Exciting but different start to 2025 - briefly back in London Broadcasting House after 2 yrs in Pakistan, then a few months of maternity leave.Brilliant @Azadeh_Moshiri stepping in to report with great Pakistan team @uszahid @mkdayankhan @MalikMudassir2 - see you soon Islamabad!

‘I hid Sara Sharif’s family’ . We tracked down one of Urfan Sharif’s relatives, who told us how he hid them for weeks from the police during last summer’s man hunt . Full story: . With @uszahid @mkdayankhan @MalikMudassir2.

The glaciers of Gilgit Baltistan are under threat. The full version of our piece for @BBCNews on how a warming world is relocating whole villages is now up on YouTube: . With @mkdayankhan @uszahid @MalikMudassir2

“Very soon this heaven will become a hell for us”. The glaciers of Gilgit Baltistan are melting, causing destruction. Some villages are now moving altogether; considered impossible to live in. Now on iPlayer:. . With @uszahid @mkdayankhan .@MalikMudassir2

RT @MishalHusain: Vital piece from ⁦@caroline_gm_d⁩ on what climate change is doing to this region

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Smog is inescapable in many cities across Punjab .Over the weekend, Multan saw air quality readings up to 2000 . Our piece on Lahore from Friday’s @BBCNews . With @MalikMudassir2 and @FakhirMunir

Beautifully told, incredible history of the time and a family’s story .If you’ve not yet read @MishalHusain Broken Threads, do!.

‘At best this is a dangerous distraction….’ . After a week of rallies and MPs arrested, what happens next in Pakistan’s game of cat and mouse between Imran Khan’s PTI and the authorities? . I spoke to @MichaelKugelman and @Mehmal. With @uszahid .

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Today marks a year behind bars for Imran Khan. ‘There’s still a swagger about him,’ says his sister Aleema Khanum;. But what could happen next? . With @Aleema_KhanPK @salmanAraja & @MichaelKugelman . @uszahid/@mkdayankhan.

Usually the Edhi ambulance service says it takes in 30-40 bodies a day in its Karachi morgues. In the last 6 days total it’s taken 568. With @uszahid . Deaths mount as Pakistan swelters in heatwave

RT @MarkUrban01: It’s time to hand in my body armour after 30+ years covering conflict for the BBC. How have our ways of surviving on the b….

‘If I gave them the whole world it won’t be equal to what they did for us’. The story of the remarkable rescue of 10 year old Zulaikha from the flood waters by a stranger . Our TV piece from north east Afghanistan .With @uszahid and @MalikMudassir2 .For @BBCNews

Swept for over a mile by the flood’s current, 10 year old Zulaikha came close to drowning. Then a stranger spotted her in the water. The story of her incredible rescue in the village of Fulool, north east Afghanistan . With @uszahid and @MalikMudassir2 .

‘We have nothing left, not even a glass for tea’. Debris rubble and tree roots is all that remains in some parts of the villages in hit by flash flooding late last week. Our piece for @BBCNews from Afghanistan .With @MalikMudassir2 and @uszahid

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Nearly a week since Iran’s elections took place, the first since nationwide protests. In a country where turnout is tied to legitimacy, the question is how many will vote? .ICYMI.Our piece for @BBCNews .With @uszahid and @MalikMudassir2 .Part 1/2

Tear gas and talks. But Pakistan is still waiting to see who will form a government .Our report on @BBCNews last night .With @uszahid and @MalikMudassir2

Pakistan has voted but there is still no government .Our latest from Lahore’s celebrations as Imran Khan’s candidates take the lead . For @BBCNews with @uszahid and @MalikMudassir2