ISLAMABAD (AA) – The UN secretary general has stressed the need to support Pakistan, which continues rebuilding in the wake of last year’s devastating floods, calling the country a “double victim” of “climate chaos” and “unjust” global financial system. “Pakistan is a double victim – of climate chaos, ...
ISLAMABAD (AA) – At least eight people, including children and women, were killed on Wednesday when a live mortar shell exploded in the southeastern Sindh province of Pakistan. The incident occurred in the Katcha area of Kandhkot district, local broadcaster Dunya News reported. Police said the live shell exploded while a family, collecting jun...
KARACHI, Pakistan (AA) – Pakistan on Monday condemned “in the strongest terms” the latest acts involving the desecration of the holy Quran that took place in the Netherlands in front of some embassies of Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) member countries, including its own. Calling the latest incidents “senseles...
KARACHI, Pakistan (AA) – Prominent Pakistani journalist and anchorperson Imran Riaz Khan, missing for more than four months, returned home on Monday, his lawyer and police said. He had been arrested at an airport in the Sialkot city of Punjab as he tried to leave the country after May 9 protests over former Prime Minister […]
ISLAMABAD (AA) – Pakistani Prime Minister Anwaarul Haq Kakar on Friday said that his country wants peace with all neighbors, including India, but Kashmir remains “key to peace” with New Delhi. In his address to the 78th session of the UN General Assembly in New York City, Kakar said Pakistan desires peaceful and productive relation...
KARACHI, Pakistan (AA) – The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has urged cash-strapped Pakistan to increase its income through taxing the country’s rich, and protect the vulnerable in order to ensure economic stability. The call was reiterated by IMF Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva who met Pakistan’s caretaker Prime Minister...
KARACHI, Pakistan (AA) – The general elections to elect a new government in Pakistan will be held in January next year, the country’s top electoral body has announced. The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP), in a statement, said that the much-awaited polls will be held in the last week of January. It, however, did not […]
ISLAMABAD (AA) – Pakistan’s top court on Friday struck down some crucial amendments introduced by the outgoing government in the anti-corruption laws, restoring corruption cases against politicians and officials. The verdict, announced by Pakistan’s Chief Justice Umar Ata Bandial, ordered the restoration of corruption cases against publi...
Torkham, Afghanistan — AFP The main border crossing between Afghanistan and Pakistan has reopened to pedestrians and vehicles, more than a week after it was closed following a gun battle between frontier guards. There have been several border closures after clashes between Pakistan and Afghan forces since the Taliban returned to power in...
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (AA) – A convoy of paramilitary soldiers was targeted in a roadside bomb blast in northwestern Pakistan on Monday, killing one security official and injuring eight others. Superintendent of Police Mohammad Arshad Khan confirmed that a vehicle of the Frontier Constabulary was hit in the attack on Machni Road in Peshawar, the...
