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A volunteer wearing a protective suit checks the body temperature of homeless people standing in line to get free lunch packets on the roadside after the government eased a nationwide lockdown, in New Delhi, late last month.

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India, Pakistan Record Big Jump In Coronavirus Cases

4:46am June 05, 2020

India, which now has the highest number of reported coronavirus cases in Asia, added nearly 10,000 new infections on Friday, while neighboring Pakistan reports some 5,000 more.

Dozens of worshippers pray outside the Haidari Mosque in the Pakistani capital of Islamabad.

Pakistan Calls Off Limits On Mosque Attendance In Time For Ramadan

1:59pm April 23, 2020

The clampdown on public gatherings was openly defied by clerics and worshippers. Now the government has changed the rules as the holy month is about to begin.

Dozens of worshippers outside the Haidari Mosque in the Pakistani capital of Islamabad.

Pakistan Limits Worshippers At Mosques. Many Worshippers Are Defiant

1:56pm April 17, 2020

Pakistani authorities have called for a maximum of 5 worshippers in a mosque. Many in the religious community disagree — and the issue will only become more heated as Ramadan approaches.

A municipal worker in Karachi hands out bags of food — part of government efforts to help those who've lost their livelihood during Pakistan's lockdown to stem the spread of the coronavirus.

Pakistan Has A Plan To Keep Millions From Going Hungry During Shutdown. Will It Work?

12:00pm April 14, 2020

As incomes dry up for low-paid Pakistanis during the COVID-19 crisis, the government is massively expanding a program that gives cash to the out-of-work. But concerns are being raised about its reach.

Social distancing is a challenge in tightly packed slum neighborhoods, like this one in Karachi, Pakistan.

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Social Distancing Is A Distant Dream In Pakistan's Urban Slums

5:43pm April 06, 2020

In a poor neighborhood in Islamabad, houses are right up against each other, families may live 10 or more in a single room and streets are narrow and crowded.

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18 Years After Murder And Arrests, Convictions In Daniel Pearl Killing Are Reversed

8:00am April 04, 2020

by Diaa Hadid

Wall Street Journal reporter Daniel Pearl, who was looking into jihadi terrorism, was beheaded on camera in early 2002. The Pakistani prosecutor is appealing the ruling to his country's supreme court.

A man donates food to an elderly woman during a government-imposed nationwide lockdown as a preventive measure against the new coronavirus in Islamabad on Sunday.

As The Coronavirus Spreads In Pakistan, Volunteers Rush Out To Help

2:14pm March 30, 2020

One Pakistani entrepreneur is making protective gear. A Pakistani lawyer raised thousands of dollars and converted his office into a food storehouse for people in need.

Tablighi Jamaat members prepare to leave after a mass religious gathering outside Lahore on March 13.

Mass Religious Gathering In Pakistan Leads To Fresh Concerns Over COVID-19 Spread

1:23pm March 23, 2020

by Diaa Hadid

The Tablighi Jamaat, a global missionary group, brought together thousands of Muslim preachers from 80 countries. The Gaza Strip's first cases of coronavirus infection are linked to this gathering.

Trash from an informal dump in far northern Pakistan is frequently incinerated, sending up plumes of foul-smelling smoke right near a glacial lake frequented by tourists.

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Why Pakistanis In The Otherworldly Highlands Aren't Happy To See Pakistani Tourists

12:13pm February 15, 2020

In the far northern region of snow-capped peaks, glaciers, rivers and orchards, domestic visitors are earning a bad reputation.

Pakistani author Mohammed Hanif says copies of the Urdu translation of his irreverent novel, A Case of Exploding Mangoes, were seized from his publisher's office this week. The book was published in English in 2008 to wide international acclaim and was tr

Pakistani Author Comes Under Fire For Satirical Novel After Urdu Edition Is Published

10:43am January 10, 2020

Copies of a new Urdu edition of Mohammed Hanif's 2008 novel, A Case of Exploding Mangoes, were seized Monday. Rights groups say it's another sign that freedom of expression is threatened in Pakistan.