Yearly Archives: 2014

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Villagers face rising seawater

KARACHI,  April 2, 2014 (Tehmina Qureshi / UPI Next) -- The intrusion of the Arabian Sea into the mouth of the Indus River on...

Low price supports may sour farmers on wheat

LAHORE,  March 23, 2014 (Shehryar Warraich / UPI Next) Farmers in Pakistan a country with the potential to produce enough wheat for domestic...

Activists welcome home-based worker proposals

LAHORE, March 13,2014 (Ihsan Qadir / UPI Next) -- Some human rights activists in Pakistan have welcomed proposed federal government policies and provincial legislation...

Bombing ends lull in violence against minority

KARACHI, March 13,2014 (Moniza Inam / UPI Next) -- A Jan. 22 suicide bombing that killed dozens of Shiite Muslim pilgrims on a bus...

Officials fear attempt to free jailed militants

PESHAWAR, Feb. 28,2014 (Sumeera Riaz / UPI Next) -- Senior officials have told UPI Next concerns remain high there may be an attempt to...

Taliban target local militias

MINGORA, Feb  20,2014 (Fazal Khaliq / UPI Next) -- Despite restoration of peace in northwestern Pakistan's Swat Valley following a 2009 military operation against...

WWF aims to save vultures

KASUR,Feb. 2,2014 (Ihsan Qadir / UPI Next) -- With several species of vultures on the verge of extinction in Pakistan, largely because of veterinary...

Marvel’s Muslim teenage girl superhero

LAHORE, Jan  22,2014 (Shehryar Warraich / UPI Next) -- Some Pakistanis are embracing a new Marvel comic-book superhero modeled on a Pakistani Muslim teenage...

Natural gas shutoff

FAISALABAD, Jan  22,2014 (Mohammad Saleem / UPI Next) -- After disrupting Pakistan's textile industry for two weeks, a government shutoff of natural gas supplies...

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