ISLAMABAD: The health authorities have vaccinated 15.97 million children in the first three days of a week-long national anti-polio campaign, the National Emergency Operation Center said Thursday, even as gunmen killed two police officers assigned to protect vaccination teams on the drive’s opening day.
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Pakistan demands immediate release of activists detained after Israeli raid on Gaza-bound flotilla
ISLAMABAD: The Foreign Office on Thursday issued a sharp condemnation of Israel’s interception of the Global Sumud Flotilla in international waters, denouncing the operation as unlawful and criticizing the arbitrary detention and mistreatment of humanitarian workers aboard the vessels.
Pakistan reaffirms fiscal targets as IMF mission wraps up week of budget and reform talks
ISLAMABAD: The International Monetary Fund’s latest mission to Pakistan has ended after a week of discussions with federal and provincial officials, securing fresh commitments to fiscal discipline and structural reforms as the government prepares its budget for fiscal year 2027.
Aga Khan V, on first visit as Ismaili spiritual leader, meets Zardari and reaffirms AKDN’s development pledge in Pakistan
ISLAMABAD: Prince Rahim al-Hussaini Aga Khan V, the 50th hereditary spiritual leader of the global Ismaili Muslim community, used his first visit to Pakistan since assuming the imamate last year to reaffirm the Aga Khan Development Network’s longstanding commitment to humanitarian and development work in the country.
PTI signals willingness to negotiate with govt, but only if Imran Khan is freed from jail
ISLAMABAD: The main opposition party, the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf, agreed on Wednesday to sit down with the ruling coalition to resolve their long-running differences, but only on the condition that its founder and former prime minister, Imran Khan, is released from prison.
Pakistan and China hail ‘iron-clad’ partnership as they mark 75 years of diplomatic ties
ISLAMABAD: Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Ishaq Dar told the Senate on Wednesday that Islamabad and Beijing share a “converging vision” on regional and global issues, as a high-level Chinese delegation sat in the visitors’ gallery to observe commemorations of the 75th anniversary of diplomatic relations between the two countries.
Pakistan reopens offshore frontier after two decades with 23-block award
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan formally reopened its offshore oil-and-gas frontier on Wednesday after nearly two decades, signing production-sharing agreements and exploration licenses for 23 blocks in a bid to curb heavy reliance on imported fuel and revive interest in one of the region’s most underexplored maritime basins.
‘Monstrous and inhumane’: Video of bound, kneeling activists ignites global fury over Israel’s treatment of Gaza flotilla detainees
ISLAMABAD: Israeli authorities have begun detaining hundreds of activists seized from the Global Sumud Flotilla at the southern port of Ashdod, a Palestinian rights group said on Wednesday, after naval forces intercepted the vessels in international waters and diverted them to Israel.
Interior minister Naqvi makes second trip to Tehran in five days as US-Iran peace efforts enter critical phase
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s Interior Minister Mohsin Naqvi arrived in the Iranian capital on Wednesday for talks with senior Iranian officials, his second visit in less than a week, as Islamabad pressed ahead with intensive mediation to prevent the resumption of hostilities between Washington and Tehran.
US and Iran remain on knife’s edge as Trump weighs new military action
ISLAMABAD: US President Donald Trump said on Tuesday that he had been within an hour of ordering a fresh round of US military strikes on Iran before calling them off, a dramatic reversal that underscored the fragile state of the three-month-old conflict and the persistent deadlock over Tehran’s nuclear program and control of the Strait of Hormuz.