ISLAMABAD: Hunger in Pakistan has worsened since 2018, leaving it ranked 106th of 122 countries on the 2026 Global Hunger Index and one of just two South Asian nations to lose ground.
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Pakistan test-fires extended-range Fatah-2 hypersonic missile
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s army test-fired an extended-range version of its Fatah-2 hypersonic ballistic missile on Tuesday, the military said, the second launch of a longer-range weapon in a week and the latest step in the expansion of its conventional strike arsenal.
Four cousins killed by landmine while repairing water pipeline near LoC
By Staff Reporter MUZAFFARABAD: Four young cousins repairing a drinking-water pipeline near their village in Azad Kashmir were killed by a landmine on Monday, their
Pakistan says 12 militants killed in attempted border infiltration in Kurram
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s army said on Sunday that 12 militants and Afghan Taliban fighters had been killed and one of its own soldiers was martyred when troops repelled an attempt to cross the border from Afghanistan into Kurram district.
Tarar accuses KP government of spending governing hours “plotting” Imran Khan’s release
ISLAMABAD: Information Minister Attaullah Tarar has accused the opposition-run government of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa of spending its time plotting the release of the jailed Imran Khan instead of governing, as the former prime minister’s supporters marched towards the capital and federal officials weighed emergency measures in the province.
PIA suspends Riyadh flights after Houthi missile strikes on Saudi airports
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan International Airlines suspended flights to Riyadh on Friday, becoming the latest carrier to pull out of the Saudi capital after Yemen’s Houthi rebels targeted its main airport with missiles and drones.
Petrol now costs more than diesel after latest price reset
ISLAMABAD: The government raised petrol prices by Rs1.82 a litre and cut diesel by Re0.91 for Thursday, the second straight day the two fuels moved in opposite directions under a daily pricing system introduced in July.
Pakistan test-fires longer-range version of Fatah-4 cruise missile
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan has test-launched an extended version of its home-built Fatah-4 ground-launched cruise missile, the military said on Tuesday, the latest in a series of weapons tests this year.
Imran Khan’s party presses on with march towards Islamabad after PM sets terms for talks
PESHAWAR: Sohail Afridi, the chief minister of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, led a convoy of supporters of the jailed former prime minister Imran Khan from Kohat towards Peshawar on Tuesday, the day Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif said he would talk to the party only if it called off its march on Islamabad.
Pakistan confirms sixth polio case of the year in Khyber district
PESHAWAR: Pakistan has recorded its sixth case of polio this year, after a seven-year-old boy in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa’s Khyber district was found to be infected, the country’s National Emergency Operations Centre for Polio Eradication (NEOC) said on Monday.