Updated 2:21 am, Monday, April 9, 2018 window._taboola = window._taboola || []; _taboola.push({ mode: 'thumbnails-c', container: 'taboola-interstitial-gallery-thumbnails-4', placement: 'Interstitial Gallery Thumbnails 4', target_type: 'mix' }); _taboola.push({flush: true}); Photo: K.M. Chaudary, AP Image 1of/4 CaptionClose Image 1 of 4 A health worker gives a polio vaccine to a girl in Lahore, Pakistan, Monday, April 9, 2018. A Pakistani official said authorities launched a new polio vaccination drive, aiming to reach 38.7 million children under the age of 5. less A health worker gives a polio vaccine to a girl in Lahore, Pakistan, Monday, April 9, 2018. A Pakistani official said authorities launched a new polio vaccination drive, aiming to reach 38.7 million children ... more Photo: K.M. Chaudary, AP Image 2 of 4 A health … [Read more...] about Pakistan launches new polio vaccination drive
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Pakistan tribesmen rally against security forces in Peshawar
Updated 6:46 am, Sunday, April 8, 2018 PESHAWAR, Pakistan (AP) — Thousands of people from Pakistan's tribes have rallied in the northwestern city of Peshawar demanding the release of scores of suspects being held by authorities on alleged links to militants. The participants chanted against security forces and carried portraits of relatives they claim went missing during military operations in recent years. An estimated 15,000 people attended Sunday's rally organized by the Movement for Protection of Pashtuns group. In his speech, organizer Manzoor Pashteen said they are calling for the "right to live without fear." Latest videos Now Playing: Now Playing Anti-Sinclair Deadspin montage scheduled to air in ad on Sinclair stations The Baltimore Sun Migration dominates in run-up to Hungary's election Euronews Bill banning Louisiana teens from buying assault style guns gaining steam WDSU SpaceX Launches Iridium Satellites Associated Press Rep. … [Read more...] about Pakistan tribesmen rally against security forces in Peshawar
Pakistan summons US envoy over deadly crash
Updated 1:27 am, Sunday, April 8, 2018 window._taboola = window._taboola || []; _taboola.push({ mode: 'thumbnails-c', container: 'taboola-interstitial-gallery-thumbnails-3', placement: 'Interstitial Gallery Thumbnails 3', target_type: 'mix' }); _taboola.push({flush: true}); Photo: Anjum Naveed, AP Image 1of/3 CaptionClose Image 1 of 3 Pakistani journalists examine a car of American diplomate parked inside a police station after an accident in Islamabad, Pakistan, Saturday, April 7, 2018. Pakistani police say a car carrying an American diplomat has accidentally hit a Pakistani motorcyclist in the capital, Islamabad, killing him on the spot. less Pakistani journalists examine a car of American diplomate parked inside a police station after an accident in Islamabad, Pakistan, Saturday, April 7, 2018. Pakistani police say a car carrying an American ... more … [Read more...] about Pakistan summons US envoy over deadly crash
Italian dies skiing on Pakistan mountain
Pakistan´s Karakoram range is a magnet for mountaineers. Photo: Rhea Preston via Flickr An Italian mountaineer died during a skiing accident in Gilgit-Baltistan region as he attempted to descend a 6,000-metre (19,685-foot) peak, the Alpine Club of Pakistan said Saturday. "Leonardo Comelli, 27, an Italian alpinist lost his life on Thursday while making a ski descent from the 6,096-metres high Laila Peak," Karrar Haideri, spokesman of the Alpine Club of Pakistan told AFP. The alpinist had been a member of a four-person team that arrived in Pakistan´s Karakoram range in late May to summit the peak but were forced this week to retreat just 150 metres below the top due to bad weather, according to the club. Haideri said the team then began the first attempt to ski down Laila Peak when Comelli crossed his skis and lost his balance, falling 400 metres down rugged terrain to his death. The other three members of the team were safely able to retrieve the body and ski down the … [Read more...] about Italian dies skiing on Pakistan mountain
French climber saved on Pakistan’s ‘killer mountain’
The team of Polish climbers with support from the Pakistani military launched the attempt Saturday afternoon to rescue stranded French mountaineer Elisabeth Revol, but were unable to reach Polish national Tomek (Tomasz) Mackiewicz on Nanga Parbat. "The rescue for Tomasz is unfortunately not possible -- because of the weather and altitude it would put the life of rescuers in extreme danger," wrote Ludovic Giambiasi, a friend of Revol, in a series of updates on Facebook. "It's a terrible and painful decision." The four rescuers were flown by the Pakistani military from the base camp of K2 -- the world's second-highest peak -- to reach the stranded climbers. They were part of a Polish expedition seeking to become the first mountaineers to summit K2's peak during the winter, when good climbing days are rare. "The K2 climbers who stopped their historic effort for a winter K2 summit will descend with Elisabeth Revol -- one life saved," said Karar Haideri, spokesman … [Read more...] about French climber saved on Pakistan’s ‘killer mountain’