ISLAMABAD: Pakistani forces killed several Afghan Taliban personnel and destroyed a base camp in a fresh clash on the Afghan border on Saturday, security sources said, as the head of Pakistan’s National Strategic Command warned that any miscalculation in the region would meet a response beyond the adversary’s imagination.
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KP to pay families of slain police up to Rs35m in expanded compensation package
PESHAWAR: Families of police officers killed in the line of duty in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa will receive up to Rs35m in compensation under a package announced by the provincial governor on Friday, which also replaces plot allotments with cash.
Pakistan warns India of “forceful response” to defence minister’s strike threat
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan has warned India that any aggression will be met with a “forceful response”, rejecting as “provocative” a threat by the Indian defence minister, Rajnath Singh, of a strike bigger than last year’s.
Peshawar school owner arrested after roof collapse kills 32 children and a teacher
PESHAWAR: At least 32 children and a teacher were killed on Thursday when the roof of a privately run school collapsed onto classrooms in Peshawar, in a disaster police blamed on a weak building carrying too much weight.
UPDATE: Death toll from Peshawar school roof collapse rises to 28
PESHAWAR: At least 28 people, almost all of them schoolchildren, have been killed after the roof of a private school collapsed in the Pakistani city of Peshawar, officials said.
Seventeen children killed in Peshawar school roof collapse
By Staff Reporter PESHAWAR: At least 17 children have been killed after the roof of a private school collapsed in the northwestern Pakistani city of
PEMRA orders TV channels to stop live coverage of blasts and militant attacks
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s media regulator has ordered television channels to stop live coverage of explosions, gunfire and militant attacks, days after the government suspended the opposition-run administration of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province.
Field Marshal Munir presses for ‘practical’ security cooperation with Russia in Rawalpindi talks
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s army chief has pledged to turn longstanding ties with Russia into practical security cooperation during talks with Moscow’s interior minister, who is making the first visit to Pakistan by a Russian holder of the post.
Pakistan ranks 106th of 122 on hunger index after years of backsliding
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.
Brussels backs Islamabad’s crackdown on people smugglers, with legal work routes on offer
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan and the European Union have agreed to deepen cooperation against illegal migration and to widen legal routes for skilled Pakistani workers to take jobs in Europe, after Brussels’ migration chief praised Islamabad for cutting irregular departures by 64 percent.