Boohoo ‘pays Pakistani workers 29p an hour’ investigation claims

Boohoo sweatshop shame: Fashion chain sells clothes made by Pakistani workers earning just 29p an hour, investigators claim Workers in the factory in Faisalabad claim they are earning £47 a month  Pakistan’s minimum wage for 17,500 rupees to the 10,000 paid in the factory There are also allegations that workers in Leicester are paid £3.50 … Read more

Last two animals at run-down Pakistani zoo move out as it closes for good

The Pakistani zoo which once housed the ‘world’s loneliest elephant’ Kaavan has now closed for good after the last of its animals were taken to shelters overseas. Marghazar Zoo, in the capital Islamabad, shut its doors on Wednesday following the departure of Bubloo and Suzie, two Himalayan brown bears who had been kept in captivity … Read more

7 Brits ‘of Pakistani origin’ arrested in Paris for ‘trying to run over cop outside Israel embassy’ 

Seven Britons ‘of Pakistani origin’ including two minors are arrested in Paris for ‘trying to run over a cop outside Israeli embassy’ By Ross Ibbetson For Mailonline Published: 12:27 BST, 21 October 2020 | Updated: 12:28 BST, 21 October 2020 Seven Britons, including two teenagers, have been arrested in Paris after trying to run over … Read more

Pakistani schoolboy who survived a Taliban massacre is going to Oxford

As the Taliban death squad stalked through the school assembly hall, shooting boy after green-uniformed boy with chilling dispassion, Ahmad Nawaz slid to the floor and cowered under his chair. Lying face down with his hands clasped over his head, he held his breath as the clatter of gunfire drew ever closer. Then he could … Read more

Pakistani PM Imran Khan urges western governments to waive debt repayments

Pakistani PM Imran Khan urges western governments to waive debt repayments as he warns more people in developing countries will starve under coronavirus lockdowns than will be killed by the disease Pakistan has recorded 5,183 infections, with 88 deaths, so far in the pandemic Its already-struggling economy has been hit hard by the nationwide lockdowns … Read more