Faisal Aziz
latest news & developmentsPakistani police comb Karachi as death toll nears 100
Security forces combed troubled neighbourhoods in Karachi on Saturday in search of gunmen as the death toll from violence rose to 98.
Taliban storm military base in Pakistan
A battle with militants at Pakistan’s naval aviation base erupted again after dawn on Monday, with blasts ringing out and choppers hovering overhead.
Militants set fire to Nato tankers in Pakistan
Suspected militants in Pakistan set fire to more than two dozen tankers carrying fuel for Nato troops in Afghanistan on Friday.
UN fears for children as Pakistan floods threaten towns
Flood waters threatened to engulf two towns in southern Pakistan on Saturday, a month after the disaster began.
Pakistanis stream out of town as flood spreads
Thousands of people fled on Friday from the southern Pakistani town of Thatta after the swollen Indus river burst its banks.
UN warns of second wave of Pakistani flood deaths
The United Nations on Wednesday warned of a second wave of deaths from floods in Pakistan unless help arrives soon.
Pakistan troops evacuate thousands in flood disaster
Pakistani troops, spearheading relief efforts in the worst floods in 80 years, evacuated several thousand people in two provinces overnight.
Pakistan’s Sindh on high alert for floods
Districts in Pakistan’s Sindh province were on high alert on Saturday for floods which have devastated other parts of the country.
Mosque siege: Plea to send out dead, wounded
Religious scholars gathered outside a besieged Pakistani mosque on Monday, asking Islamist militants to send out dead and wounded along with women and children, a day after…