ISLAMABAD (AA) – Calm returned to the Pakistani capital Islamabad on Thursday as supporters of jailed former Prime Minister Imran Khan returned to their homes after a security operation by the government. Businesses and roads inside and outside the capital reopened after Islamabad remained under lockdown for at least four days. However, ...
Three Muslims were killed as clashes erupted in a northern Indian town over a survey of a Mughal-era mosque. A local court recently ordered a survey of Shahi Jama Masjid in the Sambhal town of Uttar Pradesh state following a petition claiming the temple stood at the site of the mosque. On Sunday morning, when […]
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (AA) – The death toll in tribal clashes in Pakistan’s northwestern Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province has climbed to 35, a local official confirmed. Tribal and sectarian clashes in the Kurram district near the Afghan border erupted late Friday following an attack on passenger vans by unidentified assailants on Thursday. R...
ISLAMABAD (AA) – Pakistan says more than 750,000 Afghan nationals returned to their home country in the past one year, after Islamabad launched a repatriation drive last November. Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Mumtaz Zahra Baloch told a weekly press briefing in Islamabad that the Illegal Foreigners Repatriation Plan continues to ensure a ...
ISLAMABAD (AA) – At least 11 people, including three women, have been killed and several others injured in a gun attack on passenger vans in the northwestern Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan, according to police. Gunmen fired on a convoy of passengers in the Lower Kurram area, killing at least 11 passengers and injuring many [&hel...
ISLAMABAD / KARACHI (AA) – At least 12 security personnel and six militants were killed in a suicide bombing and ensuing clashes in northwestern Pakistan, the army said on Wednesday. A suicide bomber blew himself up near a security check post in the Mali Khan area of the Bannu district in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province before […]
KARACHI, Pakistan (AA) – A Pakistani high court has granted bail to the country’s incarcerated ex-Prime Minister Imran Khan in a corruption case, and ordered his release, according to court records. Khan, along with his wife Bushra Bibi, is accused of illegally selling gifts from foreign governments. The two deny the accusations. Bushra ...
KARACHI, Pakistan (AA) – A four-day multi-national arms exhibition kicked off Tuesday in Pakistan’s commercial capital Karachi, with Türkiye being the biggest participant. Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif inaugurated the International Defense Exhibition and Seminar (IDEAS 2024), a mega event biennially organized in Pakistan, amid heig...
KARACHI, Pakistan (AA) – At least seven Pakistani policemen have been abducted while eight suspected militants and a soldier have been killed in hours-long clashes in the country’s northwestern Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province. Suspected militants kidnapped seven policemen in Bannu district, near the restive North Waziristan tribal region tha...
India says it has successfully test-fired its first long-range hypersonic missile, marking a significant leap in the nation’s defense capabilities. The missile is designed to carry various payloads over distances greater than 900 miles. Tracked by multiple range systems, the missile demonstrated precise terminal maneuvers and high-impac...
