Download  Hundreds of thousands of people are engaged in bonded labor in Pakistan, according the International Labor Organisation.

The practice continues despite the fact the country’s highest court abolished bonded labor two decades ago.

Thirty miles from the capital, Islamabad, our reporter Yasir Ali Khan finds more than 40 families who have been in bonded labor for decades.

Download  The United Nations says one out of nine Pakistanis hit by recent floods ‘need help quickly’.

The Pakistani government has said it can’t cope alone and is calling on the global community to do more to help them.

Without urgent aid there are fears the natural disaster will lead to social unrest.

After causing devastation in the north and centre of the country, floods are now wrecking havoc in the southern Sindh province leaving over two million people homeless.

Hundreds of thousands are still marooned in thousands of villages in Katcha forests located in the middle of the Indus River

Naeem Sahoutara reports from Sukkur.

Download  The United Nations says massive floods in Pakistan have affected more than 13 million people and caused greater devastation than the 2004 tsunami.

Flood waters have seeped into virtually every corner of the nation devastating basic infrastructure including bridges, roads, schools, health clinics, power facilities and sewage systems.

The Khyber Pukhtunkhwa is the worst affected province.

Shahab-ur-Rahman in Peshawar reports.

Download  Recently two suicide bombers carried out a deadly attack on a Sufi shrine in the eastern Pakistani city of Lahore.

There are some elements among Islamist extremists, including the Taliban, who believe that worshipping at the shrines of saints is un-Islamic.

But despite growing threats Sufism and its mystical elements are gaining popularity amongst the young.  

Naeem Sahoutara joins the young fans at a performance of folksingers presenting fusion Sufi songs in Karachi.