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
Pakistan and Afghanistan report their first suspected cases of monkeypox. 2022-05-29
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
A suicide bombing took place near a Pakistan army truck in Quetta, Balochistan, Pakistan, leaving 15 people dead including 8 soldiers, while injuring 40 others. 2017-08-12
India and Pakistan trade fire across the borders resulting in five civilian deaths in India and four in Pakistan. 2014-10-6
At least 35 people die in Balochistan, Pakistan, in a collision between a petrol tanker and two buses. 2014-03-22
A suicide bombing at a market in the Pakistani town of Darra Adam Khel kills at least 15 people. 2012-10-13
At least 45 people are killed and at least 50 others are injured in Khar, Bajaur, Pakistan when a woman throws two hand grenades and detonates her vest at a World Food Programme (WFP) distribution centre in the early morning. [https:--www.bbc.co.uk-news-world-south-asia-12078248 (BBC)] [https:--web.archive.org-web-20101226072330-http:--www.voanews.com-english-news-Suspected-Suicide-Bomber-Kills-40-in-Pakistan-112448854.html (Voice of America)] [http:--www.jpost.com-International-Article.aspx?id=200936 ("The Jerusalem Post") ]2010-12-25
Pope Benedict XVI urges Pakistani authorities to release Aasia Bibi, a Christian woman facing a death sentence on a charge of blasphemy against Islam. 2010-11-20