The annual short-term inflation in Pakistan remained above 40 per cent for the second week in a row, mainly driven by a massive increase in gas prices, official data showed on Friday, Dawn newspaper reported.
As many as three tourists died and 20 got injured after a vehicle carrying tourists fell into a ditch in the north of Pakistan's Kalam area, ARY News reported citing rescue sources.
Another person has been tested positive for the Crimean-Congo Hemorrhagic Fever (CCHF) in Karachi, ARY News reported on Saturday citing health authorities.
Ten persons were killed and 22 others injured in a fire at RJ Mall on Rashid Minhas Road in Karachi, Dawn reported, citing statements from hospital and police officials.
Derek Chauvin, the former Minneapolis police officer who was convicted of murdering George Floyd, which sparked the massive 'Black Lives Matter' protest in 2020, was stabbed at a federal prison in Tucson, Arizona, on Friday, New York Times reported citing two people familiar with the situ
The vulnerable villages in Pakistan's mountainous north are facing a threat to their future due to melting glaciers caused by global warming, Reuters reported.
Several Western diplomats and the United Nations have strongly criticised Pakistan over its decision to impose hundreds of dollars in exit fees for every Afghan refugee who fled the persecution by the Taliban condemning the decision as "shocking and frustrating", The Guardian reported.
Yoni Ashner, an Israeli national who wife and two daughters returned to him after being held hostage by Hamas for 49 days, has said that he won't be celebrating the release unless all the hostages under captivity return to their loved ones, Times of Israel reported.