By Staff Reporter
ISLAMABAD: The interim interior minister, Gohar Ejaz, said on Thursday that the general elections scheduled for Feb. 8 would take place “no matter what happens,” amid a wave of attacks on political candidates and rallies in the restive provinces of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Balochistan.
By Staff Reporter
ISLAMABAD: A special court on Wednesday sentenced former Prime Minister Imran Khan and his wife, Bushra Bibi, to 14 years in prison each for illegally retaining gifts they received from foreign dignitaries while in office.
By Staff Reporter
ISLAMABAD : A Pakistani court on Tuesday sentenced former Prime Minister Imran Khan and former foreign minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi to 10 years in jail each for leaking a secret document that they said revealed a U.S. plan to topple Khan’s government in 2022.
By Staff Reporter
ISLAMABAD: Iran and Pakistan agreed on Monday to form a high-level advisory committee to review their bilateral cooperation and challenges, as they sought to ease tensions after exchanging airstrikes along their shared border earlier this month.
By Staff Reporter
ISLAMABAD: Unidentified gunmen killed nine Pakistani nationals and wounded three others in southeastern Iran on Saturday, in a brutal attack that drew condemnation from both countries and raised fears of further violence along their volatile border.
By Staff Reporter
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan on Friday welcomed a decision by the International Court of Justice (ICJ) that ordered Israel to take steps to prevent the genocide of Palestinians and refused to dismiss the case brought by South Africa.
By Staff Reporter
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan and Iran announced on Friday that they had restored diplomatic ties after a week of escalating tensions over cross-border airstrikes that killed several people and threatened to spark a wider conflict in the region.
By Staff Reporter
ISLAMABAD: The caretaker government on Tuesday approved the deployment of army and paramilitary forces at polling stations and sensitive areas for the Feb. 8 general elections, amid a wave of militant attacks and a shortage of security staff.
By Staff Reporter
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan reopened a key border crossing with Afghanistan on Tuesday after a 10-day closure that had disrupted trade and strained ties between the two neighbours, but warned that the visa requirement for Afghan truck drivers would be enforced from April.
By Staff Reporter
ISLAMABAD: Iran’s foreign minister, Hossein Amir Abdollahian, will visit Pakistan next week, the foreign office said on Monday, in a sign of easing tensions between the two neighbors after after exchanging cross-border airstrikes against militants.
