ISLAMABAD — Pakistan stood like a “wall between terrorism and the world”, Interior Minister Mohsin Naqvi said on Sunday as he met a US Congressional delegation and discussed ways to deepen bilateral cooperation in the fields of economy, trade, security and counter-terrorism. US Congressional delegation comprising Jack Bergman, Thomas Richard Suozzi, Jonathan L Jackson and […]
ISLAMABAD — For the second time this week, the PTI leadership was barred from meeting its party founder, Imran Khan, by Adiala jail authorities — in spite of a high court order, which had allowed party leaders to meet the former prime minister two days a week. Earlier, on Tuesday, a decision to bar the […]
RAWALPINDI — At least eight terrorists were neutralised as Pakistan security forces successfully thwarted their bid to infiltrate through the Pakistan-Afghanistan border in North Waziristan district of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, the military’s media wing said on Sunday. According to the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR), the security forces picked up movement of a group of militants, who […]
LAHORE — Pakistan’s jailed former prime minister Imran Khan has expressed optimism about his release saying he will spend next Eid with the masses as he asserted that the “dark clouds” overshadowing the country will “soon evaporate”. The Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) supremo has been incarcerated since August 2023 and is currently held in Rawalpindi’s high-security […]
KARACHI — Pakistan’s President Asif Ali Zardari has tested positive for coronavirus and is currently in isolation, his physician said on Wednesday. Zardari, 69, was flown from Nawabshah to Karachi and admitted to a private hospital on Tuesday, following complaints of respiratory issues and fever. Dr Asim Hussain, the President’s physician, told the media that […]
ISLAMABAD — Pakistan saw the highest number of militant attacks during the Muslim holy month of Ramadan in a decade, a think tank reported Monday. Some militant groups previously paused hostilities for Ramadan, but the country has seen an overall increase in violence in recent years. The Pak Institute for Peace Studies reported at least […]
ISLAMABAD — Jailed former prime minister Imran Khan has been nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize for his efforts for human rights and democracy. Members of the Pakistan World Alliance (PWA) – an advocacy group founded last December – who also belong to the Norwegian political party Partiet Sentrum, announced the nomination of Khan, 72. […]
PESHAWAR — Pakistan said it killed 10 civilians during an anti-militant operation in the country’s northwest and promised to investigate the circumstances. Authorities made the admission Saturday evening about the deaths, which occurred in the early hours of that morning in a remote hilltop area of Katlang, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province. It is rare for Pakistan […]
BANGKOK — The death toll from a powerful 7.7 magnitude earthquake in Myanmar has jumped to nearly 700, according to the government. State-run television MRTV reported that 694 people have now been found dead and another 1,670 injured, with 68 others injured, according to a statement from the military-led government. The same figures were also […]
KARACHI — At least eight people were killed, 17 injured and three abducted in two separate terror attacks by suspected insurgents in Pakistan’s restive Balochistan province since Wednesday. A bomb exploded near a police vehicle in the Barech Market area of Quetta on Thursday, killing two people and injuring 17 others. Balochistan government spokesperson Shahid […]
