Gwadar in Balochistan has experienced extreme weather conditions in recent years.

Balochistan is an arid, mountainous and vast province in Pakistan’s southwest that has searing summers and harsh winters...

Gwadar is a town is built on sand dunes and bordered by the Arabian sea on three sides at a low elevation...

And that makes it vulnerable to climate change in a country that has already seen its share of catastrophe from it...

Flooding & sea level rise threaten Gwadar

Pakistan’s capital, Islamabad, is under strict security lockdown as Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif met Chinese Premier Li Qiang on Monday. Pakistan's Prime Minister's Office said Li’s visit is the first by a Chinese premier to visit the country in 11 years.

Pakistan PM Shehbaz Sharif and Chinese Premier Li Qiang inaugurate Gwadar International Airport

Pakistan's port city of Gwadar have been rocked by protests, thousands of protestors have brought the city to a standstill leading to clashes between the police forces and the protestors

Protests erupt in Pak's port city of Gwadar, bring the city to a standstill

Pakistan’s Gwadar area is in turmoil as Baloch people took to the streets to protest against the Pakistani forces. As per reports, the Pakistani forces crackdown on the sit-in protest by the Baloch Yakjehti Committee in front of the University of Balochistan, and abducted 12 women and more than 50 men from the gathering, on July 28 (Sunday).

What is happening in Pakistan? Thousands of Balochs gather in Gwadar after security forces fire at protesters

Pakistani security forces say they repulsed an attack by Baloch militants on a complex outside the Chinese-operated deep sea port of Gwadar, killing all eight of them. China has invested heavily in the mineral-rich province of Balochistan, including developing Gwadar, despite separatist insurgency.

Gravitas: Gwadar Port Under Attack: Terror strikes China-operated complex in Balochistan

Pakistan | Gwadar port attack: Gunfire & blasts at port, 2 soldiers killed in attack

Armed assailants have forcibly entered the Gwadar port authority complex and opened firing. Multiple blasts have been reported from the area. Pakistan authorities say all the 8 terrorists have been killed, while trying to enter into the Gwadar port. Wion's anas mallick is tracking the development's from Islamabad.

BREAKING | Pakistan: Balochistan's Gwadar under attack, eight gunmen killed

Heavy rains have wreaked havoc on the coastal town of Gwadar in Pakistan's Balochistan province. The downpour, lasting over 15 hours, submerged entire neighbourhoods, leaving roads, streets, and houses inundated with water.

Balochistan: Heavy rains batter Pakistan’s coastal city of Gwadar, paralyse life

In Pakistan, heavy rains lashed gwadar district and other parts of Balochistan, suspending traffic on the coastal highway. The administration has declared a state of emergency in rain-hit areas. The coastal district received over 100 mm of rainfall in 12 hours. Urban flooding led to the collapse of several houses.

Pakistan: State of emergency in Gwadar district as heavy rain wreaks havoc

An Iranian strike on Pakistan this week that drew a rapid military riposte and raised fears of greater regional turmoil was driven by Iran's efforts to reinforce its internal security rather than its ambitions for the Middle East, according to three Iranian officials, one Iranian insider and an analyst.

Iran-Pakistan tensions: Nine people killed in Pakistan strikes confirms Iran

A convoy of 23 Chinese engineers, which included one van and three SUVs, all bullet-proof, was attacked by Baloch militants in the Pakistani port city of Gwadar, Balochistan.

Pakistan: Convoy of 23 Chinese engineers attacked in Gwadar, 3 terrorists killed

Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Thursday announced that Iran will supply a 100 megawatts of electricity daily to Balochistan's Gwadar region. The supply will begin once the electricity commission line project becomes functional.

Iran to supply 100 MW of electricity to Pakistan; Shehbaz Sharif & Ebrahim Raisi inaugurate project

Two blasts in a spam of 24 hours rocked Pakistan. The first blast took place on Sunday in Gwadar and the second one was a suicide bombing near Quetta. Watch this report to know more.

Two blasts in Pakistan: One Sunday night, other Monday morning

Protests continues in Gwadar and the coastal highway was blocked in response to arrest of 'Haq do Tehreek' leader Hussain Wadala.

Protests in Gwadar continues in response to arrest of ‘Haq do Tehreek’ leader

For the past two months, protesters in Pakistan have blocked the Gwadar East Bay Expressway in Balochistan, an area crucial to Pakistan-China relations.

Pakistan: Protests against CPEC continue in Gwadar, demand for Chinese to leave

Chinese citizens in Balochistan's Gwadar port have been warned by the politically significant 'Haq Do Tehreeq' outfit (Gwadar Rights Movement) to leave by Thursday (December 22).

Pakistan: Gwadar protest leader warns Chinese to leave key port

Pakistan's Gwadar city is up in arms the rights movement for Gwadar is now demanding an end to drugs trafficking. Residents and the entire marker and coastal coastal belt has now raised concerns against the drug trafficking in the region.

Pakistan: Gwadar residents raise voice against drug trafficking

Pakistan's Gwadar city is up in arms. The rights movement for Gwadar is demanding an end to drugs trafficking.

Rights movement for Gwadar demands end to drug trafficking

As Gwadar continues its massive demonstration against the mega developmental plans in line with China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) for over a month, China is now expressing concerns over the both "non-violent and armed" forms of the escalating protest in Pakistan city, as per a European think tank.

Pakistan: Gwadar protests continue to simmer as leaders issue warning against Chinese-led project

Protests intensify in Gwadar against mega developmental plans in line with CPEC

After a month of a stir by residents in Pakistan's port city Gwadar, the government has finally accepted all the demands. The government also promises a University in Gwadar.

After a month of a stir, Gwadar protests were called off as Pakistan government accept all demands

Following a month-long protest demanding basic rights, the residents of Gwadar called off their sit-in agitation after the Pakistan government accepted “all of their demands”.

Gwadar protesters call off stir after Pakistan govt accepts ‘all of their demands’

The protests in Gwadar have been going on for over a month. Now after 30 days of thousands taking to the streets in the port city, the protests have finally been called off. Pakistan government claims to have accepted all their demands saying that they will be implemented in a month.

Gwadar protest ends after over a month as Pakistan government 'accepts demands'

It has been a month since the protests started in Gwadar. What started as just hundreds protesting - in the port city has now turned into a sea of people on the streets. All fighting for their rights. It is a story that the world has been ignoring. WION is the only international channel - To bring you the latest on the Gwadar protests. But before we tell you more - take a look at these visuals.

Gwadar Protest | Solidarity rallies held across Pakistan

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