ISLAMABAD: Israel deported all the foreign activists it seized from a Gaza-bound aid flotilla on Thursday, hours after an international outcry over images of the detainees kneeling bound and hooded on the ground and reports of rough treatment in custody.
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Pakistan pledges ‘highest-level’ security for Chinese workers as leaders celebrate 75 years of ironclad friendship
ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Thursday pledged to provide Chinese nationals in Pakistan with security equivalent to that afforded the country’s own president and prime minister, as Islamabad and Beijing marked the 75th anniversary of their diplomatic relations with ceremonies that blended celebration and pointed assurances amid persistent militant threats.
Security forces kill 23 militants in northwest operations, including key TTP commander
ISLAMABAD: Security forces killed 23 militants in a series of intelligence-based operations conducted over the past 48 hours in the northwestern province of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, the military said Thursday.
Iran reviews US responses to peace proposal as Pakistan intensifies mediation in bid to end war
ISLAMABAD: Iran said on Thursday it was reviewing the latest American responses to its proposal for ending the war with the United States and Israel, even as Pakistani officials pressed forward with a burst of shuttle diplomacy aimed at salvaging negotiations that President Donald Trump described as teetering on the “borderline” between a deal and renewed U.S. strikes.
PM Sharif hosts Aga Khan V on first visit since ascension, pledges deeper cooperation on climate and development
ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif welcomed Prince Rahim al-Hussaini Aga Khan V to a breakfast meeting in Islamabad on Thursday, the new spiritual leader’s first trip to Pakistan since he became the 50th hereditary Imam of the global Ismaili Muslim community earlier this year.
Security forces kill wanted TTP ringleader and four militants in North Waziristan intelligence operation
ISLAMABAD: Security forces have killed a high-value terrorist commander and four other militants on Thursday in an intelligence-based operation in the Spinwam area of North Waziristan district in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, officials said.
Pakistan vaccinates nearly 16 million children in three days of anti-polio drive despite killings of police guards
ISLAMABAD: The health authorities have vaccinated 15.97 million children in the first three days of a week-long national anti-polio campaign, the National Emergency Operation Center said Thursday, even as gunmen killed two police officers assigned to protect vaccination teams on the drive’s opening day.
Pakistan demands immediate release of activists detained after Israeli raid on Gaza-bound flotilla
ISLAMABAD: The Foreign Office on Thursday issued a sharp condemnation of Israel’s interception of the Global Sumud Flotilla in international waters, denouncing the operation as unlawful and criticizing the arbitrary detention and mistreatment of humanitarian workers aboard the vessels.
Pakistan reaffirms fiscal targets as IMF mission wraps up week of budget and reform talks
ISLAMABAD: The International Monetary Fund’s latest mission to Pakistan has ended after a week of discussions with federal and provincial officials, securing fresh commitments to fiscal discipline and structural reforms as the government prepares its budget for fiscal year 2027.
Aga Khan V, on first visit as Ismaili spiritual leader, meets Zardari and reaffirms AKDN’s development pledge in Pakistan
ISLAMABAD: Prince Rahim al-Hussaini Aga Khan V, the 50th hereditary spiritual leader of the global Ismaili Muslim community, used his first visit to Pakistan since assuming the imamate last year to reaffirm the Aga Khan Development Network’s longstanding commitment to humanitarian and development work in the country.