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A bus carrying wedding guests falls into a river in northern Pakistan, killing 18
MANSEHRA, Pakistan (AP) — A bus carrying about two dozen wedding guests fell into the Indus River in northern Pakistan on Tuesday, killing at least 18 people, officials said. It happened in the Gilgit Baltistan region as the bus was heading to Chakwal, a city in Punjab province,...
Growing pollution in Pakistan's Punjab province has sickened 1.8M people in a month, officials say
LAHORE, Pakistan (AP) — Worsening air pollution sickened an estimated 1.8 million people in Pakistan's eastern Punjab province in the past month, health officials said Tuesday, as schools across the province were ordered to close for five days to protect children's health. Punjab...
Police officer arrested over deadly 2023 suicide bombing at Pakistan mosque
PESHAWAR, Pakistan (AP) — A police officer has been arrested in connection with facilitating a suicide bomb attack at a mosque on the premises of a police compound in northwest Pakistan. Provincial police chief Akhtar Hayyat announced the arrest of police constable Mohammad Wali at...
Bangladesh asks Interpol for help in arresting ousted Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina
DHAKA, Bangladesh (AP) — A special tribunal in Bangladesh on Tuesday asked the international police organization Interpol to issue a red notice for the arrest of ousted Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina in connection with the deaths of hundreds of protesters during a mass uprising against her. ...
UN warns that toxic smog in Pakistan's Punjab province is endangering children
ISLAMABAD (AP) — The U.N. children’s agency on Monday warned that the health of 11 million children in Pakistan’s eastern Punjab province is in danger because of air pollution that experts say has become a fifth season in recent years. Toxic smog has shrouded Pakistan's...
Pakistan suspends railway services in the country's southwest after deadly train station bombing
QUETTA, Pakistan (AP) — Pakistan's railways suspended all train services on Monday to and from a restive southwestern province where a suicide bombing at a train station over the weekend killed 26 people, including soldiers and railway staff. The train services would be suspended...
Champions Trophy host Pakistan says it's not been told India wants to play cricket games elsewhere
LAHORE, Pakistan (AP) — A top official of the Pakistan Cricket Board declined Friday to confirm media reports that India has decided against playing any games in host Pakistan during next year’s Champions Trophy. “My view is if there’s any problems, they (India) should tell...
Districts in Pakistan close parks and museums because of record-breaking smog
LAHORE, Pakistan (AP) — Authorities in a broad swath of eastern Pakistan closed all parks and museums Friday because of record-breaking smog that already has prompted the closure of schools and government offices and has sickened tens of thousands of people. The new restrictions...
2 suspected rebels and 2 members of government-run militia are killed in Indian-controlled Kashmir
NEW DELHI (AP) — Two suspected militants were killed in a gunfight with government forces in Indian-controlled Kashmir, officials said Friday, while assailants killed two members of a government-sponsored militia elsewhere in the disputed region. The region, divided between India...
Record-high pollution sickens thousands in Pakistan's cultural capital of Lahore
LAHORE, Pakistan (AP) — Record-high air pollution in Pakistan’s Punjab province prompted authorities to close additional schools and keep government employees at home Wednesday, as doctors reported an increase in people seeking treatment for smog-related ailments. Marriyum...
