ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s National Accountability Bureau (NAB) recovered Rs547.31 billion in assets and funds from corrupt elements in the first half of 2025, the agency said on Saturday, with a robust Rs456.3 billion haul in the second quarter driving its aggressive anti-corruption campaign.
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Anti-terror operation set to resume in Bajaur after talks fail
PESHAWAR: Pakistan’s security forces are poised to restart a military operation against the outlawed Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) in northwestern Bajaur district following the breakdown of peace talks, officials said, prompting some local families to flee their homes in Lowi Mamund tehsil.
Security forces kill 47 terrorists in Balochistan border clashes
ISLAMABAD: Pakistani security forces have killed 47 terrorists, including 14 in a follow-up operation, along the Pakistan-Afghanistan border in Balochistan’s Zhob district, the military said on Saturday, as part of ongoing efforts to curb cross-border militancy linked to the banned Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP).
Pakistan rejects India’s ‘implausible’ claim of downing six aircraft in May clashes
ISLAMABAD: Defence Minister Khawaja Asif on Saturday dismissed as “implausible” and “comical” claims by the Indian Air Force chief that India shot down five Pakistani fighter jets and one military aircraft during a confrontation in May, marking the first official Indian statement on the incident three months after the worst hostilities between the nuclear-armed neighbours in decades.
Worker remittances climb 7.4 percent to $3.2 billion in July
KARACHI: Remittances from overseas Pakistani workers rose 7.4 percent year-on-year to $3.2 billion in July, the State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) said on Friday.
Opposition leaders sacked over May 9 riots convictions
ISLAMABAD: The opposition Pakistan Tahreek-e-Insaf (PTI) party suffered a major blow on Friday as the National Assembly and Senate secretariats announced the removal of Omar Ayub Khan and Shibli Faraz as opposition leaders, following their disqualification by the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) over convictions tied to the May 9, 2023 riots.
Pakistan blames ‘procedural issues’ for Afghan FM’s delayed visit
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan on Friday attributed the shelving of a planned visit by Afghanistan’s Taliban foreign minister to “procedural issues”, amid reports that the United States had blocked a UN exemption allowing him to travel due to sanctions.
Pakistan incurs Rs4.1bn shortfall after barring Indian aircraft from airspace: ministry
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan has incurred a revenue shortfall of Rs4.1 billion in little more than two months after shutting its airspace to Indian-registered aircraft, the defence ministry informed parliament Friday, insisting national security trumps economic costs.
Modi declined June White House visit to avoid Pakistan army chief – Bloomberg
ISLAMABAD: Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi declined a June meeting with US President Donald Trump, wary of a potential encounter with Pakistan’s army chief, Field Marshal Asim Munir, who was also visiting Washington then, Bloomberg reported.
Shia groups call off protest march after government concessions on Arbaeen pilgrimage
KARACHI: Two prominent Shia organisations, the Majlis Wahdat-e-Muslimeen (MWM) and the Shia Ulema Council, have called off a planned protest march from Karachi to the Pakistan-Iran border following successful negotiations with the government over their pilgrimage to Iraq for the Arbaeen commemoration.