Feature: China-aided hydroelectric plant...

by Xinhua writer Liu Tian ISLAMABAD, April 22 (Xinhua) -- Three years ago, 28-year-old Maryam Saleem decided to forgo an urban life in Pakistan's capital Islamabad and head to the remote mountains. S

Pakistan condemns blast attacks in Sri L...

ISLAMABAD, April 21 (Xinhua) -- Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan on Sunday condemned the terrorist attacks in Sri Lanka, saying his country stands with the people of Sri Lanka during the hour of g

Pakistani sinologist prepares master pro...

Nearly 40 years later, 57-year-old Pakistani Zamir Ahmed Awan still vividly remembers the days he spent at Shanghai University in China as a machine engineering student. "From 1980 to 1987, I stayed

Feature: Pakistani sinologist prepares m...

ISLAMABAD, April 21 (Xinhua) -- Nearly 40 years later, 57-year-old Pakistani Zamir Ahmed Awan still vividly remembers the days he spent at Shanghai University in China as a machine engineering studen

Terrorist activities resurface in Pakist...

At least 14 people, mostly security personnel, were shot dead early Thursday by unidentified gunmen who hijacked passenger buses in Pakistan's southwest Balochistan province, amid intensified securit

11 security personnel among 14 killed by...

ISLAMABAD, April 18 (Xinhua) -- At least 14 people including 11 security personnel were killed when some unknown gunmen opened fire at them in Ormara area of Pakistan's southwestern Balochistan provi

Militants gun down 14 passengers in Balo...

ISLAMABAD, April 18 (Xinhua) -- Some unknown militants gunned down 14 passengers after off-loading them from their bus on gunpoint in Pakistan's southwest Balochistan province in the wee hours of Thu

49 killed, 176 injured in heavy rains, h...

ISLAMABAD, April 17 (Xinhua) -- Pakistan's National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) said on Wednesday that at least 49 people were killed and 176 others injured as torrential rains followed by f