ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s passport has been ranked the fourth least powerful in the world for the fifth consecutive year, according to the 2025 Henley Passport Index, which evaluates 199 passports based on the number of destinations accessible without a prior visa.
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PTI’s Afridi takes charge as KP chief minister under Imran Khan’s shadow
PESHAWAR: Sohail Afridi, a young lawmaker from the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf party, was sworn in as chief minister of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa on Wednesday, capping a turbulent transition in the restive northwestern province marked by legal wrangling, opposition boycotts and directives from the party’s imprisoned founder, Imran Khan.
Border gate destroyed and forces killed before Pakistan and Afghanistan agree to 48-hour truce
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan and Afghanistan agreed on Wednesday to a temporary 48-hour ceasefire amid escalating border clashes that have killed dozens on both sides and further strained relations between the two neighbors, the Pakistani Foreign Office announced.
Pakistan says it repelled Afghan Taliban cross-border attack near Chaman, killing up to 20
ISLAMABAD: Pakistani security forces repelled a cross-border attack by Afghan Taliban militia in the Spin Boldak area of Balochistan province early on Wednesday, killing between 15 and 20 of the assailants, according to the military’s public relations arm.
Military dismisses India’s account of May clashes as ‘Bollywood-style propaganda’
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s military on Tuesday dismissed recent Indian claims of inflicting heavy casualties and destroying air assets during a brief but intense border conflict in May, labelling the assertions as “delusional, fabricated and provocative propaganda” designed to reshape history through “outlandish, Bollywood-style scripts.”
Afghan Taliban tanks, posts hit in fresh cross-border clashes in Kurram
ISLAMABAD: Fighting erupted anew along the Pakistan-Afghanistan border on Tuesday night, with Pakistani forces reporting intense clashes in the Kurram district of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province after what they described as unprovoked fire from Afghan Taliban fighters and militants affiliated with the banned Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP).
Authorities launch money-laundering probe into radical TLP chief after raid uncovers millions in currency, gold
LAHORE: Pakistani authorities have opened a money-laundering investigation into Saad Rizvi, the leader of the hardline Islamist group Tehreek-i-Labbaik Pakistan (TLP), after law enforcement agencies raided his residence in Lahore and allegedly recovered huge sums of foreign currency, along with gold and silver ornaments, police said on Tuesday.
Pakistan’s economy to grow 3.6% in FY25, IMF says; inflation, deficit to rise
KARACHI: The International Monetary Fund expects Pakistan’s economy to grow 3.6% for the current fiscal year, even as it projected higher inflation and a widening current account deficit, though the estimates exclude the still-unassessed damages from recent floods.
Pakistan reaches IMF staff-level deal on loans, unlocking $1.2 billion
KARACHI: Pakistan reached a staff-level agreement with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) on its bailout programs, paving the way for the release of $1.2 billion once approved by the lender’s board.
Pro-Taliban JUI-F offers to mediate with Kabul to ease Pakistan-Afghanistan tensions
ISLAMABAD: Maulana Fazlur Rehman, the influential chief of pro-Taliban Jamiat Ulema-i-Islam party, offered on Tuesday to mediate between Pakistan and Afghanistan in an effort to ease escalating tensions, just days after deadly border clashes that left dozens dead and heightened friction between the two neighboring countries.