Sources: The Financial Times
A ceasefire between Afghanistan and Pakistan collapses with resumed cross-border shelling killing two people in Kunar Province, Afghanistan, while Afghan forces claim to have destroyed three Pakistani military outposts along the border. Both sides accuse each other of breaking the ceasefire first. 2026-03-25
Twelve people are killed and 27 injured in a suicide bombing outside a court in Islamabad, Pakistan. 2025-11-11
In Pakistan, ten people are killed and seven are injured in a bus crash on a highway in Fateh Jang, Punjab. Separately, eight people are killed during a van–truck collision in Naushahro Feroze, Sindh. 2024-12-30
Three people are killed after their bus is struck by a mudslide in Kohistan District, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan. 2024-09-2
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
U.S. White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki announces that the Biden administration will ship 2 million doses of the Pfizer vaccine to Peru and 2.5 million doses of the Moderna vaccine to Pakistan. Additionally, the United States will also send vaccine doses to Bangladesh. 2021-06-29
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 reports 3,009 new cases in the past 24 hours, the highest single-day total since July and bringing the total number of confirmed cases to 382,892. 2020-11-25
Pakistan releases Indian fishermen caught in its territory as a gesture of goodwill. 2016-12-25
At least 22 people have been killed and 65 injured following a collision of the Bahauddin Zakaria Express with a stationary train at Juma Goth Train station, Karachi, Pakistan. 2016-11-3