Pakistan

Pakistan sentences 108 members of former PM Imran Khan's party over 2023 protests<\/a><\/li><li class=\"c-widget-related__item\"><a class=\"c-widget-related__article\" href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//2025//08//06//pakistan-extends-deportation-deadline-for-afghan-refugees-but-un-remains-concerned/">Pakistan extends deportation deadline for Afghan refugees but UN remains concerned<\/a><\/li>\n <\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\n<p>Villagers said there had been no warnings broadcast from mosque loudspeakers, a traditional method for alerting locals about emergencies in remote areas.<\/p>\n<p>The government said the sudden downpour was so intense that the deluge struck before residents could be informed.<\/p>\n<p>On Sunday, provincial chief minister Ali Amin Gandapur said many deaths could have been avoided if residents had not built homes along waterways.<\/p>\n<p>He said the government would encourage displaced families to relocate to safer areas, where they would be assisted in rebuilding homes.<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-image widget--size-fullwidth widget--animation-fade-in widget--align-center\" data-ratio=\"0.6665\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <img class=\"widgetImage__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////static.euronews.com//articles//stories//09//42//63//72//808x539_cmsv2_4c393112-274f-5ed0-a071-4df937083399-9426372.jpg/" alt=\"Local residents look at a damaged house after a flash flood hit the area of Qadar Nagar in Buner district, 18 August, 2025\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/42\/63\/72\/384x256_cmsv2_4c393112-274f-5ed0-a071-4df937083399-9426372.jpg 384w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/42\/63\/72\/640x427_cmsv2_4c393112-274f-5ed0-a071-4df937083399-9426372.jpg 640w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/42\/63\/72\/750x500_cmsv2_4c393112-274f-5ed0-a071-4df937083399-9426372.jpg 750w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/42\/63\/72\/828x552_cmsv2_4c393112-274f-5ed0-a071-4df937083399-9426372.jpg 828w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/42\/63\/72\/1080x720_cmsv2_4c393112-274f-5ed0-a071-4df937083399-9426372.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/42\/63\/72\/1200x800_cmsv2_4c393112-274f-5ed0-a071-4df937083399-9426372.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/42\/63\/72\/1920x1280_cmsv2_4c393112-274f-5ed0-a071-4df937083399-9426372.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 95vw, (max-width: 1024px) 80vw, (max-width: 1280px) 55vw, 728px\"\/>\n <figcaption class=\"widget__caption\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionWrap\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionText\">Local residents look at a damaged house after a flash flood hit the area of Qadar Nagar in Buner district, 18 August, 2025<\/span>\n <span class=\"widget__captionCredit\">AP Photo<\/span>\n <\/span>\n <\/figcaption>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<h2>Intense monsoon rains<\/h2>\n<p>Pakistan has seen higher-than-normal monsoon rains since 26 June that have killed at least 645 people across the country, with 300 deaths in the northwest.<\/p>\n<p>The National Disaster Management Authority issued an alert for further flooding after new rains began on Sunday in many parts of the country.<\/p>\n<p>In a statement, the military said the Pakistan Air Force played a key role in flood relief operations by airlifting 48 tons of NGO-provided relief goods from the port of Karachi to Peshawar, the regional capital.<\/p>\n<div class=\"c-widget-related\" data-stories-id=\"9357443,9350407\" data-event=\"widget_related\">\n <div class=\"c-widget-related__title\">\n <b class=\"c-widget-related__title__text\" lang=\"en\">Related<\/b>\n <\/div>\n <ul 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cloudburst Friday killed at least 280 people, officials said on Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p>Officials estimate flood-related damage to public and private property at more than 126 million rupees (\u20ac385,000), according to a government statement.<\/p>\n<p>The UN humanitarian agency said it had mobilised groups in hard-hit areas where damaged roads and communication lines have cut off communities. Relief agencies were providing food, water and other aid.<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-image widget--size-fullwidth widget--animation-fade-in widget--align-center\" data-ratio=\"0.6665\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <img class=\"widgetImage__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////static.euronews.com//articles//stories//09//42//63//72//808x539_cmsv2_09a12a12-9360-5526-8d21-be9d4974c423-9426372.jpg/" alt=\"A doctor checks local residents at a medical camp set up by volunteers for victims of the flash flooding in Buner district, 17 August, 2025\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/42\/63\/72\/384x256_cmsv2_09a12a12-9360-5526-8d21-be9d4974c423-9426372.jpg 384w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/42\/63\/72\/640x427_cmsv2_09a12a12-9360-5526-8d21-be9d4974c423-9426372.jpg 640w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/42\/63\/72\/750x500_cmsv2_09a12a12-9360-5526-8d21-be9d4974c423-9426372.jpg 750w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/42\/63\/72\/828x552_cmsv2_09a12a12-9360-5526-8d21-be9d4974c423-9426372.jpg 828w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/42\/63\/72\/1080x720_cmsv2_09a12a12-9360-5526-8d21-be9d4974c423-9426372.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/42\/63\/72\/1200x800_cmsv2_09a12a12-9360-5526-8d21-be9d4974c423-9426372.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/42\/63\/72\/1920x1280_cmsv2_09a12a12-9360-5526-8d21-be9d4974c423-9426372.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 95vw, (max-width: 1024px) 80vw, (max-width: 1280px) 55vw, 728px\"\/>\n <figcaption class=\"widget__caption\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionWrap\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionText\">A doctor checks local residents at a medical camp set up by volunteers for victims of the flash flooding in Buner district, 17 August, 2025<\/span>\n <span class=\"widget__captionCredit\">AP Photo<\/span>\n <\/span>\n <\/figcaption>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<h2>Power restored<\/h2>\n<p>Meanwhile, 70% of electricity has been restored and damaged roads have been reopened in the north and northwest, officials said on Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p>Information Minister Attaullah Tarar told a news conference that engineers were working to fully restore the electricity system that was knocked out by flooding last week.<\/p>\n<p>Most roads have been cleared, facilitating the supply of food and other essential items to flood-affected areas, he said.<\/p>\n<p>In 2022, catastrophic floods linked to climate change killed nearly 1,700 people in Pakistan and left hundreds of thousands homeless.<\/p>\n","hashtag":null,"createdAt":1755610171,"updatedAt":1755612043,"publishedAt":1755612010,"firstPublishedAt":1755612010,"lastPublishedAt":1755612010,"expiresAt":0,"images":[{"url":"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/42\/63\/72\/{{w}}x{{h}}_cmsv2_2019fda5-520f-5c83-b40f-b5b51dcfa957-9426372.jpg","altText":"Motorcyclists navigate through a flooded road after heavy rainfall in Karachi, 19 August, 2025","caption":"Motorcyclists navigate through a flooded road after heavy rainfall in Karachi, 19 August, 2025","captionUrl":null,"captionCredit":"AP Photo","sourceUrl":null,"sourceCredit":null,"callToActionUrl":null,"callToActionText":null,"width":1620,"height":911},{"url":"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/42\/63\/72\/{{w}}x{{h}}_cmsv2_09a12a12-9360-5526-8d21-be9d4974c423-9426372.jpg","altText":"A doctor checks local residents at a medical camp set up by volunteers for victims of the flash flooding in Buner district, 17 August, 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AFGHAN REFUGEE DEADLINE","daletPyramidId":2351105,"channels":[{"id":1},{"id":2},{"id":4},{"id":5},{"id":10},{"id":12},{"id":14}],"status":2,"title":"Pakistan extends deportation deadline for Afghan refugees but UN remains concerned","titleSeo":null,"titleListing1":"Pakistan extends Afghan refugee deportation deadline to 1 September","titleListing2":"Pakistan extends Afghan refugee deportation deadline to 1 September amid UN concerns","leadin":"Afghans have fled to Pakistan over the past four decades to escape war, political instability and economic hardship in their homeland.","summary":"Afghans have fled to Pakistan over the past four decades to escape war, political instability and economic hardship in their homeland.","keySentence":"","url":"pakistan-extends-deportation-deadline-for-afghan-refugees-but-un-remains-concerned","canonical":"https:\/\/www.euronews.com\/2025\/08\/06\/pakistan-extends-deportation-deadline-for-afghan-refugees-but-un-remains-concerned","masterCms":"v2","plainText":"Pakistan extended the deadline for the deportation of\u00a0millions of Afghan refugees to 1 September, officials said on Wednesday as the United Nations welcomed the decision but still expressed concern over coerced returns.\n\nAfghans have fled to Pakistan over the past four decades to escape war, political instability and economic hardship in their homeland.\n\nAn estimated 1.4 million are now registered with the UN refugee agency and have Proof of Residence cards (PoR) issued by Pakistani authorities, which have refused to reissue them after 30 June, the original deadline for voluntary repatriation, drawing criticism from rights groups.\n\nThe refugees will be allowed a \"grace period\" of 25 days, from 4 to 31 August, to voluntarily return to their home country, said Lateef-ur-Rehman, a spokesman for the Home and Tribal Affairs Department.\n\nHe added that Islamabad approved the new deadline this week, after which those remaining could face arrest and forced expulsion.\n\nIslamabad is also targeting an additional 800,000 with Afghan Citizen Cards, who it says reside in the country illegally.\n\nWhile the UN refugee agency (UNHCR) welcomed the extension decision, it warned that forced deportation could violate the international principle of non-refoulement, which prohibits the return of individuals to a country where they face serious threats to their life or freedom.\n\nQaiser Khan Afridi, the UNHCR's spokesperson in Pakistan, said the agency continued to seek an \"extension of the validity of PoR cards.\"\n\nAt least 1.2 million Afghan nationals\u00a0have been forced to return to Afghanistan from Iran and Pakistan so far this year, according to a June report by UNHCR.\n\nRepatriations on such a massive scale have the potential to destabilise the fragile situation in Afghanistan, where\u00a0the Taliban\u00a0government came into power in 2021, the agency said.\n\nA 31 July government notification confirmed Pakistan's decision to repatriate all Afghan nationals holding expired PoR cards.\n\nIt states Afghans without valid passports and Pakistani visas are in the country illegally and must return to their homeland under local immigration laws.\n\nThough hundreds of thousands of Afghans live in refugee camps, many others have fully integrated into the community, with families and businesses of their own, and remain in hiding to avoid arrest.\n\nRights groups have voiced concern that their arrest and deportation would wreak havoc on their lives.\n\nRehman, the ministry spokesperson, said local authorities have been instructed to engage with Afghan community leaders to encourage voluntary repatriation and that there are plans to close down refugee camps, but no dates have been decided.\n\nThe renewed deportation drive follows a nationwide\u00a0crackdown launched in 2023\u00a0targeting foreigners living illegally in Pakistan.\n\n","htmlText":"<p>Pakistan extended the deadline for the deportation of\u00a0millions of Afghan refugees to 1 September, officials said on Wednesday as the United Nations welcomed the decision but still expressed concern over coerced returns.<\/p>\n<p>Afghans have fled to Pakistan over the past four decades to escape war, political instability and economic hardship in their homeland.<\/p>\n<p>An estimated 1.4 million are now registered with the UN refugee agency and have Proof of Residence cards (PoR) issued by Pakistani authorities, which have refused to reissue them after 30 June, the original deadline for voluntary repatriation, drawing criticism from rights groups.<\/p>\n<p>The refugees will be allowed a \"grace period\" of 25 days, from 4 to 31 August, to voluntarily return to their home country, said Lateef-ur-Rehman, a spokesman for the Home and Tribal Affairs Department.<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-image widget--size-fullwidth widget--animation-fade-in widget--align-center\" data-ratio=\"0.6665\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <img class=\"widgetImage__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////static.euronews.com//articles//stories//09//40//38//99//808x539_cmsv2_f4a31c41-3f09-53aa-b57d-27b2571d0543-9403899.jpg/" alt=\"A Taliban fighter stands on a hill overlooking a camp housing Afghan refugees who have been repatriated from Pakistan, 31 May, 2025\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/40\/38\/99\/384x256_cmsv2_f4a31c41-3f09-53aa-b57d-27b2571d0543-9403899.jpg 384w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/40\/38\/99\/640x427_cmsv2_f4a31c41-3f09-53aa-b57d-27b2571d0543-9403899.jpg 640w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/40\/38\/99\/750x500_cmsv2_f4a31c41-3f09-53aa-b57d-27b2571d0543-9403899.jpg 750w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/40\/38\/99\/828x552_cmsv2_f4a31c41-3f09-53aa-b57d-27b2571d0543-9403899.jpg 828w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/40\/38\/99\/1080x720_cmsv2_f4a31c41-3f09-53aa-b57d-27b2571d0543-9403899.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/40\/38\/99\/1200x800_cmsv2_f4a31c41-3f09-53aa-b57d-27b2571d0543-9403899.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/40\/38\/99\/1920x1280_cmsv2_f4a31c41-3f09-53aa-b57d-27b2571d0543-9403899.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 95vw, (max-width: 1024px) 80vw, (max-width: 1280px) 55vw, 728px\"\/>\n <figcaption class=\"widget__caption\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionWrap\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionText\">A Taliban fighter stands on a hill overlooking a camp housing Afghan refugees who have been repatriated from Pakistan, 31 May, 2025<\/span>\n <span class=\"widget__captionCredit\">AP Photo<\/span>\n <\/span>\n <\/figcaption>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<p>He added that Islamabad approved the new deadline this week, after which those remaining could face arrest and forced expulsion.<\/p>\n<p>Islamabad is also targeting an additional 800,000 with Afghan Citizen Cards, who it says reside in the country illegally.<\/p>\n<p>While the UN refugee agency (UNHCR) welcomed the extension decision, it warned that forced deportation could violate the international principle of non-refoulement, which prohibits the return of individuals to a country where they face serious threats to their life or freedom.<\/p>\n<p>Qaiser Khan Afridi, the UNHCR's spokesperson in Pakistan, said the agency continued to seek an \"extension of the validity of PoR cards.\"<\/p>\n<p>At least 1.2 million Afghan nationals\u00a0have been forced to return to Afghanistan from Iran and Pakistan so far this year, according to a June report by UNHCR.<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-image widget--size-fullwidth widget--animation-fade-in widget--align-center\" data-ratio=\"0.6665\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <img class=\"widgetImage__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////static.euronews.com//articles//stories//09//40//91//15//808x539_cmsv2_4f0d790e-4aea-55dd-8a3e-bdc7fd3f7894-9409115.jpg/" alt=\"An Afghan refugee girl peers through a torn curtain at the entrance of her home at Kababayan Refugee Camp in Peshawar, 8 April, 2025\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/40\/91\/15\/384x256_cmsv2_4f0d790e-4aea-55dd-8a3e-bdc7fd3f7894-9409115.jpg 384w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/40\/91\/15\/640x427_cmsv2_4f0d790e-4aea-55dd-8a3e-bdc7fd3f7894-9409115.jpg 640w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/40\/91\/15\/750x500_cmsv2_4f0d790e-4aea-55dd-8a3e-bdc7fd3f7894-9409115.jpg 750w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/40\/91\/15\/828x552_cmsv2_4f0d790e-4aea-55dd-8a3e-bdc7fd3f7894-9409115.jpg 828w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/40\/91\/15\/1080x720_cmsv2_4f0d790e-4aea-55dd-8a3e-bdc7fd3f7894-9409115.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/40\/91\/15\/1200x800_cmsv2_4f0d790e-4aea-55dd-8a3e-bdc7fd3f7894-9409115.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/40\/91\/15\/1920x1280_cmsv2_4f0d790e-4aea-55dd-8a3e-bdc7fd3f7894-9409115.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 95vw, (max-width: 1024px) 80vw, (max-width: 1280px) 55vw, 728px\"\/>\n <figcaption class=\"widget__caption\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionWrap\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionText\">An Afghan refugee girl peers through a torn curtain at the entrance of her home at Kababayan Refugee Camp in Peshawar, 8 April, 2025<\/span>\n <span class=\"widget__captionCredit\">AP Photo<\/span>\n <\/span>\n <\/figcaption>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<p>Repatriations on such a massive scale have the potential to destabilise the fragile situation in Afghanistan, where\u00a0the Taliban\u00a0government came into power in 2021, the agency said.<\/p>\n<p>A 31 July government notification confirmed Pakistan's decision to repatriate all Afghan nationals holding expired PoR cards.<\/p>\n<p>It states Afghans without valid passports and Pakistani visas are in the country illegally and must return to their homeland under local immigration laws.<\/p>\n<p>Though hundreds of thousands of Afghans live in refugee camps, many others have fully integrated into the community, with families and businesses of their own, and remain in hiding to avoid arrest.<\/p>\n<div class=\"c-widget-related\" data-stories-id=\"9382341,9362700\" data-event=\"widget_related\">\n <div 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have been instructed to engage with Afghan community leaders to encourage voluntary repatriation and that there are plans to close down refugee camps, but no dates have been decided.<\/p>\n<p>The renewed deportation drive follows a nationwide\u00a0crackdown launched in 2023\u00a0targeting foreigners living illegally in Pakistan.<\/p>\n","hashtag":null,"createdAt":1754501202,"updatedAt":1754501985,"publishedAt":1754501951,"firstPublishedAt":1754501951,"lastPublishedAt":1754501951,"expiresAt":0,"images":[{"url":"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/40\/91\/15\/{{w}}x{{h}}_cmsv2_c7d4521e-fe10-592d-98d5-124500426e69-9409115.jpg","altText":"Afghan refugees wait for clearance to leave for their homeland at a transit station on the outskirts of Chaman, 9 April, 2025","caption":"Afghan refugees wait for clearance to leave for their homeland at a transit station on the outskirts of Chaman, 9 April, 2025","captionUrl":null,"captionCredit":"AP 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POLIO WIRE","daletPyramidId":2326263,"channels":[{"id":1},{"id":2},{"id":4},{"id":5},{"id":10},{"id":12},{"id":14}],"status":2,"title":"The world nearly beat polio. Here\u2019s what got in the way","titleSeo":null,"titleListing1":"Why the world still hasn\u2019t defeated polio","titleListing2":"The world nearly beat polio. Here\u2019s what got in the way","leadin":"Fake immunisation records, an imperfect vaccine, and leadership missteps have enabled polio\u2019s comeback, an investigation found.","summary":"Fake immunisation records, an imperfect vaccine, and leadership missteps have enabled polio\u2019s comeback, an investigation found.","keySentence":"","url":"the-world-nearly-beat-polio-heres-what-got-in-the-way","canonical":"https:\/\/www.euronews.com\/health\/2025\/08\/05\/the-world-nearly-beat-polio-heres-what-got-in-the-way","masterCms":"v2","plainText":"For nearly four decades, the World Health Organization (WHO) and partners have been trying to rid the world of polio, a paralytic disease that has existed since prehistoric times.\n\nWhile cases have dropped more than 99 per cent, polio remains entrenched in parts of Afghanistan and Pakistan.\n\nIn its quest to eliminate the virus, WHO and its partners in the Global Polio Eradication Initiative have been derailed by mismanagement and what insiders describe as blind allegiance to an outdated strategy and a problematic oral vaccine, according to workers, polio experts, and internal materials obtained by the Associated Press.\n\nOfficials tout the successes \u2013 three billion children vaccinated, an estimated 20 million people who would have been paralysed spared \u2013 while acknowledging challenges in Pakistan and Afghanistan.\n\nWHO polio director Dr Jamal Ahmed defended progress in those two countries, citing workers\u2019 tailored response in resistant pockets.\n\nHere are some takeaways from AP\u2019s report on what\u2019s happened in one of the most expensive efforts in all of public health.\n\nDocuments show major problems on polio vaccination teams\n\nInternal WHO reports reviewing polio immunisation in Afghanistan and Pakistan over the past decade \u2013 given to AP by current and former staffers \u2013 show that as early as 2017, local workers were alerting problems to senior managers. The documents flagged multiple cases of falsified vaccination records, health workers being replaced by untrained relatives, and workers improperly administering vaccines.\n\nOn numerous occasions, WHO officials noted, \u201cvaccinators did not know about vaccine management,\u201d citing failure to keep doses properly cold. They also found sloppy or falsified reporting, with workers noting \u201cmore used vaccine vials than were actually supplied\u201d.\n\nAccording to an August 2017 report from Kandahar, Afghanistan, vaccination teams worked \u201cin a hurried manner,\u201d reports said, with \u201cno plan for monitoring\u201d.\n\nA team in Nawzad, Afghanistan, covered just half of the intended area in 2017, with 250 households missed entirely. Village elders said no one visited for at least two years.\n\nPolio workers say problems have gone unaddressed\n\nHealth officials in Afghanistan and Pakistan told AP their efforts to vaccinate children are often stymied by cultural barriers, misinformation about the vaccines, and poverty.\n\nSughra Ayaz has traveled door to door in southeastern Pakistan for the past decade, pleading for children to be immunised. Some families demand basics such as food and water instead of vaccines. Others, without citing proof for their beliefs, repeat false rumours and say they think the oral vaccine doses are meant to sterilise their kids.\n\nAyaz said that given the immense pressure for the campaign to succeed, some managers have instructed workers to falsely mark children as immunised.\n\n\u201cIn many places, our work is not done with honesty,\u201d she said.\n\nSome scientists blame the oral vaccine\n\nPolio eradication demands perfection \u2013 zero polio cases and immunising more than 95 per cent of children.\n\nBut some scientists and former WHO staffers say the campaign\u2019s efforts are far from perfect, blaming in particular the oral vaccine. It's safe and effective, but in very rare instances, the live virus in the oral vaccine can paralyse a child.\n\nIn even rarer cases, the virus can mutate into a form capable of starting outbreaks among unimmunised people where vaccination rates are low.\n\nExcept for Afghanistan and Pakistan, most polio cases worldwide are linked to the vaccine; several hundred cases have been reported annually since 2021, with at least 98 this year.\n\nMost public health experts agree the oral vaccine should be pulled as soon as possible. But they acknowledge there isn\u2019t enough injectable vaccine \u2013 which uses no live virus and doesn't come with the risks of the oral vaccine \u2013 to eliminate polio alone.\n\nThe injectable vaccine is more expensive and requires more training to administer.\n\nMore than two dozen current and former senior polio officials told AP the agencies involved haven\u2019t been willing to even consider revising their strategy to account for campaign problems.\n\nLast year, former WHO scientist Dr T. Jacob John twice emailed WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus calling for a \u201cmajor course correction\u201d.\n\nJohn wrote that \u201cWHO is persisting with polio control and creating polio with one hand and attempting to control it by the other\u201d.\n\nAhmed told AP the oral vaccine is a \u201ccore pillar\u201d of eradication strategy and that \u201calmost every country that is polio-free today used [it] to achieve that milestone\u201d.\n\nCritics say there's no accountability\n\nDr Tom Frieden, who sits on an independent board reviewing polio eradication, said he and colleagues have urged WHO and partners to adapt to obstacles in Afghanistan and Pakistan. Since 2011, the board has issued regular reports about programme failures, but had little impact.\n\n\u201cThere\u2019s no management,\u201d he said.\n\nWith an annual budget of about $1 billion (\u20ac868 million), polio eradication is among the most expensive initiatives in public health. WHO officials have privately admitted that sustaining funding will be difficult without signs of progress.\n\nRoland Sutter, who previously headed polio research at WHO, said donors had spent more than $1 billion (\u20ac868 billion) in Pakistan trying to get rid of polio in the last five years \u2013 and made little progress.\n\n\u201cIf this was a private company, we would demand results,\" he said.\n\nAhmed pointed to the programme's many successes.\n\n\"Let\u2019s not overdramatise the challenges, because that leads to children getting paralysed,\u201d he said.\n\nMistrust of the vaccine persists\n\nVaccine workers and health officials say it\u2019s hard for campaign leadership to grasp the difficulties in the field. Door-to-door efforts are stymied by cultural barriers, unfounded stories about vaccines, and the region\u2019s poverty and transience.\n\nThe campaign is up against a wave of misinformation, including that the vaccine is made from pig urine or will make children reach puberty early. Some blame an anti-vaccine sentiment growing in the United States and other countries that have largely funded eradication efforts.\n\nIn a mountainous region of southeastern Afghanistan where most people survive by growing wheat and raising cows and chickens, many are wary of the Western-led initiative.\n\nA mother of five said she'd prefer that her children be vaccinated against polio, but her husband and other male relatives have instructed their families to reject it, fearing it will compromise their children's fertility.\n\n\u201cIf I allow it,\u201d the woman said, declining to be named over fears of family retribution, \u201cI will be beaten and thrown out\u201d.\n\n","htmlText":"<p>For nearly four decades, the World Health Organization (WHO) and partners have been trying to rid the world of polio, a paralytic disease that has existed since prehistoric times.<\/p>\n<p>While cases have dropped more than 99 per cent, polio remains entrenched in parts of Afghanistan and Pakistan.<\/p>\n<p>In its quest to eliminate the virus, WHO and its partners in the Global Polio Eradication Initiative have been derailed by mismanagement and what insiders describe as blind allegiance to an outdated strategy and a problematic oral vaccine, according to workers, polio experts, and internal materials obtained by the Associated Press.<\/p>\n<p>Officials tout the successes \u2013 three billion children vaccinated, an estimated 20 million people who would have been paralysed spared \u2013 while acknowledging challenges in <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//2025//04//21//pakistan-begins-second-national-polio-vaccination-drive-to-protect-45mln-children/">Pakistan and Afghanistan.<\/p>\n<p>WHO polio director Dr Jamal Ahmed defended progress in those two countries, citing workers\u2019 tailored response in resistant pockets.<\/p>\n<p>Here are some takeaways from AP\u2019s report on what\u2019s happened in one of the most expensive efforts in all of public health.<\/p>\n<h2>Documents show major problems on polio vaccination teams<\/h2>\n<p>Internal WHO reports reviewing polio immunisation in Afghanistan and Pakistan over the past decade \u2013 given to AP by current and former staffers \u2013 show that as early as 2017, local workers were alerting problems to senior managers. The documents flagged multiple cases of falsified vaccination records, health workers being replaced by untrained relatives, and workers improperly administering vaccines.<\/p>\n<p>On numerous occasions, WHO officials noted, \u201cvaccinators did not know about vaccine management,\u201d citing failure to keep doses properly cold. They also found sloppy or falsified reporting, with workers noting \u201cmore used vaccine vials than were actually supplied\u201d.<\/p>\n<div class=\"c-widget-related\" data-stories-id=\"8887682\" data-event=\"widget_related\">\n <div class=\"c-widget-related__title\">\n <b class=\"c-widget-related__title__text\" lang=\"en\">Related<\/b>\n <\/div>\n <ul class=\"c-widget-related__list\">\n <li class=\"c-widget-related__item\"><a class=\"c-widget-related__article\" href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//health//2024//12//04//poliovirus-has-been-detected-in-sewage-in-3-european-countries-what-happens-now/">Poliovirus has been detected in sewage in 3 European countries. What happens now?<\/a><\/li>\n <\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\n<p>According to an August 2017 report from Kandahar, Afghanistan, vaccination teams worked \u201cin a hurried manner,\u201d reports said, with \u201cno plan for monitoring\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>A team in Nawzad, Afghanistan, covered just half of the intended area in 2017, with 250 households missed entirely. Village elders said no one visited for at least two years.<\/p>\n<h2>Polio workers say problems have gone unaddressed<\/h2>\n<p>Health officials in Afghanistan and Pakistan told AP their efforts to vaccinate children are often stymied by cultural barriers, misinformation about the vaccines, and poverty.<\/p>\n<p>Sughra Ayaz has traveled door to door in southeastern Pakistan for the past decade, pleading for children to be immunised. Some families demand basics such as food and water instead of vaccines. Others, without citing proof for their beliefs, repeat false rumours and say they think the oral vaccine doses are meant to sterilise their kids.<\/p>\n<p>Ayaz said that given the immense pressure for the campaign to succeed, some managers have instructed workers to falsely mark children as immunised.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn many places, our work is not done with honesty,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<div class=\"c-widget-related\" data-stories-id=\"8799762\" data-event=\"widget_related\">\n <div class=\"c-widget-related__title\">\n <b class=\"c-widget-related__title__text\" lang=\"en\">Related<\/b>\n <\/div>\n <ul class=\"c-widget-related__list\">\n <li class=\"c-widget-related__item\"><a class=\"c-widget-related__article\" href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//health//2024//10//18//global-polio-initiative-calls-for-more-funding-to-eradicate-virus-by-2029/">Global polio initiative calls for more funding to eradicate virus by 2029<\/a><\/li>\n <\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\n<h2>Some scientists blame the oral vaccine<\/h2>\n<p>Polio eradication demands perfection \u2013 zero polio cases and immunising more than 95 per cent of children.<\/p>\n<p>But some scientists and former WHO staffers say the campaign\u2019s efforts are far from perfect, blaming in particular the oral vaccine. It's safe and effective, but in very rare instances, the live virus in the oral vaccine can paralyse a child.<\/p>\n<p>In even rarer cases, the virus can mutate into a form capable of starting outbreaks among unimmunised people where vaccination rates are low.<\/p>\n<p>Except for Afghanistan and Pakistan, most polio cases worldwide are linked to the vaccine; several hundred cases have been reported annually since 2021, with at least 98 this year.<\/p>\n<p>Most public health experts agree the oral vaccine should be pulled as soon as possible. But they acknowledge there isn\u2019t enough injectable vaccine \u2013 which uses no live virus and doesn't come with the risks of the oral vaccine \u2013 to eliminate polio alone.<\/p>\n<p>The injectable vaccine is more expensive and requires more training to administer.<\/p>\n<div class=\"c-widget-related\" data-stories-id=\"9341784\" data-event=\"widget_related\">\n <div class=\"c-widget-related__title\">\n <b class=\"c-widget-related__title__text\" lang=\"en\">Related<\/b>\n <\/div>\n <ul class=\"c-widget-related__list\">\n <li class=\"c-widget-related__item\"><a class=\"c-widget-related__article\" href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//health//2025//06//25//millions-of-children-are-missing-out-on-routine-jabs-why-arent-they-getting-vaccinated/">Millions of children are missing out on routine jabs. Why aren\u2019t they getting vaccinated?<\/a><\/li>\n <\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\n<p>More than two dozen current and former senior polio officials told AP the agencies involved haven\u2019t been willing to even consider revising their strategy to account for campaign problems.<\/p>\n<p>Last year, former WHO scientist Dr T. Jacob John twice emailed WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus calling for a \u201cmajor course correction\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>John wrote that \u201cWHO is persisting with polio control and creating polio with one hand and attempting to control it by the other\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>Ahmed told AP the oral vaccine is a \u201ccore pillar\u201d of eradication strategy and that \u201calmost every country that is polio-free today used [it] to achieve that milestone\u201d.<\/p>\n<h2>Critics say there's no accountability<\/h2>\n<p>Dr Tom Frieden, who sits on an independent board reviewing polio eradication, said he and colleagues have urged WHO and partners to adapt to obstacles in Afghanistan and Pakistan. Since 2011, the board has issued regular reports about programme failures, but had little impact.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere\u2019s no management,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>With an annual budget of about $1 billion (\u20ac868 million), polio eradication is among the most expensive initiatives in public health. WHO officials have privately admitted that sustaining funding will be difficult without signs of progress.<\/p>\n<p>Roland Sutter, who previously headed polio research at WHO, said donors had spent more than $1 billion (\u20ac868 billion) in Pakistan trying to get rid of polio in the last five years \u2013 and made little progress.<\/p>\n<div class=\"c-widget-related\" data-stories-id=\"9289123\" data-event=\"widget_related\">\n <div class=\"c-widget-related__title\">\n <b class=\"c-widget-related__title__text\" lang=\"en\">Related<\/b>\n <\/div>\n <ul class=\"c-widget-related__list\">\n <li class=\"c-widget-related__item\"><a class=\"c-widget-related__article\" href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//health//2025//05//16//polio-outbreak-declared-in-papua-new-guinea-spurring-preparation-for-vaccination-campaign/">Polio outbreak declared in Papua New Guinea, spurring preparation for vaccination campaign<\/a><\/li>\n <\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\n<p>\u201cIf this was a private company, we would demand results,\" he said.<\/p>\n<p>Ahmed pointed to the programme's many successes.<\/p>\n<p>\"Let\u2019s not overdramatise the challenges, because that leads to children getting paralysed,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<h2>Mistrust of the vaccine persists<\/h2>\n<p>Vaccine workers and health officials say it\u2019s hard for campaign leadership to grasp the difficulties in the field. Door-to-door efforts are stymied by cultural barriers, unfounded stories about vaccines, and the region\u2019s poverty and transience.<\/p>\n<p>The campaign is up against a wave of misinformation, including that the vaccine is made from pig urine or will make children reach puberty early. Some blame an anti-vaccine sentiment growing in the United States and other countries that have largely funded eradication efforts.<\/p>\n<p>In a mountainous region of southeastern Afghanistan where most people survive by growing wheat and raising cows and chickens, many are wary of the Western-led initiative.<\/p>\n<p>A mother of five said she'd prefer that her children be vaccinated against polio, but her husband and other male relatives have instructed their families to reject it, fearing it will compromise their children's fertility.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf I allow it,\u201d the woman said, declining to be named over fears of family retribution, \u201cI will be beaten and thrown out\u201d.<\/p>\n","hashtag":null,"createdAt":1754380507,"updatedAt":1754402589,"publishedAt":1754382224,"firstPublishedAt":1754382224,"lastPublishedAt":1754382224,"expiresAt":0,"images":[{"url":"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/40\/44\/25\/{{w}}x{{h}}_cmsv2_7e28be47-2c92-50a8-bb94-d00935ca3b58-9404425.jpg","altText":"A health worker administers a polio vaccine to a child in Karachi, Pakistan, Jan. 8, 2024.","caption":"A health worker administers a polio vaccine to a child in Karachi, Pakistan, Jan. 8, 2024.","captionUrl":null,"captionCredit":"Fareed Khan\/AP Photo","sourceUrl":null,"sourceCredit":null,"callToActionUrl":null,"callToActionText":null,"width":2000,"height":1305}],"authors":{"journalists":[],"producers":[],"videoEditor":[]},"keywords":[{"id":26774,"slug":"polio","urlSafeValue":"polio","title":"polio","titleRaw":"polio"},{"id":17270,"slug":"world-health-organization","urlSafeValue":"world-health-organization","title":"World Health 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AFGHAN REFUGEES EXPULSION","daletPyramidId":2323320,"channels":[{"id":1},{"id":2},{"id":4},{"id":5},{"id":10},{"id":12},{"id":14}],"status":2,"title":"Pakistan resumes forced expulsions of 1.4 million Afghan refugees despite UN concerns","titleSeo":null,"titleListing1":"Pakistan resumes expulsions of Afghan refugees despite UN concerns","titleListing2":"Pakistan resumes forced expulsions of 1.4 million Afghan refugees despite UN concerns","leadin":"Repatriations on such a massive scale have the potential to destabilise the fragile situation in Afghanistan, where the Taliban government came into power in 2021.","summary":"Repatriations on such a massive scale have the potential to destabilise the fragile situation in Afghanistan, where the Taliban government came into power in 2021.","keySentence":"","url":"pakistan-resumes-forced-expulsions-of-14-million-afghan-refugees-despite-un-concerns","canonical":"https:\/\/www.euronews.com\/2025\/08\/04\/pakistan-resumes-forced-expulsions-of-14-million-afghan-refugees-despite-un-concerns","masterCms":"v2","plainText":"Authorities in\u00a0Pakistan have resumed the forced deportations of Afghan refugees after the federal government declined to extend a deadline\u00a0for their stay, officials said on Monday.\n\nThe decision affects approximately 1.4 million Afghans holding Proof of Registration (PoR) cards, whose\u00a0legal status expired at the end of June.\n\nMany had hoped for a one-year extension to settle personal affairs, such as selling property or concluding business, before returning to Afghanistan.\n\nIn addition to PoR card holders, around 800,000 Afghans hold Afghan Citizen Cards.\n\nPolice say they also are living in the country illegally and being detained prior to deportations in the eastern Punjab, southwestern Balochistan and southern Sindh province.\n\nMonday's decision drew criticism from the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), the UN refugee agency.\n\nAt least\u00a01.2 million Afghan nationals have been forced to return from Iran and Pakistan this year, according to a June report published by UNHCR.\n\nRepatriations on such a massive scale have the potential to destabilise the fragile situation in Afghanistan, where\u00a0the Taliban\u00a0government came into power in 2021.\n\nA 31 July government notification confirmed Pakistan\u2019s decision to repatriate all Afghan nationals holding expired PoR cards.\n\nIt states Afghans without valid passports and Pakistani visas are in the country illegally and must return to their homeland under local immigration laws.\n\nPolice across Pakistan are detaining Afghans to transport them to border crossings, according to two government and security officials who spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not authorised to speak publicly.\n\nThey said there are no mass arrests and police were told to go to house-to-house and make random checks to detain foreigners living in the country illegally.\n\n\"Yes, the Afghan refugees living in Pakistan illegally are being sent back in a dignified way,\" said Shakeel Khan, commissioner for Afghan refugees in north-western Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province.\n\nThe latest operation is the most significant step yet under orders from federal government in Islamabad, he said.\n\nAfghan national Rehmat Ullah, 35, said his family migrated to Pakistan's north-western Peshawar city decades ago and now is preparing to return home.\n\n\"I have five children and my concern is that they will miss their education,\" he said. \"I was born here, my children were born here and now we are going back.\"\n\nMillions have fled to Pakistan over the past four decades to escape war, political unrest and economic hardship in Afghanistan.\n\nThe renewed deportation drive follows a nationwide\u00a0crackdown launched in 2023\u00a0targeting foreigners living illegally in Pakistan.\n\nThe Interior Ministry, which oversees the campaign, did not immediately comment.\n\nQaiser Khan Afridi, a spokesperson for the UN refugee agency, expressed deep concern over the government's actions.\n\n\"Sending people back in this manner is tantamount to refoulement and a breach of a state\u2019s international obligations,\" Afridi said in a statement, urging Pakistan to adopt a \"humane approach to ensure voluntary, gradual, and dignified return of Afghans.\"\n\n\"Such massive and hasty return could jeopardise the lives and freedom of Afghan refugees, while also risking instability not only in Afghanistan but across the region.\"\n\n","htmlText":"<p>Authorities in\u00a0Pakistan have resumed the forced deportations of Afghan refugees after the federal government declined to extend a deadline\u00a0for their stay, officials said on Monday.<\/p>\n<p>The decision affects approximately 1.4 million Afghans holding Proof of Registration (PoR) cards, whose\u00a0legal status expired at the end of June.<\/p>\n<p>Many had hoped for a one-year extension to settle personal affairs, such as selling property or concluding business, before returning to Afghanistan.<\/p>\n<p>In addition to PoR card holders, around 800,000 Afghans hold Afghan Citizen Cards.<\/p>\n<p>Police say they also are living in the country illegally and being detained prior to deportations in the eastern Punjab, southwestern Balochistan and southern Sindh province.<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-image widget--size-fullwidth widget--animation-fade-in widget--align-center\" data-ratio=\"0.6665\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <img class=\"widgetImage__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////static.euronews.com//articles//stories//09//38//76//27//808x539_cmsv2_921611f5-daf8-51af-9774-f79bc7401234-9387627.jpg/" alt=\"Repatriated Afghan refugees arrive at a camp after crossing the Pakistan-Afghanistan border in Torkham, 31 May, 2025\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/38\/76\/27\/384x256_cmsv2_921611f5-daf8-51af-9774-f79bc7401234-9387627.jpg 384w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/38\/76\/27\/640x427_cmsv2_921611f5-daf8-51af-9774-f79bc7401234-9387627.jpg 640w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/38\/76\/27\/750x500_cmsv2_921611f5-daf8-51af-9774-f79bc7401234-9387627.jpg 750w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/38\/76\/27\/828x552_cmsv2_921611f5-daf8-51af-9774-f79bc7401234-9387627.jpg 828w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/38\/76\/27\/1080x720_cmsv2_921611f5-daf8-51af-9774-f79bc7401234-9387627.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/38\/76\/27\/1200x800_cmsv2_921611f5-daf8-51af-9774-f79bc7401234-9387627.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/38\/76\/27\/1920x1280_cmsv2_921611f5-daf8-51af-9774-f79bc7401234-9387627.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 95vw, (max-width: 1024px) 80vw, (max-width: 1280px) 55vw, 728px\"\/>\n <figcaption class=\"widget__caption\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionWrap\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionText\">Repatriated Afghan refugees arrive at a camp after crossing the Pakistan-Afghanistan border in Torkham, 31 May, 2025<\/span>\n <span class=\"widget__captionCredit\">AP Photo<\/span>\n <\/span>\n <\/figcaption>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<p>Monday's decision drew criticism from the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), the UN refugee agency.<\/p>\n<p>At least\u00a01.2 million Afghan nationals have been forced to return from Iran and Pakistan this year, according to a June report published by UNHCR.<\/p>\n<p>Repatriations on such a massive scale have the potential to destabilise the fragile situation in Afghanistan, where\u00a0the Taliban\u00a0government came into power in 2021.<\/p>\n<p>A 31 July government notification confirmed Pakistan\u2019s decision to repatriate all Afghan nationals holding expired PoR cards.<\/p>\n<p>It states Afghans without valid passports and Pakistani visas are in the country illegally and must return to their homeland under local immigration laws.<\/p>\n<p>Police across Pakistan are detaining Afghans to transport them to border crossings, according to two government and security officials who spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not authorised to speak publicly.<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-image widget--size-fullwidth widget--animation-fade-in widget--align-center\" data-ratio=\"0.6665\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div 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https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/40\/38\/99\/1080x720_cmsv2_f4a31c41-3f09-53aa-b57d-27b2571d0543-9403899.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/40\/38\/99\/1200x800_cmsv2_f4a31c41-3f09-53aa-b57d-27b2571d0543-9403899.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/40\/38\/99\/1920x1280_cmsv2_f4a31c41-3f09-53aa-b57d-27b2571d0543-9403899.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 95vw, (max-width: 1024px) 80vw, (max-width: 1280px) 55vw, 728px\"\/>\n <figcaption class=\"widget__caption\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionWrap\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionText\">A Taliban fighter stands on a hill overlooking a camp housing Afghan refugees who have been repatriated from Pakistan in Torkham, 31 May, 2025<\/span>\n <span class=\"widget__captionCredit\">AP Photo<\/span>\n <\/span>\n <\/figcaption>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<p>They said there are no mass arrests and police were told to go to house-to-house and make random checks to detain foreigners living in the country illegally.<\/p>\n<p>\"Yes, the Afghan refugees living in Pakistan illegally are being sent back in a dignified way,\" said Shakeel Khan, commissioner for Afghan refugees in north-western Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province.<\/p>\n<p>The latest operation is the most significant step yet under orders from federal government in Islamabad, he said.<\/p>\n<div class=\"c-widget-related\" data-stories-id=\"9387627,9382341\" data-event=\"widget_related\">\n <div class=\"c-widget-related__title\">\n <b class=\"c-widget-related__title__text\" lang=\"en\">Related<\/b>\n <\/div>\n <ul class=\"c-widget-related__list\">\n <li class=\"c-widget-related__item\"><a class=\"c-widget-related__article\" href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//2025//07//24//taliban-tortured-and-threatened-afghans-expelled-from-pakistan-and-iran-un-says/">Taliban tortured and threatened Afghans expelled from Pakistan and Iran, UN says<\/a><\/li><li class=\"c-widget-related__item\"><a class=\"c-widget-related__article\" href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//2025//07//21//un-concerned-by-talibans-arrest-of-afghan-women-and-girls-for-dress-code-violations/">UN concerned by Taliban's arrest of Afghan women and girls for dress code violations<\/a><\/li>\n <\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\n<p>Afghan national Rehmat Ullah, 35, said his family migrated to Pakistan's north-western Peshawar city decades ago and now is preparing to return home.<\/p>\n<p>\"I have five children and my concern is that they will miss their education,\" he said. \"I was born here, my children were born here and now we are going back.\"<\/p>\n<p>Millions have fled to Pakistan over the past four decades to escape war, political unrest and economic hardship in Afghanistan.<\/p>\n<p>The renewed deportation drive follows a nationwide\u00a0crackdown launched in 2023\u00a0targeting foreigners living illegally in Pakistan.<\/p>\n<p>The Interior Ministry, which oversees the campaign, did not immediately comment.<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-image widget--size-fullwidth widget--animation-fade-in widget--align-center\" data-ratio=\"0.6665\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <img class=\"widgetImage__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////static.euronews.com//articles//stories//09//40//38//99//808x539_cmsv2_5a76a423-63c5-5b0f-b301-bc1abe522b31-9403899.jpg/" alt=\"Afghan refugees prepare to go home from a transit station setup to facilitate Afghan refugees&#39; deportations in Chaman, 9 April, 2025\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/40\/38\/99\/384x256_cmsv2_5a76a423-63c5-5b0f-b301-bc1abe522b31-9403899.jpg 384w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/40\/38\/99\/640x427_cmsv2_5a76a423-63c5-5b0f-b301-bc1abe522b31-9403899.jpg 640w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/40\/38\/99\/750x500_cmsv2_5a76a423-63c5-5b0f-b301-bc1abe522b31-9403899.jpg 750w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/40\/38\/99\/828x552_cmsv2_5a76a423-63c5-5b0f-b301-bc1abe522b31-9403899.jpg 828w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/40\/38\/99\/1080x720_cmsv2_5a76a423-63c5-5b0f-b301-bc1abe522b31-9403899.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/40\/38\/99\/1200x800_cmsv2_5a76a423-63c5-5b0f-b301-bc1abe522b31-9403899.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/40\/38\/99\/1920x1280_cmsv2_5a76a423-63c5-5b0f-b301-bc1abe522b31-9403899.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 95vw, (max-width: 1024px) 80vw, (max-width: 1280px) 55vw, 728px\"\/>\n <figcaption class=\"widget__caption\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionWrap\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionText\">Afghan refugees prepare to go home from a transit station setup to facilitate Afghan refugees&#39; deportations in Chaman, 9 April, 2025<\/span>\n <span class=\"widget__captionCredit\">AP Photo<\/span>\n <\/span>\n <\/figcaption>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<p>Qaiser Khan Afridi, a spokesperson for the UN refugee agency, expressed deep concern over the government's actions.<\/p>\n<p>\"Sending people back in this manner is tantamount to refoulement and a breach of a state\u2019s international obligations,\" Afridi said in a statement, urging Pakistan to adopt a \"humane approach to ensure voluntary, gradual, and dignified return of Afghans.\"<\/p>\n<p>\"Such massive and hasty return could jeopardise the lives and freedom of Afghan refugees, while also risking instability not only in Afghanistan but across the 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KHAN PARTY ARRESTS","daletPyramidId":2299863,"channels":[{"id":1},{"id":2},{"id":4},{"id":5},{"id":10},{"id":12},{"id":14}],"status":2,"title":"Pakistan sentences 108 members of former PM Imran Khan's party over 2023 protests","titleSeo":null,"titleListing1":"Pakistan sentences 108 Imran Khan's party members over 2023 protests","titleListing2":"Pakistan sentences 108 members of Imran Khan's party over May 2023 protests","leadin":"Khan has remained in jail since his arrest in 2023 which sparked the protests, and faces over 150 charges. He and his supporters claim that they are part of a broader crackdown to weaken his movement.","summary":"Khan has remained in jail since his arrest in 2023 which sparked the protests, and faces over 150 charges. He and his supporters claim that they are part of a broader crackdown to weaken his movement.","keySentence":"","url":"pakistan-sentences-108-members-of-imran-khans-party-over-may-2023-protests","canonical":"https:\/\/www.euronews.com\/2025\/08\/01\/pakistan-sentences-108-members-of-imran-khans-party-over-may-2023-protests","masterCms":"v2","plainText":"Pakistan has sentenced 108 members of former Prime Minister Imran Khan's party to prison for their role in nationwide protests against the military in May 2023.\n\nThe verdicts, delivered on Thursday, include a 10-year prison sentence for Omar Ayub Khan, a senior leader of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) and the official opposition leader.\u00a0\n\nAlthough Omar Ayub was not among those who participated in the protests, he was found guilty by Pakistan\u2019s anti-terrorism court of aiding violence and plotting to incite riots and arson, according to media reports.\u00a0\n\nIn addition, six PTI lawmakers have been disqualified from parliament, further weakening the party's political presence.\n\nOpposition figures have slammed the verdict as \"a dark moment\" for the country's democracy. \n\nGohar Ali Khan, chairman of PTI, condemned the latest convictions, describing the cases against Omar Ayub and others as \"baseless.\"\n\nHe noted that the verdicts were handed down just days before planned rallies marking the third anniversary of Khan's convictions.\n\nPTI condemned the verdicts in a statement posted on X, saying: \"The leaders of the opposition in both houses (of parliament) were punished solely on the basis that they were loyal allies of Imran Khan's political narrative, public representation and constitutional struggle.\"\n\nThe party added that it would challenge the court's decision.\n\nThe 9 May 2023 protests erupted after Khan's arrest during his court appearance in the Islamabad High Court.\n\nDemonstrations turned violent when Khan's supporters \"were accused of participating in attacks on military officers, government buildings and vehicles during the 2023 riots,\" defence lawyer Changaiz Kakar said.\n\nAt least 10 people were killed during the unrest, prompting a nationwide crackdown on PTI.\n\nSince then, Khan has remained in prison, detained since August 2023, and continues to face more than 150 legal cases, including allegations of terrorism and leaking state secrets.\u00a0\n\nHe and his supporters insist the charges are politically motivated, aimed at dismantling his party's influence.\n\nDespite being barred from contesting the 2024 general election, PTI-affiliated candidates, running as independents, won the most seats in Pakistan's national assembly.\u00a0\n\n","htmlText":"<p>Pakistan has sentenced 108 members of former Prime Minister Imran Khan's party to prison for their role in nationwide protests against the military in May 2023.<\/p>\n<p>The verdicts, delivered on Thursday, include a 10-year prison sentence for Omar Ayub Khan, a senior leader of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) and the official opposition leader.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Although Omar Ayub was not among those who participated in the protests, he was found guilty by Pakistan\u2019s anti-terrorism court of aiding violence and plotting to incite riots and arson, according to media reports.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>In addition, six PTI lawmakers have been disqualified from parliament, further weakening the party's political presence.<\/p>\n<p>Opposition figures have slammed the verdict as \"a dark moment\" for the country's democracy. <\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-image widget--size-fullwidth widget--animation-fade-in widget--align-center\" data-ratio=\"0.6665\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <img class=\"widgetImage__image\" loading=\"lazy\" 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convictions, describing the cases against Omar Ayub and others as \"baseless.\"<\/p>\n<p>He noted that the verdicts were handed down just days before planned rallies marking the third anniversary of Khan's convictions.<\/p>\n<p>PTI condemned the verdicts in a statement posted on X, saying: \"The leaders of the opposition in both houses (of parliament) were punished solely on the basis that they were loyal allies of Imran Khan's political narrative, public representation and constitutional struggle.\"<\/p>\n<p>The party added that it would challenge the court's decision.<\/p>\n<p>The 9 May 2023 protests erupted after Khan's arrest during his court appearance in the Islamabad High Court.<\/p>\n<p>Demonstrations turned violent when Khan's supporters \"were accused of participating in attacks on military officers, government buildings and vehicles during the 2023 riots,\" defence lawyer Changaiz Kakar said.<\/p>\n<p>At least 10 people were killed during the unrest, prompting a nationwide crackdown on PTI.<\/p>\n<p>Since then, Khan has remained in prison, detained since August 2023, and continues to face more than 150 legal cases, including allegations of terrorism and leaking state secrets.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>He and his supporters insist the charges are politically motivated, aimed at dismantling his party's influence.<\/p>\n<p>Despite being barred from contesting the 2024 general election, PTI-affiliated candidates, running as independents, won the most seats in Pakistan's national assembly.\u00a0<\/p>\n","hashtag":null,"createdAt":1754045528,"updatedAt":1754481327,"publishedAt":1754048444,"firstPublishedAt":1754048444,"lastPublishedAt":1754481327,"expiresAt":0,"images":[{"url":"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/39\/99\/26\/{{w}}x{{h}}_cmsv2_5c0a2843-96ae-512d-a29b-5c8b351262b1-9399926.jpg","altText":"Lawyers, who support Pakistan's former Prime Minister Imran Khan hold a protest against his imprisonment in Lahore, 7 August, 2023","caption":"Lawyers, 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MONSOON DEATHS","daletPyramidId":2160294,"channels":[{"id":1},{"id":2},{"id":4},{"id":5},{"id":10},{"id":12},{"id":14}],"status":2,"title":"At least 54 people killed in 24 hours as heavy monsoon rains lash eastern Pakistan","titleSeo":null,"titleListing1":"Heavy monsoon rains in east Pakistan kill 54 people in 24 hours","titleListing2":"At least 54 people killed in 24 hours as heavy monsoon rains lash eastern Pakistan","leadin":"Since 26 June, Pakistan has reported 178 deaths from Punjab, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa in the northwest, Sindh in the south and Balochistan in the southwest, officials said.","summary":"Since 26 June, Pakistan has reported 178 deaths from Punjab, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa in the northwest, Sindh in the south and Balochistan in the southwest, officials said.","keySentence":"","url":"at-least-54-people-killed-in-24-hours-as-heavy-monsoon-rains-lash-eastern-pakistan","canonical":"https:\/\/www.euronews.com\/2025\/07\/17\/at-least-54-people-killed-in-24-hours-as-heavy-monsoon-rains-lash-eastern-pakistan","masterCms":"v2","plainText":"At least 54 people have been killed in 24 hours as heavy monsoon rains lash eastern Pakistan, bringing the total rain-related deaths in the country to 178 over the past three weeks, officials said on Thursday.\n\nRainfall has triggered flash floods and inundated several villages as the country experiences 82% more rainfall this month compared to the same period in July 2024, the Pakistan Meteorological Department said.\n\nSince 26 June, Pakistan has reported 178 deaths from Punjab, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa in the northwest, Sindh in the south and Balochistan in the southwest, officials said.\n\nThe 54 deaths in the past day occurred in Punjab province, which received 124% more rainfall between 1-15 July than the same period the previous year, forecasters said.\n\nHeavy downpours continued on Thursday, flooding streets in several urban areas including Rawalpindi and Lahore.\n\nCloudburst in the Jhelum district in Punjab triggered flash flooding, prompting authorities to use boats to evacuate dozens of people.\n\nThe National Disaster Management Authority issued an updated flood alert on Thursday and urged local officials to remain on high alert.\n\nTourists were advised to avoid travel to affected areas where rains could trigger landslides and block highways.\n\nTelevision news footage on Thursday showed an army helicopter plucking three members of a family from the roof of their house after they were stranded by a flash flood on the outskirts of Rawalpindi city.\n\nMore rain is expected in the capital Islamabad, Pakistan-administered Kashmir and other parts of the country, the meteorological department reported.\n\nAuthorities have warned they cannot rule out a repeat of extreme weather like the 2022 floods that inundated a third of the country,\u00a0killing 1,737 people.\n\n","htmlText":"<p>At least 54 people have been killed in 24 hours as heavy monsoon rains lash eastern Pakistan, bringing the total rain-related deaths in the country to 178 over the past three weeks, officials said on Thursday.<\/p>\n<p>Rainfall has triggered flash floods and inundated several villages as the country experiences 82% more rainfall this month compared to the same period in July 2024, the Pakistan Meteorological Department said.<\/p>\n<p>Since 26 June, Pakistan has reported 178 deaths from Punjab, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa in the northwest, Sindh in the south and Balochistan in the southwest, officials said.<\/p>\n<p>The 54 deaths in the past day occurred in Punjab province, which received 124% more rainfall between 1-15 July than the same period the previous year, forecasters said.<\/p>\n<p>Heavy downpours continued on Thursday, flooding streets in several urban areas including Rawalpindi and Lahore.<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-image widget--size-fullwidth widget--animation-fade-in widget--align-center\" data-ratio=\"0.6665\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <img class=\"widgetImage__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////static.euronews.com//articles//stories//09//37//73//94//808x539_cmsv2_0131d94c-95d6-512e-a9bb-ea76444065c9-9377394.jpg/" alt=\"A man pushes his motorbike through a flooded road following heavy monsoon rains in Rawalpindi, 17 July, 2025\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/37\/73\/94\/384x256_cmsv2_0131d94c-95d6-512e-a9bb-ea76444065c9-9377394.jpg 384w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/37\/73\/94\/640x427_cmsv2_0131d94c-95d6-512e-a9bb-ea76444065c9-9377394.jpg 640w, 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2025<\/span>\n <span class=\"widget__captionCredit\">AP Photo<\/span>\n <\/span>\n <\/figcaption>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<p>Cloudburst in the Jhelum district in Punjab triggered flash flooding, prompting authorities to use boats to evacuate dozens of people.<\/p>\n<p>The National Disaster Management Authority issued an updated flood alert on Thursday and urged local officials to remain on high alert.<\/p>\n<p>Tourists were advised to avoid travel to affected areas where rains could trigger landslides and block highways.<\/p>\n<p>Television news footage on Thursday showed an army helicopter plucking three members of a family from the roof of their house after they were stranded by a flash flood on the outskirts of Rawalpindi city.<\/p>\n<p>More rain is expected in the capital Islamabad, Pakistan-administered Kashmir and other parts of the country, the meteorological department reported.<\/p>\n<p>Authorities have warned they cannot rule out a repeat of extreme weather like the 2022 floods that inundated a third of the country,\u00a0killing 1,737 people.<\/p>\n","hashtag":null,"createdAt":1752772773,"updatedAt":1752774037,"publishedAt":1752773738,"firstPublishedAt":1752773738,"lastPublishedAt":1752774037,"expiresAt":0,"images":[{"url":"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/37\/73\/94\/{{w}}x{{h}}_cmsv2_b4fd2eb3-9e2d-53e7-945e-ea601a38898e-9377394.jpg","altText":"A motorcyclist rides through a flooded road following heavy monsoon rains in Rawalpindi, 17 July, 2025","caption":"A motorcyclist rides through a flooded road following heavy monsoon rains in Rawalpindi, 17 July, 2025","captionUrl":null,"captionCredit":"AP Photo","sourceUrl":null,"sourceCredit":null,"callToActionUrl":null,"callToActionText":null,"width":2000,"height":1125},{"url":"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/37\/73\/94\/{{w}}x{{h}}_cmsv2_0131d94c-95d6-512e-a9bb-ea76444065c9-9377394.jpg","altText":"A man pushes his motorbike through a 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LIFTS PAKISTAN AIRLINES BAN","daletPyramidId":2143852,"channels":[{"id":1},{"id":2},{"id":4},{"id":5},{"id":10},{"id":12},{"id":14}],"status":2,"title":"UK lifts ban on Pakistan's flag carrier after safety standards improve, diplomat says","titleSeo":null,"titleListing1":"UK lifts ban on Pakistan Airlines after safety standards improve","titleListing2":"UK lifts years-long ban on Pakistan\u2019s flag carrier after safety standards improve, diplomat says","leadin":"British High Commissioner Jane Marriott said that after \"extensive engagement\" between the UK's Air Safety Committee and the Pakistan Civil Aviation Authority, restrictions on PIA have now been lifted.","summary":"British High Commissioner Jane Marriott said that after \"extensive engagement\" between the UK's Air Safety Committee and the Pakistan Civil Aviation Authority, restrictions on PIA have now been lifted.","keySentence":"","url":"uk-lifts-ban-on-pakistans-flag-carrier-after-safety-standards-improve-diplomat-says","canonical":"https:\/\/www.euronews.com\/travel\/2025\/07\/16\/uk-lifts-ban-on-pakistans-flag-carrier-after-safety-standards-improve-diplomat-says","masterCms":"v2","plainText":"The UK has lifted a years-long ban on Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) following improvements in the country\u2019s aviation safety standards, the British diplomatic mission in Islamabad said on Wednesday.\n\nBritain's Air Safety Committee imposed the ban after Pakistan\u2019s aviation minister disclosed in 2020 that nearly one-third of the country's pilots had\u00a0cheated on their licensing exams.\n\nThat claim came after a PIA crash\u00a0killed 97 people on 22 May 2020 in the southern city of Karachi.\n\nBritish High Commissioner Jane Marriott said that after \"extensive engagement\" between the UK's Air Safety Committee and the Pakistan Civil Aviation Authority, restrictions on PIA have now been lifted.\n\nHowever, Marriott said individual airlines will still need to apply for operating permits from the UK Civil Aviation Authority.\n\n\"I'm grateful to aviation experts in both the UK and Pakistan for their collaborative work to meet international safety standards,\" she said.\n\n\"While it will take time for flights to resume, once the logistics are in place, I look forward to using a Pakistani carrier when visiting family and friends.\"\n\nThe high commission emphasised that decisions on delisting countries or carriers from the UK Air Safety List are made through an independent safety process overseen by the Air Safety Committee.\n\nReconnecting families\n\nWith more than 1.6 million people of Pakistani heritage living in the UK, and thousands of British nationals residing in Pakistan, it said the move will help families to reconnect and potentially boost bilateral trade ties.\n\nPakistan's Defence Minister Khawaja Mohammad Asif welcomed the decision.\n\nSpeaking at a televised news conference on Wednesday, he attributed the ban to what he described as \"baseless\" remarks made by former Aviation Minister Ghulam Sarwar Khan.\n\nHe said Khan's claim tarnished the country's image and triggered significant financial losses for PIA.\n\nWednesday's announcement follows a broader international recognition of Pakistan's efforts to improve air safety.\n\nEarlier this year, the EU Aviation Safety Agency also\u00a0lifted its five-year ban, allowing PIA to resume direct flights to Europe.\n\n","htmlText":"<p>The UK has lifted a years-long ban on Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) following improvements in the country\u2019s aviation safety standards, the British diplomatic mission in Islamabad said on Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p>Britain's Air Safety Committee imposed the ban after Pakistan\u2019s aviation minister disclosed in 2020 that nearly one-third of the country's pilots had\u00a0cheated on their licensing exams.<\/p>\n<p>That claim came after a PIA crash\u00a0killed 97 people on 22 May 2020 in the southern city of Karachi.<\/p>\n<p>British High Commissioner Jane Marriott said that after \"extensive engagement\" between the UK's Air Safety Committee and the Pakistan Civil Aviation Authority, restrictions on PIA have now been lifted.<\/p>\n<p>However, Marriott said individual airlines will still need to apply for operating permits from the UK Civil Aviation Authority.<\/p>\n<p>\"I'm grateful to aviation experts in both the UK and Pakistan for their collaborative work to meet international safety standards,\" she said.<\/p>\n<p>\"While it will take time for flights to resume, once the logistics are in place, I look forward to using a Pakistani carrier when visiting family and friends.\"<\/p>\n<p>The high commission emphasised that decisions on delisting countries or carriers from the UK Air Safety List are made through an independent safety process overseen by the Air Safety Committee.<\/p>\n<h2>Reconnecting families<\/h2>\n<p>With more than 1.6 million people of Pakistani heritage living in the UK, and thousands of British nationals residing in Pakistan, it said the move will help families to reconnect and potentially boost bilateral trade ties.<\/p>\n<p>Pakistan's Defence Minister Khawaja Mohammad Asif welcomed the decision.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking at a televised news conference on Wednesday, he attributed the ban to what he described as \"baseless\" remarks made by former Aviation Minister Ghulam Sarwar Khan.<\/p>\n<div class=\"c-widget-related\" data-stories-id=\"8979334,9230694\" data-event=\"widget_related\">\n <div class=\"c-widget-related__title\">\n <b class=\"c-widget-related__title__text\" lang=\"en\">Related<\/b>\n <\/div>\n <ul class=\"c-widget-related__list\">\n <li class=\"c-widget-related__item\"><a class=\"c-widget-related__article\" href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//2025//04//24//india-and-pakistan-cancel-visas-as-rift-deepens-after-mass-shooting-in-kashmir/">India and 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ARMY KILLS MILITANTS","daletPyramidId":2037624,"channels":[{"id":1},{"id":2},{"id":4},{"id":5},{"id":10},{"id":12},{"id":14}],"status":2,"title":"Pakistani troops kill 30 militants attempting to sneak into country from Afghanistan","titleSeo":null,"titleListing1":"Troops kill 30 militants trying to get into Pakistan from Afghanistan","titleListing2":"Pakistani troops kill 30 militants attempting to sneak into country from Afghanistan","leadin":"Militant violence has surged in Pakistan in recent months, much of it blamed on the Pakistani Taliban which is separate from the Afghan Taliban but closely allied with them.","summary":"Militant violence has surged in Pakistan in recent months, much of it blamed on the Pakistani Taliban which is separate from the Afghan Taliban but closely allied with them.","keySentence":"","url":"pakistani-troops-kill-30-militants-attempting-to-sneak-into-country-from-afghanistan","canonical":"https:\/\/www.euronews.com\/2025\/07\/04\/pakistani-troops-kill-30-militants-attempting-to-sneak-into-country-from-afghanistan","masterCms":"v2","plainText":"Pakistani security forces killed 30 militants who attempted to enter the country from Afghanistan, the military said on Friday.\n\nIt said the members of the Pakistani Taliban, known officially as Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan, were spotted overnight in the North Waziristan district in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province and the troops seized weapons, ammunition and explosives from the militants.\n\nThe military's statement did not give any further details about the operation.\n\nThe military alleged the militants were backed by India and asked the Afghan government to prevent the use of its territory by \"foreign proxies\" to attack Pakistan.\n\nThere was no immediate comment from New Delhi.\n\nPakistani authorities often accuse India of backing outlawed groups like the Baloch Liberation Army and Pakistani Taliban who commit violence in Pakistan.\n\nSuch accusations have increased since a shooting in Indian-controlled Kashmir in April heightened tensions between the nuclear-armed nations.\n\nPakistan\u2019s President Asif Ali Zardari and Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif both praised security forces for the successful operation.\n\nPakistani troops\u00a0killed 54 insurgents\u00a0in the same area in April.\n\nMilitant violence has surged in Pakistan in recent months, much of it blamed on the Pakistani Taliban.\n\nThe group is separate from the Afghan Taliban but closely allied with them. Many of its leaders and fighters have found sanctuary in Afghanistan since\u00a0the Taliban takeover\u00a0in 2021.\n\n","htmlText":"<p>Pakistani security forces killed 30 militants who attempted to enter the country from Afghanistan, the military said on Friday.<\/p>\n<p>It said the members of the Pakistani Taliban, known officially as Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan, were spotted overnight in the North Waziristan district in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province and the troops seized weapons, ammunition and explosives from the militants.<\/p>\n<p>The military's statement did not give any further details about the operation.<\/p>\n<p>The military alleged the militants were backed by India and asked the Afghan government to prevent the use of its territory by \"foreign proxies\" to attack Pakistan.<\/p>\n<p>There was no immediate comment from New Delhi.<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-image widget--size-fullwidth widget--animation-fade-in widget--align-center\" data-ratio=\"0.6665\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <img class=\"widgetImage__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////static.euronews.com//articles//stories//09//35//74//43//808x539_cmsv2_7d1bdaa0-7c95-5029-80d4-99b85eec7820-9357443.jpg/" alt=\"Taliban fighters patrol near the closed Torkham border with Pakistan in Torkham, 3 March, 2025\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/35\/74\/43\/384x256_cmsv2_7d1bdaa0-7c95-5029-80d4-99b85eec7820-9357443.jpg 384w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/35\/74\/43\/640x427_cmsv2_7d1bdaa0-7c95-5029-80d4-99b85eec7820-9357443.jpg 640w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/35\/74\/43\/750x500_cmsv2_7d1bdaa0-7c95-5029-80d4-99b85eec7820-9357443.jpg 750w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/35\/74\/43\/828x552_cmsv2_7d1bdaa0-7c95-5029-80d4-99b85eec7820-9357443.jpg 828w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/35\/74\/43\/1080x720_cmsv2_7d1bdaa0-7c95-5029-80d4-99b85eec7820-9357443.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/35\/74\/43\/1200x800_cmsv2_7d1bdaa0-7c95-5029-80d4-99b85eec7820-9357443.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/35\/74\/43\/1920x1280_cmsv2_7d1bdaa0-7c95-5029-80d4-99b85eec7820-9357443.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 95vw, (max-width: 1024px) 80vw, (max-width: 1280px) 55vw, 728px\"\/>\n <figcaption class=\"widget__caption\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionWrap\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionText\">Taliban fighters patrol near the closed Torkham border with Pakistan in Torkham, 3 March, 2025<\/span>\n <span class=\"widget__captionCredit\">AP Photo<\/span>\n <\/span>\n <\/figcaption>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<p>Pakistani authorities often accuse India of backing outlawed groups like the Baloch Liberation Army and Pakistani Taliban who commit violence in Pakistan.<\/p>\n<p>Such accusations have increased since a shooting in Indian-controlled Kashmir in April heightened tensions between the nuclear-armed nations.<\/p>\n<p>Pakistan\u2019s President Asif Ali Zardari and Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif both praised security forces for the successful operation.<\/p>\n<p>Pakistani troops\u00a0killed 54 insurgents\u00a0in the same area in April.<\/p>\n<p>Militant violence has surged in Pakistan in recent months, much of it blamed on the Pakistani Taliban.<\/p>\n<p>The group is separate from the Afghan Taliban but closely allied with them. Many of its leaders and fighters have found sanctuary in Afghanistan since\u00a0the Taliban takeover\u00a0in 2021.<\/p>\n","hashtag":null,"createdAt":1751646350,"updatedAt":1751647479,"publishedAt":1751647453,"firstPublishedAt":1751647453,"lastPublishedAt":1751647453,"expiresAt":0,"images":[{"url":"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/35\/74\/43\/{{w}}x{{h}}_cmsv2_5adead3d-eeee-531f-b05c-0d4965a5188e-9357443.jpg","altText":"Pakistan Army troops patrol along the fence on the Pakistan-Afghanistan border at Big Ben hilltop post in Khyber district, 3 August, 2021 ","caption":"Pakistan Army troops patrol along the fence on the Pakistan-Afghanistan border at Big Ben hilltop post in Khyber district, 3 August, 2021 ","captionUrl":null,"captionCredit":"AP 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country.","keySentence":"","url":"at-least-five-killed-in-roadside-bombing-in-former-pakistan-taliban-stronghold","canonical":"https:\/\/www.euronews.com\/2025\/07\/02\/at-least-five-killed-in-roadside-bombing-in-former-pakistan-taliban-stronghold","masterCms":"v2","plainText":"At least five people have been killed and 11 others injured after a roadside bomb exploded and struck a vehicle carrying a government administrator in a former stronghold of the Pakistani Taliban.\n\nThe bombing happened on Wednesday in Bajaur, a district in north-western Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province.\n\nAmong the dead was Assistant Commissioner Faisal Sultan, according to the district police chief.\n\nWaqas Rafique said the injured were transported to hospital, where several were listed in critical condition.\n\nNo group or individual has immediately claimed responsibility for the attack, but Rafique said the blame is likely to fall on the Pakistan Taliban.\n\nThe group,\u00a0known as Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan 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critical condition.<\/p>\n<p>No group or individual has immediately claimed responsibility for the attack, but Rafique said the blame is likely to fall on the Pakistan Taliban.<\/p>\n<p>The group,\u00a0known as Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) often targets security forces and civilians in the region and elsewhere in the country.<\/p>\n<p>TTP is a close ally of the Afghan Taliban, who seized power in neighbouring Afghanistan in 2021 as US and NATO troops were in the final stages of withdrawing from the country after 20 years of war.<\/p>\n<p>Many TTP leaders and fighters have found sanctuary in Afghanistan and have even been living there openly since the Taliban takeover, which has also emboldened the 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were not authorised to discuss the matter, said the proposed extension was to allow the refugees more time to settle their personal affairs in Pakistan, such as selling property or wrapping up business activities, before returning to Afghanistan in an orderly and dignified way.\n\nA senior ministry official said the decision to submit the extension proposal was made last week. A summary regarding the fate of the Afghan refugees has been forwarded for inclusion in the Cabinet agenda.\n\nThe Interior Ministry, which has overseen the sweeping crackdown on Afghans, did not immediately comment.\n\nThere was no comment either from the Foreign Affairs Ministry, which previously said\u00a0it expected Afghan authorities to create \"conducive conditions\" so that those returning were fully integrated into Afghan society.\n\nTold to leave\n\nEarlier this year, Pakistan said it wanted 3 million Afghans to leave the country, including 1.4 million people with Proof of Registration cards and some 800,000 with Afghan Citizen Cards.\n\nThere are a further 1 million Afghans in the country illegally because they have no paperwork, according to officials.\n\nThey said Pakistan's Ministry of States and Frontier Regions submitted a proposal to the federal government recommending a six-month extension for Afghans with Proof of Registration cards.\n\nPakistan's expulsion campaign has drawn\u00a0strong criticism from the UN and rights groups.\n\nThe International Organisation for Migration (IOM) said on Monday that Afghanistan was not equipped to absorb such high numbers of returnees.\n\n\"Local systems are on the verge of collapse, threatening access to essential services for both returnees and host communities,\" the UN agency added.\n\nHuman Rights Watch has accused authorities of\u00a0arbitrarily detaining and forcibly deporting Afghans, many of whom they say, face harassment under the Taliban who seized power in Afghanistan in 2021.\n\nOn Saturday,\u00a0the UN refugee agency said at least 1.2 million Afghans have been forced to return from Iran and Pakistan this year.\n\nIt warned that repatriations\u00a0on a massive scale have the potential to destabilise the fragile situation in Afghanistan.\n\n","htmlText":"<p>Pakistan will consider extending the deadline for 1.4 million Afghan refugees living legally in the country to return home, officials said on Monday.<\/p>\n<p>Any extension approved by the government would be a relief for those who were previously ordered to return to Afghanistan by 30 June, according to government and security officials.<\/p>\n<p>A decision could come on Tuesday when the Cabinet is due to meet.<\/p>\n<p>In 2023, Pakistan launched a controversial crackdown on foreigners it said were in the country illegally, mostly Afghan nationals.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Millions of Afghans have fled their homeland over the decades to escape war or poverty.<\/p>\n<p>The officials, who spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not authorised to discuss the matter, said the proposed extension was to allow the refugees more time to settle their personal affairs in Pakistan, such as selling property or wrapping up business activities, before returning to Afghanistan in an orderly and dignified way.<\/p>\n<p>A senior ministry official said the decision to submit the extension proposal was made last week. A summary regarding the fate of the Afghan refugees has been forwarded for inclusion in the Cabinet agenda.<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-image widget--size-fullwidth widget--animation-fade-in widget--align-center\" data-ratio=\"0.6665\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <img class=\"widgetImage__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////static.euronews.com//articles//stories//09//35//04//07//808x539_cmsv2_e3ece208-ed68-58b5-9d54-37369064bee9-9350407.jpg/" alt=\"Afghan children from families repatriated from Pakistan carry pillows as they are relocated to their new residence in Kabul, 3 June, 2025\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/35\/04\/07\/384x256_cmsv2_e3ece208-ed68-58b5-9d54-37369064bee9-9350407.jpg 384w, 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<span class=\"widget__captionText\">Afghan children from families repatriated from Pakistan carry pillows as they are relocated to their new residence in Kabul, 3 June, 2025<\/span>\n <span class=\"widget__captionCredit\">AP Photo<\/span>\n <\/span>\n <\/figcaption>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<p>The Interior Ministry, which has overseen the sweeping crackdown on Afghans, did not immediately comment.<\/p>\n<p>There was no comment either from the Foreign Affairs Ministry, which previously said\u00a0it expected Afghan authorities to create \"conducive conditions\" so that those returning were fully integrated into Afghan society.<\/p>\n<h2>Told to leave<\/h2>\n<p>Earlier this year, Pakistan said it wanted 3 million Afghans to leave the country, including 1.4 million people with Proof of Registration cards and some 800,000 with Afghan Citizen Cards.<\/p>\n<p>There are a further 1 million Afghans in the country illegally because they have no paperwork, according to officials.<\/p>\n<p>They said Pakistan's Ministry of States and Frontier Regions submitted a proposal to the federal government recommending a six-month extension for Afghans with Proof of Registration cards.<\/p>\n<p>Pakistan's expulsion campaign has drawn\u00a0strong criticism from the UN and rights groups.<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-tweet widget--size-fullwidth widget--align-center\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio\u2014auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <div class=\"widget__tweet\" data-tweet-id=\"1939686448313380895\"><\/div>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<p>The International Organisation for Migration (IOM) said on Monday that Afghanistan was not equipped to absorb such high numbers of returnees.<\/p>\n<p>\"Local systems are on the verge of collapse, threatening access to essential services for both returnees and host communities,\" the UN agency added.<\/p>\n<p>Human Rights Watch has accused authorities of\u00a0arbitrarily detaining and forcibly deporting Afghans, many of whom they say, face harassment under the Taliban who seized power in Afghanistan in 2021.<\/p>\n<p>On Saturday,\u00a0the UN refugee agency said at least 1.2 million Afghans have been forced to return from Iran and Pakistan this year.<\/p>\n<p>It warned that repatriations\u00a0on a massive scale have the potential to destabilise the fragile situation in Afghanistan.<\/p>\n","hashtag":null,"createdAt":1751304458,"updatedAt":1751306645,"publishedAt":1751306616,"firstPublishedAt":1751306616,"lastPublishedAt":1751306616,"expiresAt":0,"images":[{"url":"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/35\/04\/07\/{{w}}x{{h}}_cmsv2_538e4074-a5ea-5284-b87d-2e1aa964faeb-9350407.jpg","altText":"Repatriated Afghan refugees arrive at a camp after crossing the Pakistan-Afghanistan border in Torkham, 31 May, 2025","caption":"Repatriated Afghan refugees arrive at a camp 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CONDEMNS TRUMP OVER IRAN","daletPyramidId":1907754,"channels":[{"id":1},{"id":2},{"id":4},{"id":5},{"id":10},{"id":12},{"id":14}],"status":2,"title":"Pakistan condemns Trump's bombing of Iran after backing him for Nobel Peace Prize","titleSeo":null,"titleListing1":"Pakistan slams Trump over Iran after backing him for Nobel Peace Prize","titleListing2":"Pakistan slams Trump's bombing of Iran after backing him for Nobel Peace Prize","leadin":"Islamabad criticises Washington's bombing of Iranian nuclear sites less than 24 hours after backing US President Donald Trump for a Nobel Peace Prize.","summary":"Islamabad criticises Washington's bombing of Iranian nuclear sites less than 24 hours after backing US President Donald Trump for a Nobel Peace Prize.","keySentence":"","url":"pakistan-condemns-trumps-bombing-of-iran-after-backing-him-for-nobel-peace-prize","canonical":"https:\/\/www.euronews.com\/2025\/06\/23\/pakistan-condemns-trumps-bombing-of-iran-after-backing-him-for-nobel-peace-prize","masterCms":"v2","plainText":"Pakistan has condemned the US President Donald Trump's decision to bomb Iran, a day after recommending him for a Nobel Peace Prize for defusing a recent crisis with India and describing him as \"a genuine peacemaker\". \n\nIslamabad on Sunday criticised Washington for attacking Iran, saying that the strikes \"constituted a serious violation of international law\" and the statute of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA). \n\n\"The unprecedented escalation of tension and violence, owing to ongoing aggression against Iran is deeply disturbing. Any further escalation of tensions will have severely damaging implications for the region and beyond,\" Pakistan\u2019s foreign ministry said. \n\nPakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif, in a phone call Sunday with Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian, expressed his concern that the bombings had targeted facilities that were under the safeguards of the IAEA. \n\nThe US military struck three key Iranian\u00a0nuclear sites early on Sunday, after more than a week of strikes by Israel on Iran.\n\nPakistan has close ties with its neighbour Iran and supports its attacks on Israel, saying that it has the right to self-defence.\n\nHundreds of Shiite Muslims in Karachi marched in protest against US and Israeli strikes on Iran on Sunday.\n\nJust a day earlier, Pakistan's government said in a post on X that it had decided to formally recommend Trump for the Nobel Peace Prize \"in recognition of his decisive diplomatic intervention and pivotal leadership during the recent India-Pakistan crisis\". \n\nRelations between the two South Asian countries plummeted after a massacre of tourists in Indian-controlled Kashmir in April. \n\nThe nuclear-armed rivals stepped closer to conflict in the weeks that followed, attacking each other until intense diplomatic efforts, which were led by Washington, resulted in a truce for which Trump took credit.\n\nIn its post on X, Islamabad said Trump had \"demonstrated great strategic foresight and stellar statesmanship\" and described him \"as a genuine peacemaker\". \n\nThe recommendation came after a meeting between Trump and Pakistan's powerful army chief, Asim Munir, at the White House on Thursday. \n\nThe meeting, which lasted more than two hours, was also attended by the US Secretary of State Marco Rubio and US Special Representative for Middle Eastern Affairs Steve Witkoff.\n\nAccording to a Pakistani military statement, a detailed exchange of views took place on the \"prevailing tensions between Iran and Israel, with both leaders emphasizing the importance of the resolution of the conflict\".\n\nWhile Pakistan was quick to thank Trump for his intervention in its crisis with India, New Delhi played it down and said there was no need for external mediation on the Kashmir issue.\n\nThe Himalayan region of Kashmir is divided between Pakistan and India but claimed by both in its entirety. India accuses Pakistan of backing militant groups in the region, which Islamabad denies.\n\n","htmlText":"<p>Pakistan has condemned the US President Donald Trump's decision to bomb Iran, a day after recommending him for a Nobel Peace Prize for defusing a recent crisis with India and describing him as \"a genuine peacemaker\". <\/p>\n<p>Islamabad on Sunday criticised Washington for attacking Iran, saying that the strikes \"constituted a serious violation of international law\" and the statute of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA). <\/p>\n<p>\"The unprecedented escalation of tension and violence, owing to ongoing aggression against Iran is deeply disturbing. Any further escalation of tensions will have severely damaging implications for the region and beyond,\" Pakistan\u2019s foreign ministry said. <\/p>\n<p>Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif, in a phone call Sunday with Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian, expressed his concern that the bombings had targeted facilities that were under the safeguards of the IAEA. <\/p>\n<p>The US military struck three key Iranian\u00a0nuclear sites early on Sunday, after more than a week of strikes by Israel on Iran.<\/p>\n<p>Pakistan has close ties with its neighbour Iran and supports its attacks on Israel, saying that it has the right to self-defence.<\/p>\n<p>Hundreds of Shiite Muslims in Karachi marched in protest against US and Israeli strikes on Iran on Sunday.<\/p>\n<div class=\"c-widget-related\" data-stories-id=\"9339273,9339093\" data-event=\"widget_related\">\n <div class=\"c-widget-related__title\">\n <b class=\"c-widget-related__title__text\" lang=\"en\">Related<\/b>\n <\/div>\n <ul class=\"c-widget-related__list\">\n <li class=\"c-widget-related__item\"><a class=\"c-widget-related__article\" href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//2025//06//23//trump-claims-monumental-damage-to-sites-in-iran-as-un-says-damage-is-unclear/">Security situation in Qatar now stable after Iranian strikes, interior ministry says <\/a><\/li><li class=\"c-widget-related__item\"><a class=\"c-widget-related__article\" href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//2025//06//23//us-defends-strikes-on-irans-nuclear-sites-at-unsc-as-russia-and-china-condemn-action/">US defends strikes on Iran's nuclear sites at UNSC as Russia and China condemn action<\/a><\/li>\n <\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\n<p>Just a day earlier, Pakistan's government said in a post on X that it had decided to formally recommend Trump for the Nobel Peace Prize \"in recognition of his decisive diplomatic intervention and pivotal leadership during the recent India-Pakistan crisis\". <\/p>\n<p>Relations between the two South Asian countries plummeted after a massacre of tourists in Indian-controlled Kashmir in April. <\/p>\n<p>The nuclear-armed rivals stepped closer to conflict in the weeks that followed, attacking each other until intense diplomatic efforts, which were led by Washington, resulted in a truce for which Trump took credit.<\/p>\n<p>In its post on X, Islamabad said Trump had \"demonstrated great strategic foresight and stellar statesmanship\" and described him \"as a genuine peacemaker\". <\/p>\n<p>The recommendation came after a meeting between Trump and Pakistan's powerful army chief, Asim Munir, at the White House on Thursday. <\/p>\n<p>The meeting, which lasted more than two hours, was also attended by the US Secretary of State Marco Rubio and US Special Representative for Middle Eastern Affairs Steve Witkoff.<\/p>\n<p>According to a Pakistani military statement, a detailed exchange of views took place on the \"prevailing tensions between Iran and Israel, with both leaders emphasizing the importance of the resolution of the conflict\".<\/p>\n<p>While Pakistan was quick to thank Trump for his intervention in its crisis with India, New Delhi played it down and said there was no need for external mediation on the Kashmir issue.<\/p>\n<p>The Himalayan region of Kashmir is divided between Pakistan and India but claimed by both in its entirety. India accuses Pakistan of backing militant groups in the region, which Islamabad denies.<\/p>\n","hashtag":null,"createdAt":1750665301,"updatedAt":1750668908,"publishedAt":1750668877,"firstPublishedAt":1750668877,"lastPublishedAt":1750668877,"expiresAt":0,"images":[{"url":"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/33\/93\/74\/{{w}}x{{h}}_cmsv2_f8c56818-4b4d-5bf2-9a4b-d04e5019ab55-9339374.jpg","altText":"Shiite Muslims stand over a representation of U.S flag during a rally to condemn Israeli strikes on Iran, in Karachi, Pakistan, Sunday, June 22, 2025","caption":"Shiite Muslims stand over a representation of U.S flag during a rally to condemn Israeli strikes on Iran, in Karachi, Pakistan, Sunday, June 22, 2025","captionUrl":null,"captionCredit":"Fareed Khan\/Copyright 2025 The AP. All rights reserved.","sourceUrl":null,"sourceCredit":null,"callToActionUrl":null,"callToActionText":null,"width":1024,"height":576}],"authors":{"journalists":[{"id":3238,"urlSafeValue":"guilbert","title":"Kieran Guilbert","twitter":null}],"producers":[],"videoEditor":[]},"keywords":[{"id":11900,"slug":"donald-trump","urlSafeValue":"donald-trump","title":"Donald Trump","titleRaw":"Donald Trump"},{"id":220,"slug":"pakistan","urlSafeValue":"pakistan","title":"Pakistan","titleRaw":"Pakistan"},{"id":30535,"slug":"israel-iran-conflict","urlSafeValue":"israel-iran-conflict","title":"Israel Iran conflict","titleRaw":"Israel Iran 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BOMB PAKISTAN","daletPyramidId":1573944,"channels":[{"id":1},{"id":2},{"id":4},{"id":5},{"id":10},{"id":12},{"id":14}],"status":2,"title":"Five killed and 38 injured after suicide bombing strikes school bus in Pakistan","titleSeo":null,"titleListing1":"Five killed after suicide bombing strikes school bus in Pakistan ","titleListing2":"Five killed and 38 injured after suicide bombing strikes school bus in Pakistan","leadin":"Officials have warned that the death toll from the attack in the southwestern province of Balochistan could rise.","summary":"Officials have warned that the death toll from the attack in the southwestern province of Balochistan could rise.","keySentence":"","url":"five-killed-and-38-injured-after-suicide-bombing-strikes-school-bus-in-pakistan","canonical":"https:\/\/www.euronews.com\/2025\/05\/21\/five-killed-and-38-injured-after-suicide-bombing-strikes-school-bus-in-pakistan","masterCms":"v2","plainText":"At least five people, including three children, have been killed in a suicide car bombing that hit a school bus in southwestern Pakistan, officials have said. \n\nThe attack, which injured 38 others, took place on the outskirts of the city of Khuzdar in the province of Balochistan, according to local Deputy Commissioner Yasir Iqbal. \n\nThe bomb went off as the school bus was carrying students to a military-run school in the city. \n\nOfficials have warned the death toll could rise, as several children remain in a critical condition. \n\nPakistan's Interior Minister Mohsin Naqvi condemned the attack, calling the perpetrators \"beasts\" who were guilty of an act of \"sheer barbarism by targeting innocent children.\" \n\nThe country\u2019s military also issued a statement, describing the bombing as \"yet another cowardly and ghastly attack.\"\n\nBoth the army and the Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif, who will travel to Balochistan to meet some of the injured, have blamed India for the bombing, without providing any evidence. \n\nNo group immediately claimed responsibility for the attack but suspicion is likely to fall on ethnic Baloch separatists, who frequently target security forces and civilians in the region.\n\nPakistan and India regularly trade blame for attacks in each other's territory and such accusations have increased following recent heightened tensions after a terrorist attack killed 26 people in India-administered Kashmir earlier this month, sparking a brief exchange of fire. \n\nBalochistan insurgency\n\nAttacks in Balochistan \u2014 Pakistan's most sparsely populated province \u2014 are common, generally spearheaded by the insurgent group the Balochistan Liberation Army (BLA), which is designated as a terror group by the United States.\n\nFour people were killed and 20 others were injured on Sunday when a car bomb exploded near a market in the city of Qillah Abdullah in Balochistan. \n\nBut no group has claimed responsibility for that blast. \n\nIn March, BLA insurgents killed 33 people, most of whom were soldiers, when they targeted a train in Balochistan. \n\nEarlier this week, the BLA vowed to carry out more attacks on the \"Pakistani army and its collaborators\" as part of its goal of creating an independent Balochistan. \n\n","htmlText":"<p>At least five people, including three children, have been killed in a suicide car bombing that hit a school bus in southwestern Pakistan, officials have said. <\/p>\n<p>The attack, which injured 38 others, took place on the outskirts of the city of Khuzdar in the province of Balochistan, according to local Deputy Commissioner Yasir Iqbal. <\/p>\n<p>The bomb went off as the school bus was carrying students to a military-run school in the city. <\/p>\n<p>Officials have warned the death toll could rise, as several children remain in a critical condition. <\/p>\n<p>Pakistan's Interior Minister Mohsin Naqvi condemned the attack, calling the perpetrators \"beasts\" who were guilty of an act of \"sheer barbarism by targeting innocent children.\" <\/p>\n<div class=\"c-widget-related\" data-stories-id=\"9292088,2507139\" data-event=\"widget_related\">\n <div class=\"c-widget-related__title\">\n <b class=\"c-widget-related__title__text\" lang=\"en\">Related<\/b>\n <\/div>\n <ul class=\"c-widget-related__list\">\n <li class=\"c-widget-related__item\"><a class=\"c-widget-related__article\" href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//2025//05//19//car-bomb-kills-four-in-pakistan/">Car bomb in Pakistan's Balochistan leaves four dead and 20 injured<\/a><\/li><li class=\"c-widget-related__item\"><a class=\"c-widget-related__article\" href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//2015//05//29//pakistan-19-killed-in-balochistan-bus-attacks/">Pakistan: 19 killed in Balochistan bus attacks<\/a><\/li>\n <\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\n<p>The country\u2019s military also issued a statement, describing the bombing as \"yet another cowardly and ghastly attack.\"<\/p>\n<p>Both the army and the Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif, who will travel to Balochistan to meet some of the injured, have blamed India for the bombing, without providing any evidence. <\/p>\n<p>No group immediately claimed responsibility for the attack but suspicion is likely to fall on ethnic Baloch separatists, who frequently target security forces and civilians in the region.<\/p>\n<p>Pakistan and India regularly trade blame for attacks in each other's territory and such accusations have increased following recent heightened tensions after a terrorist attack killed 26 people in India-administered Kashmir earlier this month, sparking a brief exchange of fire. <\/p>\n<h2>Balochistan insurgency<\/h2>\n<p>Attacks in Balochistan \u2014 Pakistan's most sparsely populated province \u2014 are common, generally spearheaded by the insurgent group the Balochistan Liberation Army (BLA), which is designated as a terror group by the United States.<\/p>\n<p>Four people were killed and 20 others were injured on Sunday when a car bomb exploded near a market 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However, suspicion is likely to fall on separatist groups like the Balochistan Liberation Army, which has carried out a number of attacks in recent months.","summary":"No group has claimed responsibility for the attack in Balochistan province. However, suspicion is likely to fall on separatist groups like the Balochistan Liberation Army, which has carried out a number of attacks in recent months.","keySentence":"","url":"car-bomb-kills-four-in-pakistan","canonical":"https:\/\/www.euronews.com\/2025\/05\/19\/car-bomb-kills-four-in-pakistan","masterCms":"v2","plainText":"Four people died and at least 20 were injured when a car bomb exploded near a market in Pakistan late on Sunday, a senior official has said. \n\nThe explosion hit the city of Qillah Abdullah in Balochistan province, close to the country's border with Afghanistan. \n\nIt damaged several shops and the outer perimeter of a building housing paramilitary forces, according to Deputy Commissioner Abdullah Riaz.\n\nNo group has claimed responsibility for the attack, but suspicion is likely to fall on ethnic Baloch separatists, who have carried out numerous attacks on security forces and civilians in Balochistan and other areas of the country.\n\nBalochistan government spokesperson Shahid Rind condemned the bombing and said an investigation had been launched.\n\nThe province has long been the centre of a simmering insurgency waged by separatist groups seeking independence or greater autonomy.\u00a0\n\nAmong them is the Balochistan Liberation Army (BLA), a group banned in Pakistan and designated as a terrorist organisation by the US in 2019.\n\nPakistani authorities frequently accuse India of supporting both the BLA and the Pakistani Taliban \u2014 groups that have intensified their attacks in recent months.\u00a0\n\nIn March, BLA militants killed 33 people, most of whom were soldiers, when they targeted a train in Balochistan. \n\nEarlier this month,\u00a0the BLA publicly appealed for Indian backing. \n\nIn a statement dated 11 May, the group urged New Delhi to provide it with \u201cpolitical, diplomatic and defence support\". \n\nThe BLA rejected Islamabad\u2019s claims that it acts as an Indian proxy, but pledged that its fighters would open a new 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tourists in Indian-administered Kashmir. <\/p>\n<p>Precision weapons were used to hit sites near Bahawalpur, Muridke, and Kotli, including suspected headquarters of Jaish-e-Mohammed and Lashkar-e-Taiba.<\/p>\n<p>Pakistan reported civilian casualties and claimed to have downed several Indian jets in retaliation. <\/p>\n<p>At least seven civilians were also killed in Indian-controlled Kashmir by Pakistani shelling, the Indian army said in a statement.<\/p>\n","hashtag":null,"createdAt":1746604938,"updatedAt":1746609007,"publishedAt":1746608836,"firstPublishedAt":1746608836,"lastPublishedAt":1746608836,"expiresAt":0,"images":[{"url":"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/26\/69\/60\/{{w}}x{{h}}_cmsv2_d8b10ca3-1a5f-533a-a302-3d2ffd8f490d-9266960.jpg","altText":"Indian soldiers stand guard as a woman walks in a market in Srinagar, Indian controlled Kashmir, Wednesday, May 7, 2025. 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","leadin":"India has blamed Pakistan for the attack, a charge Islamabad denies, offering to cooperate in an international investigation.","summary":"India has blamed Pakistan for the attack, a charge Islamabad denies, offering to cooperate in an international investigation.","keySentence":"","url":"irans-fm-visits-pakistan-to-mediate-india-tensions-after-deadly-kashmir-attack","canonical":"https:\/\/www.euronews.com\/2025\/05\/05\/irans-fm-visits-pakistan-to-mediate-india-tensions-after-deadly-kashmir-attack","masterCms":"v2","plainText":"Iran's Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi has arrived in Pakistan in a bid to mediate mounting tensions between Islamabad and New Delhi following last month's deadly assault on tourists in Indian-administered Kashmir.\n\nAraghchi's visit marks the first by a foreign envoy since the 22 April attack that left 26 tourists dead, a massacre India has blamed on Pakistan.\u00a0\n\nTehran has offered to help de-escalate the crisis between the nuclear-armed neighbours.\n\nPakistan's armed forces remain on high alert after Information Minister Attaullah Tarar cited \"credible intelligence\" suggesting a potential Indian strike.\u00a0\n\nIslamabad has denied any involvement in the killings and has offered to cooperate in an impartial international investigation, an offer New Delhi has yet to accept.\n\nPakistan's Foreign Minister Ishaq Dar, who is set to meet with Araghchi, welcomed Iran's mediation efforts.\u00a0\n\nDar said he had held discussions with more than a dozen international counterparts over the past week, including US Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov.\n\n\"We will not be the first to take any escalatory step,\" Dar told reporters in Islamabad. \n\nHowever, he warned that \"any act of aggression by India\" would be met with a resolute defence of Pakistan's \"sovereignty and territorial integrity.\"\n\nDar also accused the Indian air force of attempting to violate Pakistani airspace on 28 April. He claimed Pakistani fighter jets responded by scrambling and forcing Indian aircraft to retreat. India has not publicly commented on the accusation.\n\nTensions between the two nations, who have fought two of their three wars over Kashmir, have once again boiled over, with both countries expelling each other\u2019s diplomats and nationals, and closing segments of their airspace.\n\nOn Monday, Minister Tarar led a group of journalists to Bella Noor Shah, a remote mountain village near Muzaffarabad in Pakistan-administered Kashmir, where India had allegedly claimed the presence of a militant training facility. \n\nResidents told the press they had seen no such camp in the area.\n\n\"It is clear there is no truth to the Indian claim,\" Tarar said.\n\nAlso on Monday, Pakistan's military announced the successful test-firing of the short-range Fatah surface-to-surface missile, with a range of 120 kilometres. \n\nThe launch was the second in recent days, following a medium-range missile test on Saturday.\u00a0\n\nThe missile was fired from an undisclosed location and, as is customary, was not directed toward India. \n\nSuch missiles typically fall into the Arabian Sea or the remote deserts of southern Balochistan.\n\n","htmlText":"<p>Iran's Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi has arrived in Pakistan in a bid to mediate mounting tensions between Islamabad and New Delhi following last month's deadly assault on tourists in Indian-administered Kashmir.<\/p>\n<p>Araghchi's visit marks the first by a foreign envoy since the 22 April attack that left 26 tourists dead, a massacre India has blamed on Pakistan.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Tehran has offered to help de-escalate the crisis between the nuclear-armed neighbours.<\/p>\n<p>Pakistan's armed forces remain on high alert after Information Minister Attaullah Tarar cited \"credible intelligence\" suggesting a potential Indian strike.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Islamabad has denied any involvement in the killings and has offered to cooperate in an impartial international investigation, an offer New Delhi has yet to accept.<\/p>\n<p>Pakistan's Foreign Minister Ishaq Dar, who is set to meet with Araghchi, welcomed Iran's mediation efforts.\u00a0<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-image widget--size-fullwidth widget--animation-fade-in widget--align-center\" data-ratio=\"0.6665\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <img class=\"widgetImage__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////static.euronews.com//articles//stories//09//26//05//74//808x539_cmsv2_8492862d-3fdf-5dfb-96cb-4f4e22febbab-9260574.jpg/" alt=\"Indian paramilitary soldiers patrol as they guard at a busy market in Srinagar in Indian-controlled Kashmir, 29 April, 2025\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/26\/05\/74\/384x256_cmsv2_8492862d-3fdf-5dfb-96cb-4f4e22febbab-9260574.jpg 384w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/26\/05\/74\/640x427_cmsv2_8492862d-3fdf-5dfb-96cb-4f4e22febbab-9260574.jpg 640w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/26\/05\/74\/750x500_cmsv2_8492862d-3fdf-5dfb-96cb-4f4e22febbab-9260574.jpg 750w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/26\/05\/74\/828x552_cmsv2_8492862d-3fdf-5dfb-96cb-4f4e22febbab-9260574.jpg 828w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/26\/05\/74\/1080x720_cmsv2_8492862d-3fdf-5dfb-96cb-4f4e22febbab-9260574.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/26\/05\/74\/1200x800_cmsv2_8492862d-3fdf-5dfb-96cb-4f4e22febbab-9260574.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/26\/05\/74\/1920x1280_cmsv2_8492862d-3fdf-5dfb-96cb-4f4e22febbab-9260574.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 95vw, (max-width: 1024px) 80vw, (max-width: 1280px) 55vw, 728px\"\/>\n <figcaption class=\"widget__caption\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionWrap\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionText\">Indian paramilitary soldiers patrol as they guard at a busy market in Srinagar in Indian-controlled Kashmir, 29 April, 2025<\/span>\n <span class=\"widget__captionCredit\">AP Photo<\/span>\n <\/span>\n <\/figcaption>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<p>Dar said he had held discussions with more than a dozen international counterparts over the past week, including US Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov.<\/p>\n<p>\"We will not be the first to take any escalatory step,\" Dar told reporters in Islamabad. <\/p>\n<p>However, he warned that \"any act of aggression by India\" would be met with a resolute defence of Pakistan's \"sovereignty and territorial integrity.\"<\/p>\n<p>Dar also accused the Indian air force of attempting to violate Pakistani airspace on 28 April. He claimed Pakistani fighter jets responded by scrambling and forcing Indian aircraft to retreat. India has not publicly commented on the accusation.<\/p>\n<p>Tensions between the two nations, who have fought two of their three wars over Kashmir, have once again boiled over, with both countries expelling each other\u2019s diplomats and nationals, and closing segments of their airspace.<\/p>\n<p>On Monday, Minister Tarar led a group of journalists to Bella Noor Shah, a remote mountain village near Muzaffarabad in Pakistan-administered Kashmir, where India had allegedly claimed the presence of a militant training facility. <\/p>\n<div class=\"c-widget-related\" data-stories-id=\"9243016,9232768\" data-event=\"widget_related\">\n <div class=\"c-widget-related__title\">\n <b class=\"c-widget-related__title__text\" lang=\"en\">Related<\/b>\n <\/div>\n <ul class=\"c-widget-related__list\">\n <li class=\"c-widget-related__item\"><a class=\"c-widget-related__article\" href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//2025//04//25//indian-officials-say-troops-exchanged-fire-with-pakistani-soldiers-in-disputed-kashmir/">Indian officials say troops exchanged fire with Pakistani soldiers in disputed Kashmir<\/a><\/li><li class=\"c-widget-related__item\"><a class=\"c-widget-related__article\" href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//2025//04//29//india-closes-dozens-of-kashmir-tourist-resorts-after-deadly-attack/">India closes dozens of Kashmir tourist resorts after deadly attack<\/a><\/li>\n <\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\n<p>Residents told the press they had seen no such camp in the area.<\/p>\n<p>\"It is clear there is no truth to the Indian claim,\" Tarar said.<\/p>\n<p>Also on Monday, Pakistan's military announced the successful test-firing of the short-range Fatah surface-to-surface missile, with a range of 120 kilometres. <\/p>\n<p>The launch was the second in recent days, following a medium-range missile test on Saturday.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The missile was fired from an undisclosed location and, as is customary, was not directed toward India. <\/p>\n<p>Such missiles typically fall into the Arabian Sea or the remote deserts of southern Balochistan.<\/p>\n","hashtag":null,"createdAt":1746444440,"updatedAt":1746523960,"publishedAt":1746450982,"firstPublishedAt":1746450982,"lastPublishedAt":1746450982,"expiresAt":0,"images":[{"url":"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/26\/05\/74\/{{w}}x{{h}}_cmsv2_0706e029-3da8-5109-9cf2-dbfa6a718b37-9260574.jpg","altText":"Pakistan's Rangers soldiers and Indian Border Security Forces soldiers lower their flags during a daily closing ceremony at the Wagah, 3 May 2025.","caption":"Pakistan's Rangers soldiers and Indian Border Security Forces soldiers lower their flags during a daily closing ceremony at the Wagah, 3 May 2025.","captionUrl":null,"captionCredit":"AP Photo\/K.M. 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parameters.\"","keySentence":"","url":"pakistan-test-fires-ballistic-missile-as-relations-with-india-worsen-further","canonical":"https:\/\/www.euronews.com\/2025\/05\/03\/pakistan-test-fires-ballistic-missile-as-relations-with-india-worsen-further","masterCms":"v2","plainText":"Pakistan test-fired a ballistic missile on Saturday amid escalating tensions with India following last week\u2019s deadly attack on tourists in the disputed Kashmir region.\n\nAccording to the Pakistani military, the surface-to-surface missile has a range of 450 kilometres.\n\nThe launch of the Abdali Weapon System was intended to ensure the \u201coperational readiness of troops and validating key technical parameters,\u201d including the missile\u2019s advanced navigation system and enhanced manoeuvrability, a statement by the military said.\n\nPresident Asif Ali Zardari and Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif congratulated the scientists, engineers, and all those involved in the successful test.\n\nInformation Minister Attaullah Tarar said days earlier that Pakistan had \u201ccredible intelligence\u201d suggesting India was planning an imminent attack.\n\nIn a statement, Tarar pledged a \u201cvery strong\u201d response should Pakistan come under attack from its nuclear-armed neighbour.\n\nOn Friday, Pakistan appealed to Gulf allies to help de-escalate tensions with India after the 22 April attack in Indian-administered Kashmir, in which 26 people \u2014 mostly Hindus \u2014 were killed.\n\nIndia has accused Pakistan of orchestrating the assault, a claim Islamabad has denied.\n\nThe disputed Kashmir region is divided between India and Pakistan, with both countries claiming it in full.\n\n","htmlText":"<p>Pakistan test-fired a ballistic missile on Saturday amid escalating tensions with India following last week\u2019s deadly attack on tourists in the disputed Kashmir region.<\/p>\n<p>According to the Pakistani military, the surface-to-surface missile has a range of 450 kilometres.<\/p>\n<p>The launch of the Abdali Weapon System was intended to ensure the \u201coperational readiness of troops and validating key technical parameters,\u201d including the missile\u2019s advanced navigation system and enhanced manoeuvrability, a statement by the military said.<\/p>\n<div class=\"c-widget-related\" data-stories-id=\"9232768,9243016\" data-event=\"widget_related\">\n <div class=\"c-widget-related__title\">\n <b class=\"c-widget-related__title__text\" lang=\"en\">Related<\/b>\n <\/div>\n <ul class=\"c-widget-related__list\">\n <li class=\"c-widget-related__item\"><a class=\"c-widget-related__article\" href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//2025//04//25//indian-officials-say-troops-exchanged-fire-with-pakistani-soldiers-in-disputed-kashmir/">Indian officials say troops exchanged fire with Pakistani soldiers in disputed Kashmir<\/a><\/li><li class=\"c-widget-related__item\"><a class=\"c-widget-related__article\" href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//2025//04//29//india-closes-dozens-of-kashmir-tourist-resorts-after-deadly-attack/">India closes dozens of Kashmir tourist resorts after deadly attack<\/a><\/li>\n <\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\n<p>President Asif Ali Zardari and Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif congratulated the scientists, engineers, and all those involved in the successful test.<\/p>\n<p>Information Minister Attaullah Tarar said days earlier that Pakistan had \u201ccredible intelligence\u201d suggesting India was planning an imminent attack.<\/p>\n<p>In a statement, Tarar pledged a \u201cvery strong\u201d response should Pakistan come under attack from its nuclear-armed neighbour.<\/p>\n<p>On Friday, Pakistan appealed to Gulf allies to help de-escalate tensions with India after the 22 April attack in Indian-administered Kashmir, in which 26 people \u2014 mostly Hindus \u2014 were killed.<\/p>\n<p>India has accused Pakistan of orchestrating the assault, a claim Islamabad has denied.<\/p>\n<p>The disputed Kashmir region is divided between India and Pakistan, with both countries claiming it in full.<\/p>\n","hashtag":null,"createdAt":1746290177,"updatedAt":1746348505,"publishedAt":1746296389,"firstPublishedAt":1746296389,"lastPublishedAt":1746296389,"expiresAt":0,"images":[{"url":"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/25\/76\/40\/{{w}}x{{h}}_cmsv2_de426ef6-c637-5ea2-b2ef-8c23e8bc3443-9257640.jpg","altText":" Wide of missile launching into the air. 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Kashmir tourist resorts after deadly attack<\/a><\/li>\n <\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\n<p>The tensions between the neighbours are at their highest point since 2019, when India conducted military strikes in Pakistan following an insurgent attack in India-administered Kashmir. <\/p>\n<p>Kashmir has for decades been a flashpoint for the two countries, which both administer part of but both claim in full. <\/p>\n<p>In separate calls with both India and Pakistan, the UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres urged them to \u201cavoid a confrontation that could result in tragic consequences\u201d. <\/p>\n","hashtag":null,"createdAt":1746085370,"updatedAt":1746090560,"publishedAt":1746089243,"firstPublishedAt":1746089243,"lastPublishedAt":1746089243,"expiresAt":0,"images":[{"url":"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/25\/01\/92\/{{w}}x{{h}}_cmsv2_a0f4f896-e4c1-5717-b64c-d5cd1d702036-9250192.jpg","altText":"A Pakistani paramilitary soldier stands guard at a checkpoint in Wagah, a joint 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refugees in Pakistan","daletPyramidId":null,"channels":[{"id":1},{"id":2},{"id":4},{"id":5},{"id":10},{"id":12},{"id":14}],"status":2,"title":"Rights group warns of forced deportations of Afghan refugees from Pakistan","titleSeo":null,"titleListing1":"Pakistan intensifies pressure on Afghan refugees, NGO warns","titleListing2":"Human Rights Watch warns of forced deportations of Afghan refugees from Pakistan","leadin":"An estimated 800,000 Afghans have already returned or been forcibly removed since 2023, 70% of them women and children.","summary":"An estimated 800,000 Afghans have already returned or been forcibly removed since 2023, 70% of them women and children.","keySentence":"","url":"rights-group-warns-of-forced-deportations-of-afghan-refugees-from-pakistan","canonical":"https:\/\/www.euronews.com\/2025\/03\/19\/rights-group-warns-of-forced-deportations-of-afghan-refugees-from-pakistan","masterCms":"v2","plainText":"Pakistan has ramped up pressure on Afghan refugees to leave the country, despite serious risks of persecution and economic hardship under Taliban rule, according to a leading human rights organisation.\n\nHuman Rights Watch (HRW) urged Islamabad on Wednesday to halt coercion against Afghan refugees and allow those at risk to seek protection.\n\n\"Pakistani officials should immediately stop coercing Afghans to return home and give those facing expulsion the opportunity to seek protection,\" said Elaine Pearson, HRW's Asia director.\n\nShe also called on the Taliban authorities to \u201cprevent any reprisals against returning Afghans and reverse their abusive policies against women and girls.\u201d\u00a0\n\nPakistan has set a 31 March deadline for the deportation of all undocumented foreigners, most of whom are Afghans.\n\nThe HRW appeal comes amid mounting reports of arrests and forced deportations. The Afghan Embassy in Islamabad recently claimed that Pakistani authorities have stepped up arrests of Afghan citizens in Islamabad and Rawalpindi.\u00a0\n\nHowever, Pakistan has denied these allegations, arguing that it is only working to facilitate the voluntary return of Afghans.\n\nSince the Taliban takeover in 2021, more than 500,000 Afghans have sought refuge in Pakistan without legal documentation. Many have been waiting for resettlement in the US and other countries.\n\nAdditionally, 1.45 million Afghan refugees are registered with the UN refugee agency, many of them having fled during the Soviet occupation of the country in the 1980s.\n\nLast July, Pakistan extended the stay of registered refugees until June, ensuring they would not face arrest or deportation until then. However, uncertainty persists for thousands, especially after US President Donald Trump suspended refugee resettlement programmes in January, leaving 20,000 Afghans stranded in Pakistan.\n\nMany of those awaiting relocation to the US have urged Washington to reinstate the programme.\n\nHumanitarian risks\u00a0\n\nHRW has warned that conditions in Afghanistan have significantly worsened since the Taliban seized power in August 2021.\n\n\"Afghanistan is not safe for any forced refugee returns,\" Pearson stressed, calling on countries that pledged to resettle at-risk Afghans to expedite their cases.\n\nHRW highlighted serious human rights concerns in Afghanistan, noting that the Taliban has banned post-primary education for women and girls. Human rights defenders, journalists, and former government employees also face repression under the regime.\n\nSince 2023, more than 800,000 Afghans have returned to Afghanistan or been forcibly expelled from Pakistan, according to the International Organisation for Migration.\n\nMore than 70% of returnees have been women and children, including secondary school-aged girls and women who are now barred from education and work under Taliban rule.\n\nAccording to HRW, officers have \u201craided houses, beat and arbitrarily detained people, and confiscated refugee documents, including residence permits\" and \"demanded bribes to allow Afghans to remain in Pakistan\u201d.\u00a0\u00a0\n\nPakistan\u2019s Interior Ministry has ordered undocumented Afghans, including those with Afghan Citizen Cards, to leave Islamabad and Rawalpindi or face deportation.\n\n\u201cAfghans holding Proof of Registration cards must leave by 30 June,\u201d the ministry said.\u00a0\n\n","htmlText":"<p>Pakistan has ramped up pressure on Afghan refugees to leave the country, despite serious risks of persecution and economic hardship under Taliban rule, according to a leading human rights organisation.<\/p>\n<p>Human Rights Watch (HRW) urged Islamabad on Wednesday to halt coercion against Afghan refugees and allow those at risk to seek protection.<\/p>\n<p>\"Pakistani officials should immediately stop coercing Afghans to return home and give those facing expulsion the opportunity to seek protection,\" said Elaine Pearson, HRW's Asia director.<\/p>\n<p>She also called on the Taliban authorities to \u201cprevent any reprisals against returning Afghans and reverse their abusive policies against women and girls.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Pakistan has set a 31 March deadline for the deportation of all undocumented foreigners, most of whom are Afghans.<\/p>\n<p>The HRW appeal comes amid mounting reports of arrests and forced deportations. The Afghan Embassy in Islamabad recently claimed that Pakistani authorities have stepped up arrests of Afghan citizens in Islamabad and Rawalpindi.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>However, Pakistan has denied these allegations, arguing that it is only working to facilitate the voluntary return of Afghans.<\/p>\n<p>Since the Taliban takeover in 2021, more than 500,000 Afghans have sought refuge in Pakistan without legal documentation. Many have been waiting for resettlement in the US and other countries.<\/p>\n<p>Additionally, 1.45 million Afghan refugees are registered with the UN refugee agency, many of them having fled during the Soviet occupation of the country in the 1980s.<\/p>\n<p>Last July, Pakistan extended the stay of registered refugees until June, ensuring they would not face arrest or deportation until then. However, uncertainty persists for thousands, especially after US President Donald Trump suspended refugee resettlement programmes in January, leaving 20,000 Afghans stranded in Pakistan.<\/p>\n<p>Many of those awaiting relocation to the US have urged Washington to reinstate the programme.<\/p>\n<h2>Humanitarian risks<\/h2>\n<p>HRW has warned that conditions in Afghanistan have significantly worsened since the Taliban seized power in August 2021.<\/p>\n<p>\"Afghanistan is not safe for any forced refugee returns,\" Pearson stressed, calling on countries that pledged to resettle at-risk Afghans to expedite their cases.<\/p>\n<p>HRW highlighted serious human rights concerns in Afghanistan, noting that the Taliban has banned post-primary education for women and girls. Human rights defenders, journalists, and former government employees also face repression under the regime.<\/p>\n<p>Since 2023, more than 800,000 Afghans have returned to Afghanistan or been forcibly expelled from Pakistan, according to the International Organisation for Migration.<\/p>\n<p>More than 70% of returnees have been women and children, including secondary school-aged girls and women who are now barred from education and work under Taliban rule.<\/p>\n<div class=\"c-widget-related\" data-stories-id=\"8994282,8940858\" data-event=\"widget_related\">\n <div class=\"c-widget-related__title\">\n <b class=\"c-widget-related__title__text\" lang=\"en\">Related<\/b>\n <\/div>\n <ul class=\"c-widget-related__list\">\n <li class=\"c-widget-related__item\"><a class=\"c-widget-related__article\" href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//2025//01//22//afghans-fleeing-taliban-appeal-to-trump-over-refugee-programme-suspension/">Afghans who fled Taliban appeal to Trump over refugee programme suspension <\/a><\/li><li class=\"c-widget-related__item\"><a class=\"c-widget-related__article\" href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//2024//12//30//afghanistans-taliban-government-to-shut-down-ngos-employing-women/">Afghanistan's Taliban government to shut down NGOs employing women<\/a><\/li>\n <\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\n<p>According to HRW, officers have \u201craided houses, beat and arbitrarily detained people, and confiscated refugee documents, including residence permits\" and \"demanded bribes to allow Afghans to remain in Pakistan\u201d.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Pakistan\u2019s Interior Ministry has ordered undocumented Afghans, including those with Afghan Citizen Cards, to leave Islamabad and Rawalpindi or face deportation.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAfghans holding Proof of Registration cards must leave by 30 June,\u201d the ministry said.\u00a0<\/p>\n","hashtag":null,"createdAt":1742378134,"updatedAt":1742380997,"publishedAt":1742379773,"firstPublishedAt":1742379773,"lastPublishedAt":1742379773,"expiresAt":0,"images":[{"url":"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/12\/49\/30\/{{w}}x{{h}}_cmsv2_7dd667ac-d223-563b-ad5d-c6c11a8c858d-9124930.jpg","altText":"An Afghan family walk to their bus to leave for Afghanistan at a UNHCR repatriation terminal in Peshawar, Pakistan, 24 May 2009. ","caption":"An Afghan family walk to their bus to leave for Afghanistan at a UNHCR repatriation terminal in Peshawar, Pakistan, 24 May 2009. ","captionUrl":null,"captionCredit":"AP Photo\/Mohammad Sajjad","sourceUrl":null,"sourceCredit":null,"callToActionUrl":null,"callToActionText":null,"width":1920,"height":1080}],"authors":{"journalists":[{"id":3252,"urlSafeValue":"al-yahyai","title":"Oman Al Yahyai","twitter":null}],"producers":[],"videoEditor":[]},"keywords":[{"id":5080,"slug":"taliban","urlSafeValue":"taliban","title":"Taliban","titleRaw":"Taliban"},{"id":25494,"slug":"afghan-refugees","urlSafeValue":"afghan-refugees","title":"Afghan refugees","titleRaw":"Afghan refugees"},{"id":220,"slug":"pakistan","urlSafeValue":"pakistan","title":"Pakistan","titleRaw":"Pakistan"},{"id":2,"slug":"afghanistan","urlSafeValue":"afghanistan","title":"Afghanistan","titleRaw":"Afghanistan"}],"widgets":[{"slug":"related","count":1}],"related":[{"id":2694680},{"id":2260894}],"technicalTags":[],"externalPartners":[],"hasExternalVideo":0,"hasInternalOrExternalVideo":0,"video":0,"videos":[],"liveStream":[{"startDate":0,"endDate":0}],"scribbleLiveId":0,"scribbleLiveRibbon":0,"isLiveCoverage":0,"sourceId":1,"sources":[],"externalSource":"AP","additionalSources":"","additionalReporting":"","freeField1":null,"freeField2":"","type":"normal","displayType":"default","program":{"id":"world","urlSafeValue":"world","title":"World News","online":1,"url":"https:\/\/www.euronews.com\/programs\/world"},"season":"","episode":"","episodeId":"","vertical":"news","verticals":[{"id":1,"slug":"news","urlSafeValue":"news","title":"News"}],"primaryVertical":{"id":1,"slug":"news","urlSafeValue":"news","title":"News"},"themes":[{"id":"news","urlSafeValue":"news","title":"World","url":"\/news\/international"}],"primaryTheme":{"id":1,"urlSafeValue":"news","title":"World"},"advertising":0,"advertisingData":{"startDate":0,"endDate":0,"type":null,"slug":null,"title":null,"disclaimerLabelKey":null,"sponsor":null,"sponsorName":null,"sponsorUrl":null,"sponsorLogo":"","sponsorLogoReverse":"","isDfp":0},"geoLocation":{"lat":0,"lon":0},"location":1,"continent":{"id":12,"urlSafeValue":"asia","title":"Asia"},"country":{"id":220,"urlSafeValue":"pakistan","title":"Pakistan","url":"\/news\/asia\/pakistan"},"town":[],"contextualSignals":{"doubleVerify":{"ids":["84121001"],"slugs":["news"]}},"grapeshot":null,"versions":[],"programDeliverable":{"slug":"sujet-web","format":"default"},"showOpinionDisclaimer":0,"allViews":0,"allViewsMeta":{"pointOfView":[],"survey":[],"tweetId":0,"tweet2NdId":0,"displayOverlay":0},"storyTranslationMethod":[],"localisation":[],"autoPublished":0,"autoLocalised":0,"isReviewed":0,"path":"\/2025\/03\/19\/rights-group-warns-of-forced-deportations-of-afghan-refugees-from-pakistan","lastModified":1742379773},{"id":2765454,"cid":9093796,"versionId":2,"archive":0,"housenumber":null,"owner":"euronews","isMagazine":0,"isBreakingNews":0,"daletEventName":"PAKISTAN BOMBING","daletPyramidId":773528,"channels":[{"id":1},{"id":2},{"id":4},{"id":5},{"id":10},{"id":12},{"id":14}],"status":2,"title":"Two suicide attacks on Pakistan military base kill at least 12, leave 30 wounded ","titleSeo":null,"titleListing1":"Two suicide attacks on Pakistan military base leave at least 12 dead","titleListing2":"A group affiliated with the Pakistani Taliban have claimed responsibility for the suicide bombings in the northwestern city of Bannu killing at least twelve, in the third such attack since the start of Ramadan.","leadin":"A group affiliated with the Taliban have claimed responsibility for the attack in the northwestern city of Bannu, the third since the start of Ramadan.","summary":"A group affiliated with the Taliban have claimed responsibility for the attack in the northwestern city of Bannu, the third since the start of Ramadan.","keySentence":"","url":"two-suicide-attacks-on-pakistan-military-base-leaves-at-least-12-dead","canonical":"https:\/\/www.euronews.com\/2025\/03\/05\/two-suicide-attacks-on-pakistan-military-base-leaves-at-least-12-dead","masterCms":"v2","plainText":"A dozen people were killed in a twin suicide bombing that targeted a military base in northwestern Pakistan on Tuesday. \n\nTwo suicide bombings breached a wall at a military base before other attackers stormed the compound and were repelled. Around 30 other people were wounded, according to officials and a local hospital. \n\nJaish Al-Fursan, a group affiliated with the Pakistani Taliban, claimed responsibility for the attack in Bannu and said that \"dozens of members\" of Pakistani security forces were killed. \n\nIt is the third militant assault in Pakistan since the Muslim holy month of Ramadan started Sunday. \n\nThe military didn't immediately confirm any casualties, but Bannu District Hospital said that at least 12 people were dead, at least four of whom were children.\n\nBannu is located in the northwest province of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa that borders Afghanistan, and several armed groups are active there.\n\nMilitants have targeted Bannu several times. Last November, a suicide car bomb killed 12 troops and wounded several others at a security post. \n\nIn July, a suicide bomber detonated his explosives-laden vehicle, and other militants opened fire near the outer wall of the military facility.\n\n","htmlText":"<p>A dozen people were killed in a twin suicide bombing that targeted a military base in northwestern Pakistan on Tuesday. <\/p>\n<p>Two suicide bombings breached a wall at a military base before other attackers stormed the compound and were repelled. Around 30 other people were wounded, according to officials and a local hospital. <\/p>\n<p>Jaish Al-Fursan, a group affiliated with the Pakistani Taliban, claimed responsibility for the attack in Bannu and said that \"dozens of members\" of Pakistani security forces were killed. <\/p>\n<p>It is the third militant assault in Pakistan since the Muslim holy month of Ramadan started Sunday. <\/p>\n<p>The military didn't immediately confirm any casualties, but Bannu District Hospital said that at least 12 people were dead, at least four of whom were children.<\/p>\n<p>Bannu is located in the northwest province of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa that borders Afghanistan, and several armed groups are active there.<\/p>\n<div class=\"c-widget-related\" data-stories-id=\"9077534,8980456\" data-event=\"widget_related\">\n <div class=\"c-widget-related__title\">\n <b class=\"c-widget-related__title__text\" lang=\"en\">Related<\/b>\n <\/div>\n <ul class=\"c-widget-related__list\">\n <li class=\"c-widget-related__item\"><a class=\"c-widget-related__article\" href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//2025//01//17//pakistans-former-prime-minister-imran-khan-sentenced-to-14-years-in-jail-for-corruption/">Pakistan's former Prime Minister Imran Khan sentenced to 14 years in jail for corruption <\/a><\/li><li class=\"c-widget-related__item\"><a class=\"c-widget-related__article\" href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//2025//02//25//british-couple-arrested-in-afghanistan-to-be-released-as-soon-as-possible-taliban-says/">British couple arrested in Afghanistan to be released 'as soon as possible,' Taliban says<\/a><\/li>\n <\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\n<p>Militants have targeted Bannu several times. Last November, a suicide car bomb killed 12 troops and wounded several others at a security post. <\/p>\n<p>In July, a suicide bomber detonated his explosives-laden vehicle, and other militants opened fire near the outer wall of the military facility.<\/p>\n","hashtag":null,"createdAt":1741162320,"updatedAt":1741171073,"publishedAt":1741166630,"firstPublishedAt":1741166630,"lastPublishedAt":1741171073,"expiresAt":0,"images":[{"url":"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/09\/37\/96\/{{w}}x{{h}}_cmsv2_b3c5a0f8-b6e6-5599-b1d5-982129e76f0b-9093796.jpg","altText":"A police officer examines the damaged vehicles at the site of Tuesday's suicide bombing, in Bannu, in northwestern Pakistan, Wednesday, March 5, 2025.","caption":"A police officer examines the damaged vehicles at the site of Tuesday's suicide bombing, in Bannu, in northwestern Pakistan, Wednesday, March 5, 2025.","captionUrl":null,"captionCredit":"Ijaz Muhammad\/Copyright 2025 The AP. All rights reserved.","sourceUrl":null,"sourceCredit":null,"callToActionUrl":null,"callToActionText":null,"width":1024,"height":683}],"authors":{"journalists":[],"producers":[],"videoEditor":[{"id":2726,"urlSafeValue":"armstrong-r","title":"Rory Elliott Armstrong","twitter":null}]},"keywords":[{"id":220,"slug":"pakistan","urlSafeValue":"pakistan","title":"Pakistan","titleRaw":"Pakistan"},{"id":5080,"slug":"taliban","urlSafeValue":"taliban","title":"Taliban","titleRaw":"Taliban"},{"id":28078,"slug":"suicide-bomb","urlSafeValue":"suicide-bomb","title":"Suicide bomb","titleRaw":"Suicide 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News","online":1,"url":"https:\/\/www.euronews.com\/programs\/world"},"season":"","episode":"","episodeId":"","vertical":"news","verticals":[{"id":1,"slug":"news","urlSafeValue":"news","title":"News"}],"primaryVertical":{"id":1,"slug":"news","urlSafeValue":"news","title":"News"},"themes":[{"id":"news","urlSafeValue":"news","title":"World","url":"\/news\/international"}],"primaryTheme":{"id":1,"urlSafeValue":"news","title":"World"},"advertising":0,"advertisingData":{"startDate":0,"endDate":0,"type":null,"slug":null,"title":null,"disclaimerLabelKey":null,"sponsor":null,"sponsorName":null,"sponsorUrl":null,"sponsorLogo":"","sponsorLogoReverse":"","isDfp":0},"geoLocation":{"lat":0,"lon":0},"location":1,"continent":{"id":12,"urlSafeValue":"asia","title":"Asia"},"country":{"id":220,"urlSafeValue":"pakistan","title":"Pakistan","url":"\/news\/asia\/pakistan"},"town":[],"contextualSignals":{"doubleVerify":{"ids":["84121001"],"slugs":["news"]}},"grapeshot":null,"versions":[],"programDeliverable":{"slug":"article-video","format":"default"},"showOpinionDisclaimer":0,"allViews":0,"allViewsMeta":{"pointOfView":[],"survey":[],"tweetId":0,"tweet2NdId":0,"displayOverlay":0},"storyTranslationMethod":[],"localisation":[],"autoPublished":0,"autoLocalised":0,"isReviewed":0,"path":"\/2025\/03\/05\/two-suicide-attacks-on-pakistan-military-base-leaves-at-least-12-dead","lastModified":1741171073},{"id":2730782,"cid":8980456,"versionId":1,"archive":0,"housenumber":"250117_NWSU_57536002","owner":"euronews","isMagazine":0,"isBreakingNews":0,"daletEventName":"PAKISTAN KHAN SENTENCING","daletPyramidId":null,"channels":[{"id":1},{"id":2},{"id":4},{"id":5},{"id":10},{"id":12},{"id":14}],"status":2,"title":"Pakistan's former Prime Minister Imran Khan sentenced to 14 years in jail for corruption ","titleSeo":null,"titleListing1":"Pakistan's ex-leader Imran Khan given 14 years in jail for corruption","titleListing2":"Pakistan's former Prime Minister Imran Khan sentenced to 14 years in jail for corruption ","leadin":"The 72-year-old, who has been imprisoned since 2023, says the latest ruling is politically motivated and that he will appeal the decision.","summary":"The 72-year-old, who has been imprisoned since 2023, says the latest ruling is politically motivated and that he will appeal the decision.","keySentence":"","url":"pakistans-former-prime-minister-imran-khan-sentenced-to-14-years-in-jail-for-corruption","canonical":"https:\/\/www.euronews.com\/2025\/01\/17\/pakistans-former-prime-minister-imran-khan-sentenced-to-14-years-in-jail-for-corruption","masterCms":"v2","plainText":"A court in Pakistan has sentenced former Prime Minister Imran Khan to 14 years and his wife Bushra Bibi to seven years in prison in a corruption case over a parcel of land.\n\nKhan, who has been in jail since 2023, has strenuously protested his innocence, saying that he and his partner are being targeted for political reasons. \n\nProsecutors allege that the couple received land from one of Pakistan\u2019s wealthiest men in exchange for a favour during Khan\u2019s premiership, which began in 2018 and ended in 2022, when he lost a no-confidence vote in parliament. \n\nThe property tycoon Malik Riaz Hussain gave land worth millions of dollars to the Al-Qadir Trust, a non-governmental organisation founded by Khan and his wife in 2018. \n\nThe authorities in Pakistan say Khan and his wife personally benefitted from the arrangement, while they insist that the sole beneficiary was their trust, which runs a university near Islamabad that is focused on spirituality and Islamic teachings. \n\nIn return for the land gift, prosecutors say that Khan\u2019s government allowed Hussain to pay fines he owed a Pakistani court from a pot of money \u2014 worth \u00a3190m (\u20ac225.1m) \u2014 that had been returned to the country by the UK.\n\nThis money was seized from Hussain by the British authorities in 2019 as part of a settlement, following a probe into alleged money laundering. It was later returned to Pakistan to be deposited in the national exchequer. \n\nKhan\u2019s Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) said on Friday that it would challenge the court decision. \n\n\u201cThis is a bogus case, and we will approach an appeals court against this decision,\u201d said Omar Ayub Khan, a senior party leader. \n\nMeanwhile, Information Minister Attaullah Tarar insisted there was \u201cirrefutable evidence\u201d against Khan and his wife in what he described as a \u201cmega corruption scandal\u201d. \n\nPolitical instability has rocked Pakistan over Khan\u2019s treatment, with large protests breaking out in May 2023 after his arrest. \n\nKhan, a former captain of Pakistan\u2019s cricket team, has faced charges of graft and misuse of power. \n\nSome cases against him have been suspended or overturned, but he was indicted for inciting his supporters during their 2023 protests.\n\nAfter the verdict on Friday, some of Khan\u2019s supporters called for his release, as they stood outside Adiala prison in the city of Rawalpindi, where he is being held. \n\nKhan\u2019s wife had been out on bail, but was taken into custody following Friday\u2019s judgment, Pakistani media reported. \n\nThe couple\u2019s sentencing came a day after the PTI met with Shehbaz Sharif, the current prime minister, to discuss the freeing of Khan and other party members. \n\n","htmlText":"<p>A court in Pakistan has sentenced former Prime Minister Imran Khan to 14 years and his wife Bushra Bibi to seven years in prison in a corruption case over a parcel of land.<\/p>\n<p>Khan, who has been in jail since 2023, has strenuously protested his innocence, saying that he and his partner are being targeted for political reasons. <\/p>\n<p>Prosecutors allege that the couple received land from one of Pakistan\u2019s wealthiest men in exchange for a favour during Khan\u2019s premiership, which began in 2018 and ended in 2022, when he lost a no-confidence vote in parliament. <\/p>\n<p>The property tycoon Malik Riaz Hussain gave land worth millions of dollars to the Al-Qadir Trust, a non-governmental organisation founded by Khan and his wife in 2018. <\/p>\n<p>The authorities in Pakistan say Khan and his wife personally benefitted from the arrangement, while they insist that the sole beneficiary was their trust, which runs a university near Islamabad that is focused on spirituality and Islamic teachings. <\/p>\n<p>In return for the land gift, prosecutors say that Khan\u2019s government allowed Hussain to pay fines he owed a Pakistani court from a pot of money \u2014 worth \u00a3190m (\u20ac225.1m) \u2014 that had been returned to the country by the UK.<\/p>\n<p>This money was seized from Hussain by the British authorities in 2019 as part of a settlement, following a probe into alleged money laundering. It was later returned to Pakistan to be deposited in the national exchequer. <\/p>\n<p>Khan\u2019s Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) said on Friday that it would challenge the court decision. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is a bogus case, and we will approach an appeals court against this decision,\u201d said Omar Ayub Khan, a senior party leader. <\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, Information Minister Attaullah Tarar insisted there was \u201cirrefutable evidence\u201d against Khan and his wife in what he described as a \u201cmega corruption scandal\u201d. <\/p>\n<p>Political instability has rocked Pakistan over Khan\u2019s treatment, with large protests breaking out in May 2023 after his arrest. <\/p>\n<p>Khan, a former captain of Pakistan\u2019s cricket team, has faced charges of graft and misuse of power. <\/p>\n<p>Some cases against him have been suspended or overturned, but he was indicted for inciting his supporters during their 2023 protests.<\/p>\n<div class=\"c-widget-related\" data-stories-id=\"8207132,7854562\" data-event=\"widget_related\">\n <div class=\"c-widget-related__title\">\n <b class=\"c-widget-related__title__text\" lang=\"en\">Related<\/b>\n <\/div>\n <ul class=\"c-widget-related__list\">\n <li class=\"c-widget-related__item\"><a class=\"c-widget-related__article\" href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//2024//01//31//imran-khan-and-wife-sentenced-to-14-years-in-prison-over-corruption-charges/">Imran Khan and wife sentenced to 14 years in prison over corruption charges<\/a><\/li><li class=\"c-widget-related__item\"><a class=\"c-widget-related__article\" href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//2023//08//29//court-suspends-corruption-conviction-and-sentence-of-pakistans-ex-prime-minister-imran-kha/">Court suspends corruption conviction and sentence of Pakistan's ex-Prime Minister Imran Khan<\/a><\/li>\n <\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\n<p>After the verdict on Friday, some of Khan\u2019s supporters called for his release, as they stood outside Adiala prison in the city of Rawalpindi, where he is being held. <\/p>\n<p>Khan\u2019s wife had been out on bail, but was taken into custody following Friday\u2019s judgment, Pakistani media reported. <\/p>\n<p>The couple\u2019s sentencing came a day after the PTI met with Shehbaz Sharif, the current prime minister, to discuss the freeing of Khan and other party members. <\/p>\n","hashtag":null,"createdAt":1737110907,"updatedAt":1737126642,"publishedAt":1737112828,"firstPublishedAt":1737112828,"lastPublishedAt":1737112828,"expiresAt":0,"images":[{"url":"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/98\/04\/56\/{{w}}x{{h}}_cmsv2_749c3624-272e-5149-a1d3-f225287ef1e6-8980456.jpg","altText":"Pakistan's former Prime Minister Imran Khan and his wife Bushra Bibi.","caption":"Pakistan's former Prime Minister Imran Khan and his wife Bushra Bibi.","captionUrl":null,"captionCredit":"K.M. Chaudary\/Copyright 2023 The AP. All rights reserved.","sourceUrl":null,"sourceCredit":null,"callToActionUrl":null,"callToActionText":null,"width":5639,"height":3759}],"authors":{"journalists":[{"id":3272,"urlSafeValue":"sullivan","title":"Rory Sullivan","twitter":null}],"producers":[],"videoEditor":[]},"keywords":[{"id":220,"slug":"pakistan","urlSafeValue":"pakistan","title":"Pakistan","titleRaw":"Pakistan"},{"id":17160,"slug":"imran-khan","urlSafeValue":"imran-khan","title":"Imran Khan","titleRaw":"Imran 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AIRLINES AD APOLOGY","daletPyramidId":null,"channels":[{"id":1},{"id":2},{"id":4},{"id":5},{"id":10},{"id":12},{"id":14}],"status":2,"title":"PIA says flights to France ad campaign not meant to be evocative of 9\/11 terror attacks","titleSeo":null,"titleListing1":"PIA says flights to France ad not meant to be evocative of 9\/11","titleListing2":"Pakistan Airlines says flights to France ad not meant to be evocative of 9\/11 terror attacks","leadin":"A spokesperson for PIA said the ad, which has more than 21.2 million views on X, was only ever meant to celebrate that the airline was resuming flights to Europe.","summary":"A spokesperson for PIA said the ad, which has more than 21.2 million views on X, was only ever meant to celebrate that the airline was resuming flights to Europe.","keySentence":"","url":"pia-says-flights-to-france-ad-campaign-not-meant-to-be-evocative-of-911-terror-attacks","canonical":"https:\/\/www.euronews.com\/2025\/01\/17\/pia-says-flights-to-france-ad-campaign-not-meant-to-be-evocative-of-911-terror-attacks","masterCms":"v2","plainText":"Pakistan's national airline has said that\u00a0an ad campaign showing a plane heading toward the Eiffel Tower was never intended to evoke the memories of the 9\/11 terrorist attacks in New York.\n\nThe illustration shows a plane superimposed over the French flag and tilted toward the Paris landmark, with the words \"Paris, we're coming today.\"\n\nThe ad was posted on X by Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) on 10 January, the day the company resumed flights to European Union countries after a four-year ban by the bloc's aviation safety agency.\n\nMany social media users immediately decried the ad and Pakistan's prime minister, Shebaz Sharif, called for an inquiry.\n\nOn Tuesday, Deputy Prime Minister Ishaq Dar described the ad as an act of \"stupidity.\"\n\nPIA spokesperson Abdullah Hafeez said the ad, which hasn't been deleted and has more than 21.2 million views, was only ever meant to celebrate that the airline was resuming flights to Europe and was never intended to harm 9\/11 survivors or victims' families.\n\nHafeez said he was surprised by the criticism but said that, \"we apologise to those who feel the advertisement hurt them.\"\n\n\"We want to make it clear that we had no intention to hurt the feelings of anyone,\" Hafeez said.\n\nHe said that the Eifel Tower was shown in the ad because it's one of the best places in the world.\n\nCurbs on the airline had been imposed in 2020 after 97 people died when a\u00a0PIA plane crashed in Karachi in southern Pakistan.\n\nThen Aviation Minister Ghulam Sarwar Khan said that an investigation into the crash found that nearly a third of Pakistani pilots had\u00a0cheated on their pilot\u2019s exams.\n\nA government investigation later concluded that the crash was caused by pilot error.\n\nThe ban caused a loss of nearly $150 million (\u20ac145 million) a year in revenue for PIA, officials say.\n\nPakistan has some connections to the 11 September attacks. One of the 9\/11 masterminds,\u00a0Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, was detained in the country in 2003.\n\nAnd in 2011,\u00a0Osama bin Laden was killed in a US special forces raid in Pakistan.\n\n","htmlText":"<p>Pakistan's national airline has said that\u00a0an ad campaign showing a plane heading toward the Eiffel Tower was never intended to evoke the memories of the 9\/11 terrorist attacks in New York.<\/p>\n<p>The illustration shows a plane superimposed over the French flag and tilted toward the Paris landmark, with the words \"Paris, we're coming today.\"<\/p>\n<p>The ad was posted on X by Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) on 10 January, the day the company resumed flights to European Union countries after a four-year ban by the bloc's aviation safety agency.<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-tweet widget--size-fullwidth widget--align-center\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio\u2014auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <div class=\"widget__tweet\" data-tweet-id=\"1876675800671687087\"><\/div>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<p>Many social media users immediately decried the ad and Pakistan's prime minister, Shebaz Sharif, called for an inquiry.<\/p>\n<p>On Tuesday, Deputy Prime Minister Ishaq Dar described the ad as an act of \"stupidity.\"<\/p>\n<p>PIA spokesperson Abdullah Hafeez said the ad, which hasn't been deleted and has more than 21.2 million views, was only ever meant to celebrate that the airline was resuming flights to Europe and was never intended to harm 9\/11 survivors or victims' families.<\/p>\n<p>Hafeez said he was surprised by the criticism but said that, \"we apologise to those who feel the advertisement hurt them.\"<\/p>\n<p>\"We want to make it clear that we had no intention to hurt the feelings of anyone,\" Hafeez said.<\/p>\n<p>He said that the Eifel Tower was shown in the ad because it's one of the best places in the world.<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-image widget--size-fullwidth widget--animation-fade-in widget--align-center\" data-ratio=\"0.6666666666666666\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <img class=\"widgetImage__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////static.euronews.com//articles//stories//08//97//93//34//808x539_cmsv2_3964a820-3290-537b-94c7-295c08130660-8979334.jpg/" alt=\"A PIA plane preparing to take-off for Paris in Islamabad, 10 January, 2025\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/97\/93\/34\/384x256_cmsv2_3964a820-3290-537b-94c7-295c08130660-8979334.jpg 384w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/97\/93\/34\/640x427_cmsv2_3964a820-3290-537b-94c7-295c08130660-8979334.jpg 640w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/97\/93\/34\/750x500_cmsv2_3964a820-3290-537b-94c7-295c08130660-8979334.jpg 750w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/97\/93\/34\/828x552_cmsv2_3964a820-3290-537b-94c7-295c08130660-8979334.jpg 828w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/97\/93\/34\/1080x720_cmsv2_3964a820-3290-537b-94c7-295c08130660-8979334.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/97\/93\/34\/1200x800_cmsv2_3964a820-3290-537b-94c7-295c08130660-8979334.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/97\/93\/34\/1920x1280_cmsv2_3964a820-3290-537b-94c7-295c08130660-8979334.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 95vw, (max-width: 1024px) 80vw, (max-width: 1280px) 55vw, 728px\"\/>\n <figcaption class=\"widget__caption\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionWrap\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionText\">A PIA plane preparing to take-off for Paris in Islamabad, 10 January, 2025<\/span>\n <span class=\"widget__captionCredit\">AP\/Copyright 2025 The AP. All rights reserved.<\/span>\n <\/span>\n <\/figcaption>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<p>Curbs on the airline had been imposed in 2020 after 97 people died when a\u00a0PIA plane crashed in Karachi in southern Pakistan.<\/p>\n<p>Then Aviation Minister Ghulam Sarwar Khan said that an investigation into the crash found that nearly a third of Pakistani pilots had\u00a0cheated on their pilot\u2019s exams.<\/p>\n<p>A government investigation later concluded that the crash was caused by pilot error.<\/p>\n<p>The ban caused a loss of nearly $150 million (\u20ac145 million) a year in revenue for PIA, officials say.<\/p>\n<p>Pakistan has some connections to the 11 September attacks. One of the 9\/11 masterminds,\u00a0Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, was detained in the country in 2003.<\/p>\n<p>And in 2011,\u00a0Osama bin Laden was killed in a US special forces raid in Pakistan.<\/p>\n","hashtag":null,"createdAt":1737065919,"updatedAt":1737089637,"publishedAt":1737089632,"firstPublishedAt":1737089632,"lastPublishedAt":1737089632,"expiresAt":0,"images":[{"url":"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/97\/93\/34\/{{w}}x{{h}}_cmsv2_822757fc-63ef-53dd-981f-e11e8a414e2a-8979334.jpg","altText":"An advert used by Pakistan International Airlines to promote the resumption of direct flights to Paris","caption":"An advert used by Pakistan International Airlines to promote the resumption of direct flights to Paris","captionUrl":null,"captionCredit":"Ad taken from PIA official X 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Blackburn","twitter":null}],"producers":[],"videoEditor":[]},"keywords":[{"id":220,"slug":"pakistan","urlSafeValue":"pakistan","title":"Pakistan","titleRaw":"Pakistan"},{"id":117,"slug":"france","urlSafeValue":"france","title":"France","titleRaw":"France"},{"id":412,"slug":"paris","urlSafeValue":"paris","title":"Paris","titleRaw":"Paris"},{"id":4947,"slug":"911","urlSafeValue":"911","title":"9\/11","titleRaw":"9\/11"},{"id":495,"slug":"new-york","urlSafeValue":"new-york","title":"New York","titleRaw":"New York"},{"id":8207,"slug":"osama-bin-laden","urlSafeValue":"osama-bin-laden","title":"Osama bin Laden","titleRaw":"Osama bin 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POLIO PAKISTAN","daletPyramidId":null,"channels":[{"id":1},{"id":2},{"id":4},{"id":5},{"id":10},{"id":12},{"id":14}],"status":2,"title":"Pakistan begins final polio vaccination campaign of the year amid uptick in cases and insecurity","titleSeo":null,"titleListing1":"Pakistan begins final polio vaccination campaign of the year","titleListing2":"Pakistan begins final polio vaccination campaign of the year amid uptick in cases, security concerns","leadin":"The last push of the year is taking place to try to eradicate polio in Pakistan, one of only two countries left where the disease is still endemic.","summary":"The last push of the year is taking place to try to eradicate polio in Pakistan, one of only two countries left where the disease is still endemic.","keySentence":"","url":"pakistan-begins-final-polio-vaccination-campaign-of-the-year-amid-uptick-in-cases-and-inse","canonical":"https:\/\/www.euronews.com\/health\/2024\/12\/17\/pakistan-begins-final-polio-vaccination-campaign-of-the-year-amid-uptick-in-cases-and-inse","masterCms":"v2","plainText":"Pakistan launched its last nationwide polio vaccination campaign for the year after a surge in new cases hampered efforts to stop the potentially fatal, paralysing disease, officials said.\n\nAccording to the World Health Organization (WHO), Pakistan and neighbouring Afghanistan remain the only two countries where the virus hasn't yet been eliminated.\n\nPakistan has reported 63 confirmed cases since January, and the campaign to protect 45 million young children began in October.\n\nAyesha Raza Farooq, the prime minister\u2019s adviser for the polio eradication programme, said the anti-polio drive will continue until December 22.\n\n\"As a mother, I am appealing to you to open your doors for health workers,\" she said.\n\nPakistan regularly launches such campaigns despite violence affecting medical personnel who oversee the vaccinations and security forces escorting them. Militants falsely claim that vaccination campaigns are a Western conspiracy to sterilise children.\n\nHealth workers targeted by gunmen\n\nAuthorities deployed thousands of police officers to protect health workers following intelligence reports that insurgents could target them.\n\nHowever, gunmen opened fire Monday on police escorting polio workers in Karak, a city in the restive Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, killing a police officer and wounding a health worker, local police official Ayaz Khan said.\n\nAlso on Monday, a gunman riding on a motorcycle shot and wounded a police officer assigned to escort polio workers from a health facility in the northwestern city of Bannu, said local police chief Hamid Khan.\n\nNo one has claimed responsibility for the twin attacks. But more than 200 polio workers and police assigned for their protection have been killed since the 1990s, according to health officials and authorities.\n\nThe latest anti-polio drive campaign began a day after Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif met with medical staff and vowed that Pakistan would win the war against polio.\n\nAfghanistan reported at least 23 confirmed cases in 2024, according to WHO data.\n\nIn September, the Afghan Taliban suddenly stopped a door-to-door vaccination campaign in Afghanistan, a devastating setback for polio eradication.\n\nThe virus is one of the world's most infectious, and any unvaccinated groups of children where the virus is spreading could undermine years of progress.\n\n","htmlText":"<p>Pakistan launched its last nationwide polio vaccination campaign for the year after a surge in new cases hampered efforts to stop the potentially fatal, paralysing disease, officials said.<\/p>\n<p>According to the World Health Organization (WHO), Pakistan and neighbouring Afghanistan remain the only two countries where the virus hasn't yet been eliminated.<\/p>\n<p>Pakistan has reported 63 confirmed cases since January, and the campaign to protect 45 million young children began <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//health//2024//10//28//pakistan-launches-childhood-vaccination-campaign-amid-worrying-surge-in-polio-cases/">in October.<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"c-widget-related\" data-stories-id=\"8887682\" data-event=\"widget_related\">\n <div class=\"c-widget-related__title\">\n <b class=\"c-widget-related__title__text\" lang=\"en\">Related<\/b>\n <\/div>\n <ul class=\"c-widget-related__list\">\n <li class=\"c-widget-related__item\"><a class=\"c-widget-related__article\" href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//health//2024//12//04//poliovirus-has-been-detected-in-sewage-in-3-european-countries-what-happens-now/">Poliovirus has been detected in sewage in 3 European countries. What happens now?<\/a><\/li>\n <\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\n<p>Ayesha Raza Farooq, the prime minister\u2019s adviser for the polio eradication programme, said the anti-polio drive will continue until December 22.<\/p>\n<p>\"As a mother, I am appealing to you to open your doors for health workers,\" she said.<\/p>\n<p>Pakistan regularly launches such campaigns despite violence affecting medical personnel who oversee the vaccinations and security forces escorting them. Militants falsely claim that vaccination campaigns are a Western conspiracy to sterilise children.<\/p>\n<h2>Health workers targeted by gunmen<\/h2>\n<p>Authorities deployed thousands of police officers to protect health workers following intelligence reports that insurgents could target them.<\/p>\n<p>However, gunmen opened fire Monday on police escorting polio workers in Karak, a city in the restive Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, killing a police officer and wounding a health worker, local police official Ayaz Khan said.<\/p>\n<p>Also on Monday, a gunman riding on a motorcycle shot and wounded a police officer assigned to escort polio workers from a health facility in the northwestern city of Bannu, said local police chief Hamid Khan.<\/p>\n<div class=\"c-widget-related\" data-stories-id=\"8837600\" data-event=\"widget_related\">\n <div class=\"c-widget-related__title\">\n <b class=\"c-widget-related__title__text\" lang=\"en\">Related<\/b>\n <\/div>\n <ul class=\"c-widget-related__list\">\n <li class=\"c-widget-related__item\"><a class=\"c-widget-related__article\" href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//health//2024//11//07//polio-vaccination-campaign-finishes-in-gaza-after-violence-delayed-second-round/">Polio vaccination campaign finishes in Gaza, after violence delayed second round<\/a><\/li>\n <\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\n<p>No one has claimed responsibility for the twin attacks. But more than 200 polio workers and police assigned for their protection have been killed since the 1990s, according to health officials and authorities.<\/p>\n<p>The latest anti-polio drive campaign began a day after Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif met with medical staff and vowed that Pakistan would win the war against polio.<\/p>\n<p>Afghanistan reported at least 23 confirmed cases in 2024, according to WHO data.<\/p>\n<p>In September, the Afghan Taliban suddenly stopped a door-to-door vaccination campaign in Afghanistan, a devastating setback for polio eradication.<\/p>\n<p>The virus is one of the world's most infectious, and any unvaccinated groups of children where the virus is spreading could undermine years of progress.<\/p>\n","hashtag":null,"createdAt":1734426830,"updatedAt":1734434293,"publishedAt":1734432388,"firstPublishedAt":1734432388,"lastPublishedAt":1734432388,"expiresAt":0,"images":[{"url":"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/91\/58\/72\/{{w}}x{{h}}_cmsv2_669ca8a0-fadf-5f4a-9168-32e5699e02ea-8915872.jpg","altText":"A health worker administers a polio vaccine to a child in Pakistan in December 2024.","caption":"A health worker administers a polio vaccine to a child in Pakistan in December 2024.","captionUrl":null,"captionCredit":"K.M. 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Khan has remained in jail since his arrest in 2023 which sparked the protests, and faces over 150 charges. He and his supporters claim that they are part of a broader crackdown to weaken his movement.

01/08/2025

Pakistan

Heavy monsoon rains in east Pakistan kill 54 people in 24 hours

Since 26 June, Pakistan has reported 178 deaths from Punjab, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa in the northwest, Sindh in the south and Balochistan in the southwest, officials said.

17/07/2025

Travel News

UK lifts ban on Pakistan Airlines after safety standards improve

British High Commissioner Jane Marriott said that after "extensive engagement" between the UK's Air Safety Committee and the Pakistan Civil Aviation Authority, restrictions on PIA have now been lifted.

16/07/2025

Pakistan

Troops kill 30 militants trying to get into Pakistan from Afghanistan

Militant violence has surged in Pakistan in recent months, much of it blamed on the Pakistani Taliban which is separate from the Afghan Taliban but closely allied with them.

04/07/2025

Pakistan

Five killed in roadside bombing in former Pakistan Taliban stronghold

The Pakistan Taliban, known officially as Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan, often targets security forces and civilians in the north and elsewhere in the country.

02/07/2025

Pakistan

Pakistan considers extending deadline for Afghan refugees to leave

Officials said the proposed extension was to allow the refugees more time to settle their personal affairs in Pakistan, such as selling property or wrapping up business activities, before returning to Afghanistan in an orderly and dignified way.

30/06/2025

Pakistan

Pakistan slams Trump over Iran after backing him for Nobel Peace Prize

Islamabad criticises Washington's bombing of Iranian nuclear sites less than 24 hours after backing US President Donald Trump for a Nobel Peace Prize.

23/06/2025

Pakistan

Five killed after suicide bombing strikes school bus in Pakistan

Officials have warned that the death toll from the attack in the southwestern province of Balochistan could rise.

21/05/2025

Pakistan

Car bomb in Pakistan's Balochistan leaves four dead and 20 injured

No group has claimed responsibility for the attack in Balochistan province. However, suspicion is likely to fall on separatist groups like the Balochistan Liberation Army, which has carried out a number of attacks in recent months.

19/05/2025

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Tensions soar as India and Pakistan exchange cross-border strikes

Protesters gathered in Karachi on Wednesday to condemn Indian missile strikes and voice support for Pakistan’s military, as tensions between the nuclear-armed neighbours continued to escalate.

08/05/2025

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Missile strikes by India kill 19 in Pakistan-controlled territory

India launched missile strikes on multiple targets in Pakistan-controlled territory early Wednesday, killing at least 19 people, including a child, in a sharp escalation of regional tensions.

07/05/2025

Pakistan

Iran's FM visits Pakistan to mediate after deadly Kashmir attack

India has blamed Pakistan for the attack, a charge Islamabad denies, offering to cooperate in an international investigation.

05/05/2025

Pakistan

Pakistan test fires ballistic missile as relations with India worsen

The Pakistani military said the launch was aimed at ensuring the “operational readiness of troops and validating key technical parameters."

03/05/2025

Pakistan

India is planning imminent military attack, Pakistan claims

The intelligence warning comes a week after tensions between the neighbours rose following an attack that killed 26 people in India-administered Kashmir.

01/05/2025

Pakistan

Pakistani military says it killed 54 militants crossing border

The insurgents were spotted and killed near the former stronghold of the Pakistani Taliban near North Waziristan, a district in northwestern Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province along the Afghan border.

27/04/2025

Pakistan

Pakistan begins second nationwide child polio vaccination drive

Health workers are often attacked by militants who falsely claim that vaccination efforts are part of a Western plot to sterilise Muslim children.

21/04/2025

Pakistan

Pakistan intensifies pressure on Afghan refugees, NGO warns

An estimated 800,000 Afghans have already returned or been forcibly removed since 2023, 70% of them women and children.

19/03/2025

Pakistan

Two suicide attacks on Pakistan military base leave at least 12 dead

A group affiliated with the Taliban have claimed responsibility for the attack in the northwestern city of Bannu, the third since the start of Ramadan.

05/03/2025

Pakistan

Pakistan's ex-leader Imran Khan given 14 years in jail for corruption

The 72-year-old, who has been imprisoned since 2023, says the latest ruling is politically motivated and that he will appeal the decision.

17/01/2025

Pakistan

PIA says flights to France ad not meant to be evocative of 9/11

A spokesperson for PIA said the ad, which has more than 21.2 million views on X, was only ever meant to celebrate that the airline was resuming flights to Europe.

17/01/2025

Health news

Pakistan begins final polio vaccination campaign of the year

The last push of the year is taking place to try to eradicate polio in Pakistan, one of only two countries left where the disease is still endemic.

17/12/2024