Yearly Archives: 2013

Residents say Karachi is a dangerous city

KARACHI, Sept 22,2013 (Filza Khurram / UPI Next) -- Many Karachi residents apparently agree with a U.S. magazine's claim that the Pakistani city of...

Conflicts spur social media war among young

ISLAMABAD, Sept 22,2013 (Obaid Khan / UPI Next) -- Renewed conflict between Pakistan and India -- most recently Pakistani accusations that Indian troops shelled...

Rains bring new life and tourism to Thar Desert

KARACHI, Sept 20,2013 (Amar Guriro / UPI Next)  -- Deadly monsoons across much of Pakistan have caused the Thar Desert to bloom, spurring tourism...

Conservatives’ polio vaccine boycott

QUETTA, Sep 16,2013 (Abdul Malik Achakzai / UPI Next) -- Nasir Khan, a waiter with a polio-stricken 3-year-old son, is one of the faces...

Water scarcity in future

A vagabond girl traveling by donkey on the Quetta-Qila Saifullah highway searches for drinking water to bring to her family in Balochistan, Pakistan...

Reignite Kashmir tensions

LAHORE, Aug 30,2013 (Sumeera Riaz / UPI Next) -- Skirmishes between Pakistani and Indian troops along a disputed boundary in the shared region of...

First female jirga set up in Swat

MINGORA, Aug 28,2013 (Fazal Khaliq / UPI Next) -- The first all-female jirga -- or council -- has been created in the deeply conservative...

Sets up female-staffed police desks

SAIDU SHARIF, Aug 28,2013 (Adnan Rashid / UPI Next) -- The new government of Pakistan's Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province has established four police desks staffed...

Public opinion on the U.S. hits a low point

ISLAMABAD, Aug 26,2013 (Maha Kamal / UPI Next) -- Pakistanis’ perception of the United States has fallen to a new low, placing Pakistan at...

Flood relief under control

NAROWAL, Aug. 23,2013 (Sumeera Riaz / UPI Next) -- For the fourth summer in a row, flash floods triggered by torrential rains have hit...

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