Sources: The Financial Times
One person is killed in Yazoo County, Mississippi, United States, and more than 310,000 people are left without power across five states due to a system of storms affecting the area. 2023-03-3
A major power outage in Pakistan leaves nearly 220 million people without electricity after a failure at the national power grid. Earlier this month, Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif ordered a reduction in energy consumption as the country faces a severe energy crisis. 2023-01-23
Pakistan reports 149 deaths from COVID-19 in the past 24 hours, which is the highest single-day total this year. 2021-04-18
A nationwide blackout occurs in Pakistan, leaving more than 200 million people without power. Senator Faisal Javed Khan says that the blackout was apparently caused by a "sudden frequency drop in the power transmission system". Power is gradually being restored in some parts of the country. 2021-01-9
Pakistan closes its border from Taftan with Iran due to increasing cases of coronavirus in Iran. 2020-02-23
Pakistan detains Hafiz Muhammad Saeed, the suspected mastermind of the 2008 attacks in the Indian city. Saeed, co-founder of the active terrorist organization Lashkar-e-Taiba, is being held under house arrest in Lahore in Pakistan's Punjab Province. Four other men are also under house arrest in the area. 2017-01-31
Taliban militants launch a coordinated raid on Bacha Khan International Airport in Peshawar, Pakistan, killing at least four civilians and injuring more than 40 others. 2012-12-16
Around 150,000 people flee their homes in Sindh as the devastating floods worsen in Pakistan. 2010-08-22
A Pakistan court requests that a mentally-ill woman who was charged but never went on trial for a 1996 desecration of the Koran be released. 2010-07-23
Assailants attack two mosques in Lahore, Pakistan, killing at least 80 and injuring 50 more. 2010-05-28