ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Sunday reaffirmed Pakistan’s backing for Iran’s right to pursue nuclear power for peaceful purposes, as the two nations signed a raft of agreements aimed at lifting bilateral trade to $10 billion.
ISLAMABAD: The sons of Pakistan’s imprisoned former Prime Minister Imran Khan have applied for special identity cards and visas to visit their father in jail, thrusting a personal mission into the heart of an escalating political storm.
QUETTA: An anti-terrorism court in Quetta on Saturday extended the detention of Dr. Mahrang Baloch, a prominent Baloch activist and leader of the Baloch Yakjehti Committee (BYC), along with several colleagues, by 20 days, intensifying accusations of judicial overreach under state pressure.
ISLAMABAD: Imran Khan, the jailed founder of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI), has instructed the chief minister of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP), Ali Amin Gandapur, to prevent any further military operations in the province and its tribal areas.
PESHAWAR: Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) Chief Minister Ali Amin Gandapur convened the first in a series of regional jirgas on Saturday, aiming to chart a path toward restoring law and order in a province battered by a surge in terrorist attacks.
ISLAMABAD: Five children were killed and 12 others injured in a tragic incident on Saturday when a mortar shell they were playing with exploded in a village in Pakistan’s Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, authorities said.
ISLAMABAD: Iranian President Dr. Masoud Pezeshkian arrived in Pakistan on Saturday for a two-day state visit aimed at strengthening bilateral relations between the two neighboring countries, state media said.
ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan Army formally introduced Chinese-made Z-10ME attack helicopters into its aviation fleet Friday, a step military officials call central to its modernization efforts.
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s opposition parties united on Friday to demand a Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) to investigate decades of constitutional breaches and hold accountable judges, generals, and politicians who have eroded democracy.
ISLAMABAD: Authorities imposed a curfew in North Waziristan on Friday, responding to rising security threats, while a traditional tribal assembly, known as a jirga, sought to convince militant leaders in the neighboring Bajaur district to withdraw.
