mamnoon Hussain.
King Salman in his cable said: "We learned of the death of the (...)
King Salman Humanitarian Aid and Relief Center (KSrelief) has continued implementing the voluntary medical campaign to combat blindness and its causes in the Islamic Republic of Pakistan.
During the campaign, KSrelief's medical team examined 4,000 (...)
Advisor at the Royal Court and Supervisor General of King Salman Humanitarian Aid and Relief Center (KSrelief) Dr. Abdullah Bin Abdulaziz Al Rabeeah met in Riyadh Monday with Regional Representative of the United Nations High Commissioner for (...)
The voluntary medical team of King Salman Humanitarian Aid and Relief Center (KSrelief) has examined more than 5,000 cases, performed more than 500 surgeries and provided 2,000 eyeglasses, within a project of combating blindness and related diseases (...)
King Salman Humanitarian Aid and Relief Center (KSrelief) delegation based in the Ibrahim Eye Hospital in Karachi, launched the voluntary medical campaigns to combat blindness in Pakistan for the year 2021, in cooperation with the International (...)
Bahrain has supplied medical equipment and oxygen to Pakistan to help the South Asian country combat the coronavirus pandemic.
The Consul General of Bahrain in the Pakistani city of Karachi, Yasser Ajlan Al-Hiddi, delivered medical equipment and (...)
