/taxonomy/term/211891 en /node/1746466/pakistan <div class="field field-name-field-rbitem-author field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">article author:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/taxonomy/term/211891">Naimat Khan</a></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-publication-date field-type-datestamp field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><span class="date-display-single">Fri, 2020-10-09 15:15</span></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p> KARACHI: The governor of Pakistan’s southern Sindh province has said the central government planned to invest $50 billion to develop two islands off the Karachi coastline on the Arabian Sea into a city that would ‘surpass’ Dubai.’</p> <p> Imran Ismail’s comments come as the central government, led by Prime Minister Imran Khan, is entangled in a legal duel with the provincial Sindh government over ownership of the two islands, called Buddoo and Bundal.</p></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-binary field-type-image field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><img src="/sites/default/files/2020/10/09/2302706-1205674014.jpg" width="1500" height="883" alt="" title="This undated file photo shows a general view of Bundal Island in Pakistan&#039;s southern Sindh province. (Photo courtesy: Kayaking in Pakistan/Facebook)" /></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-1 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Main category:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/Pakistan">Pakistan</a></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-9 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Tags:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/category/tags/pakistan">Pakistan</a></div><div class="field-item odd"><a href="/tags/buddoo">Buddoo</a></div><div class="field-item even"><a href="/tags/bundal-island">Bundal Island</a></div><div class="field-item odd"><a href="/tags/dubai-0">Dubai</a></div></div></div> <span class="label abs-el uppercase special"> Special </span> Fri, 09 Oct 2020 12:22:22 +0000 wasey 1746466 at /node/1744486/pakistan <div class="field field-name-field-rbitem-author field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">article author:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/taxonomy/term/211891">Naimat Khan</a></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-publication-date field-type-datestamp field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><span class="date-display-single">Mon, 2020-10-05 14:02</span></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p> KARACHI: Muhammad Zarnosh picks up his toolbox and reaches for his young son's hand, ready to leave home for the plumbing and electronic repairs shop where he works in an impoverished neighborhood in the Pakistani port city of Karachi. <br /> Zarnosh, now in his thirties, experienced gradual vision loss since birth but around ten years ago he lost his sight completely. Since then, he has had to depend on friends and family to help him move around, but that hasn’t stopped him from carrying on with his work as a repairman. <br /></p></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-binary field-type-image field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><img src="/sites/default/files/2020/10/05/2297586-1440018247.jpeg" width="4032" height="3024" alt="" title="Zarnosh Khan, a blind repairman, fixes an electric motor in Qasbna Colony, Karachi, Pakistan on Octover 3, 2020. (AN photo)" /></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-1 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Main category:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/Pakistan">Pakistan</a></div></div></div> <span class="label abs-el uppercase special"> Special </span> Mon, 05 Oct 2020 11:07:06 +0000 farheen.fatima 1744486 at /node/1743696/pakistan <div class="field field-name-field-rbitem-author field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">article author:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/taxonomy/term/211891">Naimat Khan</a></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-publication-date field-type-datestamp field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><span class="date-display-single">Sat, 2020-10-03 16:41</span></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p> KARACHI: Authorities in Pakistan have sealed restaurants, schools, wedding halls, and imposed "smart lockdowns" as coronavirus cases are surging across the country, officials said on Saturday, as health experts fear a second wave of infections is coming.<br /> Pakistan had reported 313,984 coronavirus cases as of Saturday morning, with at least 553 in the past 24 hours. More than 6,500 people have succumbed to the disease since the beginning of the outbreak in February.</p></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-binary field-type-image field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><img src="/sites/default/files/2020/10/03/2296126-335331964.jpg" width="900" height="530" alt="" title="A rickshaw drives past a restaurant closed by authorities over violations of social distancing rules for COVID-19, in Karachi, Pakistan, Friday, Oct. 2, 2020. (AP)" /></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-1 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Main category:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/Pakistan">Pakistan</a></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-9 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Tags:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/category/tags/pakistan">Pakistan</a></div><div class="field-item odd"><a href="/tags/coronavirus-pakistan">CORONAVIRUS PAKISTAN</a></div><div class="field-item even"><a href="/tags/coronavirus-covid-19">Coronavirus (COVID-19)</a></div></div></div> Sat, 03 Oct 2020 13:48:06 +0000 wasey 1743696 at /node/1743311/world <div class="field field-name-field-rbitem-author field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">article author:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/taxonomy/term/211891">Naimat Khan</a></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-publication-date field-type-datestamp field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><span class="date-display-single">Fri, 2020-10-02 18:41</span></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p> KARACHI: Last year, Nanak Ram, a Hindu, left his home in Mirpur Mathelo in southern Pakistan with the intention never to return.</p> <p> Ram is one of what officials have estimated are hundreds of Pakistani Hindus who have recently migrated to India to be benefit from a citizenship law that Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Hindu nationalist government introduced in 2019.</p> <p> The new legislation laid out a path to legal immigration for Hindu migrants from Pakistan, Afghanistan, and Bangladesh.</p></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-binary field-type-image field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><img src="/sites/default/files/2020/10/02/2294486-795781148.jpg" width="900" height="530" alt="" title="Pakistani Hindus board a bus for Jodhpur after arriving at the India-Pakistan Wagah border post, about 35 km from Amritsar, on Feb. 14, 2020. (AFP)" /></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-1 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Main category:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/world">World</a></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-9 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Tags:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/category/tags/pakistan">Pakistan</a></div><div class="field-item odd"><a href="/category/tags/india">India</a></div><div class="field-item even"><a href="/tags/hindu-migrants">Hindu migrants</a></div></div></div> <span class="label abs-el uppercase special"> Special </span> Fri, 02 Oct 2020 16:04:54 +0000 seamus.obuachalla 1743311 at /node/1743211/pakistan <div class="field field-name-field-rbitem-author field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">article author:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/taxonomy/term/211891">Naimat Khan</a></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-publication-date field-type-datestamp field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><span class="date-display-single">Fri, 2020-10-02 13:52</span></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p> KARACHI: Last year, Nanak Ram, a Hindu, left his home in the village of Mirpur Mathela in southern Pakistan, never to return.<br /> Ram is one of what officials estimate are hundreds of Pakistani Hindus who have migrated to India in the last year to benefit from a law that Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Hindu nationalist government introduced in 2019 and which fast-tracks legal immigration for Hindu migrants coming from Pakistan, Afghanistan and Bangladesh.<br /></p></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-binary field-type-image field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><img src="/sites/default/files/2020/10/02/2294196-2008780812.jpg" width="900" height="530" alt="" title="Pakistani Hindu pilgrims arrive at the India-Pakistan border post in Wagah, Lahore, August 11, 2012. (AFP/File)" /></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-1 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Main category:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/Pakistan">Pakistan</a></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-9 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Tags:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/tags/pakistani-hindus">Pakistani Hindus</a></div><div class="field-item odd"><a href="/tags/migration">Migration</a></div></div></div> <span class="label abs-el uppercase special"> Special </span> Fri, 02 Oct 2020 11:02:11 +0000 sehrish_ghaffar 1743211 at /node/1742536/world <div class="field field-name-field-rbitem-author field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">article author:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/taxonomy/term/211891">Naimat Khan</a></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-author field-type-text field-label-inline clearfix"><div class="field-label">Author:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-publication-date field-type-datestamp field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><span class="date-display-single">Thu, 2020-10-01 00:40</span></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p> KARACHI: At a small shop in Pakistan’s southern city of Karachi, two young girls are bent over a workstation, repairing wires and battery chargers.</p> <p> Despite all odds, Naseeb Jamal, an electrician for 20 years, has taught six of his eight daughters his craft to help them become self-reliant in the future.  </p> <p> “When I had four daughters, it came to my mind: Why shouldn’t I give them an education?” Jamal, who moved to Karachi from the Tor Ghar area in the northwestern Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, told Arab News. </p></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-binary field-type-image field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><img src="/sites/default/files/2020/10/01/2292341-610884411.png" width="1300" height="766" alt="" title="Javeriah Jamal at work in their father Naseeb Jamal’s shop in Qasba colony, Karachi. (AP)" /></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-1 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Main category:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/world">World</a></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-9 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Tags:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/category/tags/pakistan">Pakistan</a></div><div class="field-item odd"><a href="/category/tags/karachi">Karachi</a></div></div></div> <span class="label abs-el uppercase special"> Special </span> Wed, 30 Sep 2020 21:42:33 +0000 Sajjadkk 1742536 at /node/1741621/pakistan <div class="field field-name-field-rbitem-author field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">article author:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/taxonomy/term/211891">Naimat Khan</a></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-publication-date field-type-datestamp field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><span class="date-display-single">Tue, 2020-09-29 08:50</span></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p> KARACHI: Pakistani all-rounder and former cricket captain Shahid Afridi has said cricketer and present head coach Misbah-ul-Haq needed “to get the scoreboard going” at the 2011 World Cup semi final against India but played slow, as he gave reasons for Pakistan’s defeat. <br /> During the match which India won by 29 runs, the vastly experienced Younus Khan (13 from 32 balls) and Misbah-ul-Haq (56/76 balls despite a late flourish) took their time to settle down and struggled to rotate the strike.<br /></p></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-binary field-type-image field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><img src="/sites/default/files/2020/09/29/2289756-197445323.jpg" width="1920" height="1080" alt="" title="Pakistani cricket star Shahid Afridi talks to Arab News at his home in Karachi on Wednesday, Sept. 23, 2020. (AN photo)" /></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-1 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Main category:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/Pakistan">Pakistan</a></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-9 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Tags:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/tags/shahid-afridi">shahid Afridi</a></div><div class="field-item odd"><a href="/tags/cricket">Cricket</a></div><div class="field-item even"><a href="/tags/2011-world-cup">2011 World Cup</a></div><div class="field-item odd"><a href="/tags/misbah-ul-haq-0">misbah ul haq</a></div></div></div> <span class="label abs-el uppercase special"> Special </span> Tue, 29 Sep 2020 06:08:19 +0000 farheen.fatima 1741621 at /node/1741141/pakistan <div class="field field-name-field-rbitem-author field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">article author:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/taxonomy/term/211891">Naimat Khan</a></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-publication-date field-type-datestamp field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><span class="date-display-single">Mon, 2020-09-28 11:07</span></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p> KARACHI: Pakistani all-rounder and former skipper Shahid Khan Afridi has said he is ready to mentor Saudi cricketers if the kingdom seeks his help.<br /> The comments come in the wake of a meeting between the ambassador of ��������Ƶ to Pakistan, Nawaf bin Said Al-Malki, and Pakistan’s Minister for Inter-Provincial Coordination, Dr. Fehmida Mirza, this month in which they discussed cooperation in the field of sports, with a focus on cricket.<br /></p></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-binary field-type-image field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><img src="/sites/default/files/2020/09/28/2288401-1696576400.jpg" width="900" height="530" alt="" title="Shahid Afridi during an exclusive interview with Arab News in Karachi on Sept 24 2020. (AN Photo)" /></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-1 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Main category:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/Pakistan">Pakistan</a></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-9 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Tags:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/tags/shahid-afridi">shahid Afridi</a></div><div class="field-item odd"><a href="/category/tags/saudi-arabia">��������Ƶ</a></div></div></div> <span class="label abs-el uppercase special"> Special </span> Mon, 28 Sep 2020 08:10:34 +0000 sehrish_ghaffar 1741141 at /node/1740826/sport <div class="field field-name-field-rbitem-author field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">article author:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/taxonomy/term/211891">Naimat Khan</a></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-author field-type-text field-label-inline clearfix"><div class="field-label">Author:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-publication-date field-type-datestamp field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><span class="date-display-single">Sun, 2020-09-27 20:19</span></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p> KARACHI: Pakistani all-rounder and former skipper Shahid Khan Afridi says there is “no chance” of cricketing ties being revived with India as long as Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi is in power. <br /> Strained relations between the two nations and a decades-long dispute over the Himalayan valley of Kashmir have laid the foundations for one of the most intense sporting rivalries in the world. <br /> Ties have been especially strained in the past year after Modi’s government stripped Kashmir’s autonomy, which both nations rule in part but claim in full.<br /></p></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-binary field-type-image field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><img src="/sites/default/files/2020/09/27/2287716-1244421820.jpg" width="1920" height="1080" alt="" title="Shahid Afridi during an exclusive interview with Arab News on Wednesday in Karachi, Pakistan. (AN Photo)" /></div><div class="field-item odd"><img src="/sites/default/files/2020/09/27/2287721-1483492070.jpg" width="1920" height="1080" alt="" title="Shahid Afridi during an exclusive interview with Arab News on Wednesday in Karachi, Pakistan. (AN Photo)" /></div><div class="field-item even"><img src="/sites/default/files/2020/09/27/2287726-567357554.jpg" width="1920" height="1080" alt="" title="Shahid Afridi during an exclusive interview with Arab News on Wednesday in Karachi, Pakistan. (AN Photo)" /></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-1 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Main category:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/sport">Sport</a></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-9 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Tags:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/tags/cricket">Cricket</a></div><div class="field-item odd"><a href="/tags/shahid-afridi">shahid Afridi</a></div><div class="field-item even"><a href="/category/tags/pakistan">Pakistan</a></div><div class="field-item odd"><a href="/category/tags/india">India</a></div><div class="field-item even"><a href="/tags/pakistan-cricket">Pakistan cricket</a></div><div class="field-item odd"><a href="/tags/india-cricket">India cricket</a></div></div></div> Sun, 27 Sep 2020 17:26:21 +0000 daniel.fountain 1740826 at /node/1740306/pakistan <div class="field field-name-field-rbitem-author field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">article author:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/taxonomy/term/211891">Naimat Khan</a></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-publication-date field-type-datestamp field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><span class="date-display-single">Sat, 2020-09-26 15:00</span></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p> KARACHI: Pakistani all-rounder and former skipper Shahid Khan Afridi has said there was ‘no chance’ of reviving cricketing ties with India as long as Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi was in power.<br /> Strained relations between the two nations, who were one before the partition of British India split them into India and Pakistan in 1947, and a decades-long dispute over the Himalayan valley of Kashmir, has laid the foundations of one of the most intense sports rivalries in the world.<br /></p></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-binary field-type-image field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><img src="/sites/default/files/2020/09/26/2286316-371301233.jpg" width="1800" height="1060" alt="" title="Pakistani cricket star Shahid Afridi talks to Arab News at his home in Karachi on Wednesday, Sept. 23, 2020. (AN photo) " /></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-1 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Main category:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/Pakistan">Pakistan</a></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-9 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Tags:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/category/tags/pakistan">Pakistan</a></div><div class="field-item odd"><a href="/category/tags/india">India</a></div><div class="field-item even"><a href="/tags/kashmir">Kashmir</a></div><div class="field-item odd"><a href="/tags/narendra-modi">Narendra Modi</a></div><div class="field-item even"><a href="/tags/shahid-afridi">shahid Afridi</a></div><div class="field-item odd"><a href="/tags/cricket">Cricket</a></div><div class="field-item even"><a href="/tags/sports">sports</a></div></div></div> <span class="label abs-el uppercase special"> Special </span> Sat, 26 Sep 2020 14:00:00 +0000 wasey 1740306 at /node/1734681/world <div class="field field-name-field-rbitem-author field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">article author:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/taxonomy/term/211891">Naimat Khan</a></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-author field-type-text field-label-inline clearfix"><div class="field-label">Author:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-publication-date field-type-datestamp field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><span class="date-display-single">Tue, 2020-09-15 01:29</span></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p> KARACHI: With talks to end decades of armed conflict in Afghanistan currently underway in Doha, refugees at the New Saranan camp in Pakistan’s Balochistan province gathered on Sunday to discuss the repatriation process for nearly 5,000 displaced Afghan families.</p> <p> Intra-Afghan talks between President Ashraf Ghani’s government and the Taliban began on Saturday and are expected to yield a permanent cease-fire and a power-sharing arrangement.</p></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-binary field-type-image field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><img src="/sites/default/files/2020/09/15/2270911-1426741707.png" width="1300" height="766" alt="" title="Muhammad Agha Ishaqzai, right, and other Afghan elders at the New Saranan refugee camp in Balochistan, 40 kilometers northwest of the provincial capital of Quetta. (AN photo)" /></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-1 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Main category:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/world">World</a></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-9 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Tags:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/tags/afghan-refugees">Afghan refugees</a></div><div class="field-item odd"><a href="/tags/balochistan">Balochistan</a></div><div class="field-item even"><a href="/tags/afghanistan">Afghanistan</a></div></div></div> <span class="label abs-el uppercase special"> Special </span> Mon, 14 Sep 2020 22:33:16 +0000 Sajjadkk 1734681 at /node/1734456/pakistan <div class="field field-name-field-rbitem-author field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">article author:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/taxonomy/term/211891">Naimat Khan</a></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-publication-date field-type-datestamp field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><span class="date-display-single">Mon, 2020-09-14 16:21</span></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p> KARACHI: Residents at the New Saranan refugee camp in Pakistan’s Balochistan province gathered on Sunday to discuss the prospects of displaced Afghan families returning to their homeland as peace talks between Taliban insurgents and the Kabul government are ongoing to end decades of war in Afghanistan. <br /> About 2.5 million Afghans, many of whom fled their homeland after it was invaded by the Soviet Union in 1979, live in neighboring Pakistan, home to the world’s second-largest refugee population. </p></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-binary field-type-image field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><img src="/sites/default/files/2020/09/14/2271301-1608651477.jpg" width="1024" height="624" alt="" title="In this picture taken on October 18, 2018, older Afghan refugees sit outside their mud house at a refugee camp on the outskirts of Islamabad, Pakistan. (AFP/File)" /></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-1 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Main category:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/Pakistan">Pakistan</a></div></div></div> <span class="label abs-el uppercase special"> Special </span> Mon, 14 Sep 2020 13:27:48 +0000 farheen.fatima 1734456 at /node/1733256/pakistan <div class="field field-name-field-rbitem-author field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">article author:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/taxonomy/term/211891">Naimat Khan</a></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-publication-date field-type-datestamp field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><span class="date-display-single">Sat, 2020-09-12 07:12</span></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p> KARACHI: A renowned global fitness platform run by the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) has opened its largest facility in the world in the Pakistani city of Lahore and plans to expand its operations to other urban centers soon, media representatives for the gym said on Thursday.<br /> UFC Gym was founded in 2009 by the Ultimate Fighting Championship, an American mixed martial arts (MMA) promotion company based in Las Vegas, Nevada. It is considered the largest MMA promotion company in the world and features some of the highest-level fighters in the sport on its roster.</p></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-binary field-type-image field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><img src="/sites/default/files/2020/09/12/2267276-2140583771.jpg" width="900" height="530" alt="" title="This undated photo shared by Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) shows their gym in Lahore, Pakistan. (Photo courtesy of UFC)" /></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-1 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Main category:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/Pakistan">Pakistan</a></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-9 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Tags:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/tags/ultimate-fighting-championship-ufc">Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC)</a></div><div class="field-item odd"><a href="/tags/gym">gym</a></div></div></div> <span class="label abs-el uppercase special"> Special </span> Sat, 12 Sep 2020 04:28:06 +0000 sehrish_ghaffar 1733256 at /node/1729086/pakistan <div class="field field-name-field-rbitem-author field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">article author:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/taxonomy/term/211891">Naimat Khan</a></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-publication-date field-type-datestamp field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><span class="date-display-single">Thu, 2020-09-03 17:34</span></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p> KARACHI: Health experts and medical practitioners in Pakistan’s densely populated southern port city warned on Thursday that diseases like dengue and malaria could spread in the country's commercial capital if immediate precautionary measures were not taken by relevant authorities.</p> <p> Ponds of rainwater contaminated with black sewage can be seen in different parts of Karachi after it recently witnessed massive urban flooding.</p> <p> Doctors maintain they have already seen a significant increase in waterborne diseases in the city. </p></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-binary field-type-image field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><img src="/sites/default/files/2020/09/03/2255661-925916295.jpg" width="1500" height="884" alt="" title="People wade through a flooded residential area following heavy monsoon rains triggered floods in Pakistan&#039;s port city of Karachi on Aug. 31, 2020. (AFP/File)" /></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-1 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Main category:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/Pakistan">Pakistan</a></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-9 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Tags:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/category/tags/pakistan">Pakistan</a></div><div class="field-item odd"><a href="/tags/waterborne">waterborne</a></div><div class="field-item even"><a href="/tags/disease">disease</a></div><div class="field-item odd"><a href="/tags/health">Health</a></div><div class="field-item even"><a href="/tags/dengue">dengue</a></div><div class="field-item odd"><a href="/category/tags/karachi">Karachi</a></div></div></div> <span class="label abs-el uppercase special"> Special </span> Thu, 03 Sep 2020 14:45:32 +0000 wasey 1729086 at /node/1727471/pakistan <div class="field field-name-field-rbitem-author field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">article author:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/taxonomy/term/211891">Naimat Khan</a></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-publication-date field-type-datestamp field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><span class="date-display-single">Mon, 2020-08-31 19:05</span></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p> KARACHI: In a first, hundreds of residents of the Defense Housing Authority (DHA) neighborhood in Pakistan’s port city of Karachi staged a major sit-in outside the head office of the Cantonment Board Clifton (CBC), after torrential rains caused floods to inundate houses and shops in one of the city’s most upscale areas.<br /> The CBC is a civic body which works under the military land department and administers the upmarket areas of Defense and Clifton.<br /></p></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-binary field-type-image field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><img src="/sites/default/files/2020/08/31/2251446-189785937.jpg" width="2000" height="1178" alt="" title="A resident of Defence Housing Authority (DHA), holds a placard as they gather outside the Cantonment Board Clifton (CBC) office to protest against the failing to fix drainage problems in Pakistan&#039;s port city of Karachi on Aug. 31, 2020. (AFP)" /></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-1 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Main category:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/Pakistan">Pakistan</a></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-9 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Tags:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/category/tags/pakistan">Pakistan</a></div><div class="field-item odd"><a href="/tags/karachi-rain">Karachi Rain</a></div><div class="field-item even"><a href="/tags/sindh">Sindh</a></div><div class="field-item odd"><a href="/tags/defense-housing-authority-dha">Defense Housing Authority (DHA)</a></div><div class="field-item even"><a href="/category/tags/weather">weather</a></div><div class="field-item odd"><a href="/tags/2020">2020</a></div><div class="field-item even"><a href="/tags/floods">floods</a></div></div></div> <span class="label abs-el uppercase special"> Special </span> Mon, 31 Aug 2020 16:14:03 +0000 wasey 1727471 at