Sources: The Financial Times
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 bombing in Chaman, Balochistan, Pakistan, near the border with Afghanistan, kills three people and injures 13 others. The Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan has claimed responsibility for the attack. 2021-03-23
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
Saudi Arabia signs $20 billion dollars in deals with Pakistan. 2019-02-17
Two suicide bombers belonging to the Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan splinter group Jamaat-ul-Ahrar blow themselves up in twin bomb attacks on two churches in the Pakistani city of Lahore, killing at least fourteen people with 70 more injured. 2015-03-15
At least 21 militants are killed in airstrikes and a gunfight in Pakistan's northwestern tribal areas. 2014-09-28
At least seven people are killed in Pakistan after an American drone strike targets a militant compound near the border with Afghanistan. 2013-07-2
Former Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf is granted protective bail in several cases, paving the way for his return to Pakistan from self-imposed exile. 2013-03-22
Suspected United States missiles strike two cars carrying militants in Pakistan's Kurram Valley resulting in at least four deaths. 2010-08-28