Pakistan flood victims still in camps

9 February 2012, 3:02 am

Nearly six month since devastating floods destroyed tens of thousands of acres of land in Pakistan's Sindh area, thousands of farmers have been unable to return to their lands and are still living in relief camps. Millions of dollars in aid was pledged to help, but a UK-based charity organisation sa... Read More »

'Drone attacks illegal, fuel terror' - Pakistani FM

9 February 2012, 3:00 am

American drones hitting targets on Pakistani territory is illegal, and involvement of the Pakistani spy agencies with Taliban not even worthy of comment, said Hina Rabbani Khar, Pakistan's Foreign Minister, exclusively to RT. RT on Twitter twitter.com RT on Facebook www.facebook.com... Read More »

Inside Story - Who failed Pakistan's flood victims?

8 February 2012, 10:52 pm

Six months since floods ravaged Pakistan's Sindh and Balochistan provinces, millions of victims are still waiting for urgent aid. Who failed them -- the government, donor community or media? Guests: Shaheen Chughtai, Zafar Iqbal Qadir, Naveed Ahmed.... Read More »

World's Biggest Giant whale Shark Caught in Karachi Pakistan 7th Feb 2012

8 February 2012, 1:38 am

Hundreds of people gathered at a fish harbor in Pakistan's city Karachi on Tuesday to see a 40-feet long dead fish, a sight uncommon in the country during the past many years. The giant whale shark washed ashore on Tuesday but according to media reports it was spotted unconscious 10 days ago some 15... Read More »

Scores trapped in Pakistan building collapse

6 February 2012, 10:13 pm

A gas explosion has killed at least nine people in the Pakistani city of Lahore, including two children. It happened at an illegal factory said to be using child labourers. Many workers remain trapped, and are feared dead. Al Jazeera's Caroline Ma... Read More »

Pakistan embarks on polio-vaccine drive

5 February 2012, 10:30 pm

Pakistan is one of the few countries in the world still affected by the polio virus. Now, in an unusual effort to eliminate the disease, health workers are stopping vehicles at a busy toll booth outside Islamabad to administer free polio vaccination drops to children under the age of five. The gover... Read More »

Inside Story - Is Pakistan backing the Taliban?

1 February 2012, 11:23 pm

Pakistan has rejected fresh accusations that it is directly supporting the Taliban in Afghanistan, following a leaked secret US report. Does Pakistan prefer a Taliban government in Afghanistan? Guests: Zaid Hamid, Wali Massoud and Richard Weitz.... Read More »

Pakistan rejects leaked Nato report

1 February 2012, 5:19 am

Pakistan has rejected a leaked Nato report that says it's secretly helping the Taliban in Afghanistan. Hina Rabbani Khar, Pakistan's foreign minister, says the claims should be ignored. Khar is in Kabul, where she has been meeting Afghan leaders for high level reconciliation talks and to end what sh... Read More »

India-Pakistan rivalry's new battleground

27 January 2012, 10:31 pm

The historic rivalry between India and Pakistan has often been played out on the cricket field. Now, the two nuclear-armed nations take the battle to the kitchen as Foodistan, a reality show, pits some of the finest chefs from both countries against each other. Following a report Al Jazeera's Sohail... Read More »

Gas crisis hits Pakistani industries

27 January 2012, 1:13 am

Pakistan, a country with large reserves of natural gas, is suffering from a shortage of the resource amongst industries, who rely on it to generate power. The knock-on effect from the industries shutting down for long periods is that millions are going without work, in an economy that is already ree... Read More »