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Two young Army officers among six soldiers martyred in Hangu firefight as militant violence grips northwest Pakistan Jamaat-i-Islami begins march on Pakistan’s capital over fuel levy Pakistan seeks bids in first 400-megawatt power wheeling auction Pakistan puts Rs120 billion daily price tag on unrest before Imran Khan’s party takes to streets Pakistan says 23 kidnapped people freed and five militants killed in Balochistan highway operation Talks collapse, JI to press ahead with fuel-tax protest march in Islamabad Pakistan rejects Taliban ‘pretence of dialogue’, warns terrorists will be hit ‘wherever they are’ after Kohat attack Only jailed Imran Khan can call off march on Islamabad, opposition says Pakistan moves to fix gaps in PM Sharif’s fuel relief scheme as uptake tops 1.7 million Pakistan sends interior minister to Tehran as Houthi strikes on Riyadh threaten to widen Gulf war

Latest News

Pakistan rejects Taliban ‘pretence of dialogue’, warns terrorists will be hit ‘wherever they are’ after Kohat attack

September 20, 2026 at 10:12 AM

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan has accused the Afghan Taliban of using the “pretence of dialogue” to shield militants, as it warned it had the “will and capability” to eliminate terrorist threats “wherever they are” following a suicide attack on a police mosque that killed at least 23 people.

  • Aleema Khan, sister of jailed former prime minister, detained days ahead of planned capital march

    September 20, 2026 at 05:52 PM
  • Pakistan condemns drone strikes on Saudi pipeline as Middle East oil war widens

    September 13, 2026 at 01:51 PM
  • In Sindh, a vote to stay whole — and a message to Rawalpindi

    September 4, 2026 at 09:20 AM
  • Five years on, the world has stopped watching Afghanistan. That is precisely what the Taliban were counting on

    August 15, 2026 at 09:32 PM

OPED

Editorial

  • The pause that can’t become peace
  • Budget changes little
  • Budget delivers what the IMF wants, not what the people need

Opinion

  • In Sindh, a vote to stay whole — and a message to Rawalpindi
  • Five years on, the world has stopped watching Afghanistan. That is precisely what the Taliban were counting on
  • Mecca’s new pact is a hedge, not a break — and the Gulf knows the difference

Videos

  • US-Iran Round Two: Pakistan’s Make-or-Break Push for Peace

Politics

Pakistan sends interior minister to Tehran as Houthi strikes on Riyadh threaten to widen Gulf war

September 20, 2026 at 09:23 AM

ISLAMABAD: The interior minister was due in Tehran on Sunday for what Iran called a purely bilateral visit, as Islamabad struggled to keep its role as go-between in the Iran-US war while being pulled ever closer to a new front in Yemen.

  • Talks collapse, JI to press ahead with fuel-tax protest march in Islamabad

    September 20, 2026 at 10:27 AM
  • Pakistan rejects Taliban ‘pretence of dialogue’, warns terrorists will be hit ‘wherever they are’ after Kohat attack

    September 20, 2026 at 10:12 AM
  • Taliban threaten “crushing response” if Pakistan strikes Afghanistan – but ask Saudi Arabia to help broker peace

    September 19, 2026 at 02:58 PM
  • Pakistan warns Red Sea and Hormuz crises threaten global energy and food supplies

    September 19, 2026 at 02:47 PM
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People

Aleema Khan, sister of jailed former prime minister, detained days ahead of planned capital march

September 20, 2026 at 05:52 PM

By Staff Reporter LAHORE: Police detained Aleema Khan, the sister of jailed former prime minister Imran Khan, in Lahore on Sunday, and a district official

  • Two young Army officers among six soldiers martyred in Hangu firefight as militant violence grips northwest Pakistan

    September 21, 2026 at 01:35 AM
  • Jamaat-i-Islami begins march on Pakistan’s capital over fuel levy

    September 20, 2026 at 07:56 PM
  • Pakistan says 23 kidnapped people freed and five militants killed in Balochistan highway operation

    September 20, 2026 at 10:39 AM
  • Only jailed Imran Khan can call off march on Islamabad, opposition says

    September 20, 2026 at 09:48 AM
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BITES

  • Mobile broadband services restored 
  • LPG prices rise by 29.2pc for February
  • Cabinet swells to 75 members
  • Govt allows TCP to import wheat via all ports
  • World Bank approves $200 million in loan for Punjab’s farm development project
  • PM Sharif’s party decides to get tough on hecklers
  • Apex court overturns PHC ban on poultry exports
  • Shahbaz Gill declined bail
  • IHC disposes of PTI employees petition against FIA notices
  • Rupee plumbs new lows against dollar
  • Punjab gets new policy chief
  • Loans under Mera Ghar scheme to continue
  • Senior army official shot dead in Balochistan rescue operation
  • Bani Gala Firing: Man shot, wounded by PTI leader’s gunman
  • Turkish commander calls on CJCSC
  • Inquiry commission to probe reasons of energy crisis
  • ANP set to fly Sharif’s coop
  • Member Communist Party of China calls on COAS
  • CHE to be renamed, HQ shifted to Karachi
  • Pakistan to import high-quality Afghan coal in rupees
  • IHC chucks plea to interfere with legislation
  • Saudi Arabia confers King Abdulaziz medal on General Bajwa
  • Interior Minister no-show at drugs case hearing
  • Pakistan hopes early, successful visit by FATF team
  • Pakistan commiserates with Afghanistan over quake, flood destruction

Economy

Pakistan puts Rs120 billion daily price tag on unrest before Imran Khan’s party takes to streets

September 20, 2026 at 06:58 PM

Pakistan’s finance minister warned that a wave of planned protests could cost the economy about 120 billion rupees a day, as the government tries to head off marches on the capital by two opposition groups and a farmers’ alliance.

  • Pakistan seeks bids in first 400-megawatt power wheeling auction

    September 20, 2026 at 07:20 PM
  • Pakistan moves to fix gaps in PM Sharif’s fuel relief scheme as uptake tops 1.7 million

    September 20, 2026 at 09:29 AM
  • Pakistan sees profit repatriation fall to $558 million on payout timing

    September 19, 2026 at 09:57 AM
  • Textile exports rise 5.6 percent as costs, regional war weigh on growth

    September 19, 2026 at 09:52 AM
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Trending

Pakistan says 23 kidnapped people freed and five militants killed in Balochistan highway operation

September 20, 2026 at 10:39 AM

QUETTA: Security forces have killed five militants and rescued 23 kidnapped people during an operation on a highway in the south-western province of Balochistan, the military said on Sunday.

  • Two young Army officers among six soldiers martyred in Hangu firefight as militant violence grips northwest Pakistan

    September 21, 2026 at 01:35 AM
  • Jamaat-i-Islami begins march on Pakistan’s capital over fuel levy

    September 20, 2026 at 07:56 PM
  • Pakistan seeks bids in first 400-megawatt power wheeling auction

    September 20, 2026 at 07:20 PM
  • Pakistan puts Rs120 billion daily price tag on unrest before Imran Khan’s party takes to streets

    September 20, 2026 at 06:58 PM
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Pakistan says 23 kidnapped people freed and five militants killed in Balochistan highway operation

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Talks collapse, JI to press ahead with fuel-tax protest march in Islamabad

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