Mar 11 2020
Islamabad (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Pakistan's parliament passed a new law against child abuse on Wednesday, two years after the rape and murder of a 7-year-old girl that shocked the country.
May 31 2018
ISLAMABAD (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Nawabshah, a city in Pakistan’s southern Sindh province, made headlines last month when it hit what may be a new record world temperature for April: 50.2 degrees (122 degrees Fahrenheit), according to the World Meteorological Organization.
May 21 2018
LAHORE (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Bindya Rana wipes away tears of joy as she recalls her long battle to have the rights of Pakistan's transgender community formally recognized in law.
May 21 2018
MARDAN, Pakistan (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Adil Khan’s hopes for a good harvest are fading again this year as he inspects his orchard of apricot and loquat trees in the mountains of Pakistan’s northwest Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa province.
Apr 30 2018
RAWALPINDI, Pakistan (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Pakistan’s environmental protection agency is installing air quality monitors and warning factories to add pollution filters after a panel of the country’s top judges ordered the government to detail its efforts to control worsening air pollution.
Apr 09 2018
ISLAMABAD (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - With the approach of springtime, most residents in this capital city look forward to trading in snow and icy weather for milder temperatures and blossoming flowers and trees.
Mar 27 2018
ISLAMABAD (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Upset by the felling of many of Islamabad’s trees – victims of rapid urbanization - the city's children are fighting back with a tree planting drive.
Feb 07 2018
ISLAMABAD (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - In early November last year, Muhammad Islam was surprised by news from the Pakistan Meteorological Department.
Jan 08 2018
KATHMANDU (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - When heavy monsoon rains triggered unprecedented flooding last August in the area around western Nepal’s Babai and West Rapti rivers, the swollen waters crossed the border into India within a few hours.
Dec 10 2017
ISLAMABAD, Dec 11 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - A decade
ago, artist Suleman Shams left Lahore and moved his family to
Pakistan’s tree-lined capital, drawn by the city's green and
peaceful character.