ISLAMABAD: Pakistan has issued a double rebuke to international scrutiny of its conduct, rejecting outright an Amnesty International report into deadly air strikes in Kabul while separately voicing “disappointment” at a European Union assessment that found the country had regressed on several of its human rights and governance commitments.
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PM Sharif says Pakistan now builds 60 percent of its drones at home
ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif said on Wednesday that more than 60 percent of Pakistan’s drones are now manufactured domestically, as he opened a two-day robotics and autonomous systems exhibition in Islamabad.
Pakistan monsoon death toll climbs to 72 as flooding threat grows across Punjab and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
ISLAMABAD: At least 72 people have died in monsoon-related incidents across Pakistan since late June, after a fresh burst of heavy rain killed nine more in Punjab and 15 in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa over the past 24 hours, disaster management officials said on Wednesday.
Journalist threats surge 22 percent in Pakistan as Punjab emerges epicentre of media intimidation
ISLAMABAD: Threats against journalists in Pakistan rose sharply in the second quarter of 2026, with state institutions identified as the driving force behind the majority of cases, according to new research published by a leading media watchdog.
Pakistan on high alert as monsoon deaths pass 50 and flash flood warning issued for four provinces
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s disaster management authority has issued a high alert for flash floods, urban flooding and landslides across large swathes of the country, after monsoon rains killed at least a dozen more people in the northwest over a single 24-hour period, pushing the nationwide death toll for the season past 50.
Azad Kashmir elections split into three phases as security strains reshape polling
MUZAFFARABAD: Elections in Azad Kashmir have been split into three separate phases, with polling now stretching into August, after officials said troops needed to be freed up from duties elsewhere in the country to secure the vote following weeks of deadly unrest.
Imran Khan’s sister seeks four-week delay in cybercrime inquiry over India war remarks
ISLAMABAD: Noreen Niazi, sister of jailed former Pakistani prime minister Imran Khan, has sought a four-week extension to respond to a cybercrime agency notice over remarks she made linking a Pakistani military operation against India to Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, her lawyer said on Monday, adding she would not appear before the agency on Tuesday as directed.
Pakistan sets up cryptocurrency crime unit to fight money laundering, terror financing
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s top federal law enforcement agency has opened a specialised unit to investigate cryptocurrency-related crimes, part of a broader overhaul of the agency’s command structure aimed at curbing money laundering, terrorism financing, and human trafficking.
Six more die in Pakistan floods as toll reaches 47; north braces for glacial threat
PESHAWAR: The death toll from Pakistan’s monsoon season rose to 47 on Monday after six more people were killed in a single 24-hour span in the country’s northwestern Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, where flash floods and collapsing homes have claimed dozens of lives since the rains began in late June.
Deadly Kashmir floods expose fault line between Pakistan and India as monsoon bears down
ISLAMABAD: The rain arrived first in the mountains of India-occupied Kashmir, and by Sunday it had turned deadly on both sides of one of the world’s most contested borders.