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Unidentified armed men blow up telephone exchange building in Pak's KPK

Unidentified armed men blow up telephone exchange building in Pak’s KPK

October 31, 2025 13:55 IST

The telephone exchange located in Lakki Marwat district, bordering South Waziristan, was severely damaged in the blast.

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio

US ties with Pak not at expense of deep relationship with India: Rubio

October 27, 2025 00:56 IST

Rubio made these remarks on his way to Kuala Lumpur where leaders have gathered for the ASEAN and East Asia summits.

Pakistan deaths

3 security personnel, 11 insurgents killed in separate incidents in Pakistan’s Balochistan

October 23, 2025 14:47 IST

Two policemen were gunned down by unidentified assailants while on patrol duty in Noshki. In another incident, a security official was killed when a landmine exploded in the Kech area.

imran khan, pakistan

Imran Khan slams Army chief Munir for turning Pakistan into ‘hard state’ through force

October 22, 2025 20:43 IST

The 73-year-old former cricketer-turned-politician has been in jail for over two years in multiple cases.

Earthquake

3.8 magnitude earthquake strikes Pakistan

October 22, 2025 01:08 IST

According to the NCS, a quake of magnitude 3.8 struck Pakistan at a depth of around 80 kilometres.

Security agencies have been put on high alert while vigilance has been intensified around temples and other sensitive locations to ensure the peaceful observance of the festival.

Authorities intensify security in Pakistan’s Peshawar ahead of Diwali

October 19, 2025 13:46 IST

Heavy contingents of police have been deployed at key points across the provincial capital, while special teams have been tasked with maintaining round-the-clock patrols and monitoring, a senior police official said.

Munir was addressing a graduation ceremony of passing out army cadets at the premier Pakistan Military Academy (PMA) Kakul at Abbottabad in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.

Pakistan Army chief warns India of ‘decisive response’ to any provocation

October 18, 2025 18:18 IST

“We will never be intimidated, not coerced by rhetoric and will respond decisively to even a minor provocation without any qualms,” the Chief of Army Staff (COAS) said.

Pakistan defense minister

‘No ties between Islamabad, Kabul’: Pakistan minister warns hostilities can resume ‘any time’

October 14, 2025 16:47 IST

Khawaja Asif stressed that dialogue under threats is unacceptable. “If Afghanistan wants negotiations while threatening Pakistan at the same time, then they should act on their threats and we'll negotiate after,” Asif said.

Police personnel take cover behind shields to save themselves from stones thrown by supporters of Islamist party 'Tehreek-e-Labbaik Pakistan' during clashes ahead of their pro-Palestinian march toward capital Islamabad, in Lahore, Pakistan, Friday, Oct. 10, 2025. (AP Photo/K.M. Chaudary)

Arrests at pro-Palestinian protest after violence flares in Pakistan’s eastern city of Lahore

October 11, 2025 23:01 IST

Police have clashed with the party's supporters in Lahore since Friday, using tear gas and batons to disperse the crowds.

Police fire tear gas shells to disperse supporters of Islamist party 'Tehreek-e-Labbaik Pakistan' during their pro-Palestinian march toward the capital Islamabad, in Lahore, Pakistan, Friday, Oct. 10, 2025. (AP Photo/K.M. Chaudary)

Violence erupts in eastern Pakistan as Islamists try to march on capital for pro-Palestinian rally

October 11, 2025 18:21 IST

In a statement, the Tehreek-e-Labbaik Pakistan party, or TLP, claimed that two of its supporters had been killed and 50 others injured since Thursday.

Officials and others attend funeral prayers of police officers, who were killed when gunmen attacked a police training center, in Dera Ismail Khan in northwestern Pakistan, Saturday, Oct. 11, 2025. (AP Photo/Muhammad Kashif)

Militant attack on Pakistani police station kills at least 7 officers and wounds 13

October 11, 2025 16:39 IST

Police said the attackers used heavy weapons and tried to force their way into the compound after a suicide bomber detonated an explosives-laden truck at the gate.

Pakistan defense minister

Chances of war with India are real, warns Pakistan’s defence minister

October 8, 2025 17:15 IST

The minister said that there was a threat of armed confrontation and Pakistan was keeping its guard and watching the situation.

Pakistan offers US Arabian Sea port, pitches it as terminal to ship minerals: Report

Pakistan offers US Arabian Sea port, pitches it as terminal to ship minerals: Report

October 6, 2025 06:10 IST

The port in the small, coastal fishing town of Pasni — about 70 miles from Gwadar and 100 miles from the Pakistan-Iran border — is being pitched as a terminal to ship Pakistan’s critical minerals.

Pakistan

Pakistani court charges man with murder of teen TikTok influencer

September 20, 2025 21:04 IST

Yousuf, who was originally from Chitral in northern Pakistan, had built a following by sharing videos promoting local music and traditional dress.

Asim Munir

Pakistan army at funeral of terrorists: Munir ordered attendance, admits JeM

September 19, 2025 08:15 IST

In a video that went viral on Thursday, JeM commander Ilyas Kashmiri also said that the Pakistan Army and the jihadis have become one after 25 years of his outfit's struggle.

pakistan flood

Rescuers in Pakistan scramble to save residents as swollen rivers reach dangerous levels

September 11, 2025 10:00 IST

Since August 23, about 4,000 villages across Punjab have been submerged, affecting more than 4.2 million people, displacing 2.1 million and killing at least 68.

pakistan flood

Pakistan evacuates 25,000 people from eastern city as rivers threaten flooding

September 9, 2025 10:41 IST

The latest evacuations from Jalalpur Pirwala came two days after a rescue boat capsized in floodwaters on the city’s outskirts, killing five people.

Residents navigate through a flooded road following by heavy rains, in Gujrat, Pakistan, Thursday, Sept. 4, 2025. (AP Photo/A. Rizvi)

Floods kill 50, impact 4 million in Pakistan’s Punjab province: official

September 6, 2025 23:31 IST

Kathia said Sialkot and Gujrat are the worst-hit districts by floods, and added that more rainfall is forecast across various divisions of Punjab.

Imran Khan nephew arrest

Imran Khan’s nephew Shershah Khan gets bail in May 9 riots case

September 4, 2025 16:06 IST

A day earlier, his brother Shahrez Khan was granted bail by the Anti-Terrorism Court in Lahore in the same case.

The vehicle was travelling from Daradar to Sadda when suspected militants ambushed it near Mahora in the lower Kurram district, bordering Afghanistan.

Six killed after assailants ambush vehicle in Pakistan’s Khyber Pakhtunkhwa

September 3, 2025 14:23 IST

The attackers managed to flee after the attack, police said, adding that the victims have not yet been identified.

Ishaq Dar India Pakistan China

Pakistan ready for composite dialogue with India in dignified and respectful manner: Dar

August 29, 2025 23:11 IST

India has made it clear that it will only have a dialogue with Pakistan on the return of Pakistan-occupied Kashmir and the issue of terrorism.

Kartarpur gurdwara

Over 100 people stranded as Kartarpur Corridor in Pak submerged in floods

August 27, 2025 16:57 IST

Corridor complex, including Gurdwara Darbar Sahib, has been submerged by high floodwater,” Saifullah Khokar, head of the Kartarpur Corridor Project Management Unit, told PTI.

Flash floods triggered by cloudbursts in the mountainous northwest have brought destruction since Friday in the worst spell of this year's monsoon in Pakistan

Red alert in Pakistan ahead of fresh monsoon spell

August 23, 2025 22:25 IST

The warning comes as the country reels from earlier monsoon spells from June 26 to August 20, that claimed over 788 lives and 1,018 injuries.

Imran Khan nephew arrest

Lahore police say they have arrested Imran Khan’s nephew

August 22, 2025 14:43 IST

Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) party, in a statement on Thursday, claimed that Shahrez Khan was abducted from his home.

Imran Khan in May 9 violence cases

Pak SC grants bail to Imran Khan in May 9 violence cases

August 21, 2025 17:10 IST

Khan's supporters resorted to vandalism and violence on May 9, 2023, after he was detained by law enforcement authorities in Islamabad.

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