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Pakistan willing for ‘meaningful dialogue’ with India: PM Shehbaz Sharif
July 23, 2025 23:08 IST
India launched Operation Sindoor on May 7, targeting terrorist infrastructure in territories controlled by Pakistan in response to the Pahalgam terror attack.
‘Walk 7 steps with me, then you can shoot me’: 14 arrested in Pakistan for ‘honour’ killing
July 22, 2025 17:15 IST
The first information report (FIR) filed by the police on Monday identifies the victims as Bano Bibi and Ehsan Ullah.
Pakistan arrests 11 suspects after viral video of couple shot dead in the name of ‘honour’
July 21, 2025 11:38 IST
The couple, who were not identified, were shot dead on the orders of a local tribal council last month in Pakistan's southwestern Balochistan province, according to provincial authorities.
Five terrorists killed in counter-terrorism operation in Pakistan
July 19, 2025 17:32 IST
A police official said the injured were moved to the hospital for medical treatment.
Heavy monsoon rains in Pakistan kill 54 people in 24 hours
July 19, 2025 10:39 IST
Since June 26, Pakistan has reported 178 deaths from Punjab, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa in the northwest, Sindh in the south and Balochistan in the southwest, officials said.
Pakistan claims terror network ‘dismantled’, denies LeT link to Pahalgam attack
July 19, 2025 09:48 IST
The Foreign Office made the remarks, a day after the US designated The Resistance Front (TRF), a proxy of the Pakistan-based terror outfit LeT, as a "foreign terrorist organisation".
Imran Khan slams army chief over jail conditions, says terrorists are treated better
July 18, 2025 21:19 IST
“In recent days, the harsh treatment I face in jail has intensified. The same applies to my wife, Bushra Bibi. Even the television in her cell has been switched off. All basic rights — both human and those legally granted to prisoners — have been suspended for both of us,” Khan wrote on X.
Pakistan Foreign Minister Dar to visit China to attend SCO summit
July 14, 2025 13:13 IST
Besides Dar, the foreign ministers of other SCO member states -- China, Belarus, India, Iran, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Russia, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan -- will attend the meeting.
Pakistan’s PTI party launches a ‘Free Imran Khan movement’ from Lahore
July 13, 2025 18:19 IST
This informal launch comes less than a month ahead of the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) party's earlier declared date of August 5.
Police station in Pakistan’s Khyber Pakhtunkhwa hit by quadcopter for fifth time
July 13, 2025 13:11 IST
The attack caused no injuries to the officials on duty, nor was there any damage to the building, according to the police.
Shehbaz Sharif says Pakistan’s nuclear programme is for ‘peaceful activities and self-defence’
July 13, 2025 07:55 IST
The Pakistani PM 55 nationals were killed during the Indian military strikes.
Gunmen kill 9 passengers in Pakistan’s Balochistan
July 11, 2025 08:56 IST
The armed insurgents checked ID cards of passengers and offloaded nine of them from the bus going from Quetta to Lahore, and shot them dead.
Death toll rises to 27 in Pakistan building collapse as rescue ends
July 6, 2025 22:06 IST
Authorities said they were investigating the cause of the collapse. Building collapses are common in Pakistan, where construction standards are often poorly enforced.
Microsoft closes its Pakistan office after 25 years
July 4, 2025 20:34 IST
Microsoft, while closing its office in Pakistan on Thursday after 25 years, cited global restructuring and a shift to a cloud-based, partner-led model.
Pakistan’s biggest brewery is evolving from its 165-year-old liquor legacy
July 4, 2025 21:01 IST
The company is an outlier in a country where alcohol is outlawed for everyone except non-Muslims, who make up some 9 million people out of 241 million. Pakistan, an Islamic republic, banned booze for Muslims in the 1970s.
Five killed in two separate terrorist attacks in Pak’s Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
June 29, 2025 19:13 IST
In the first incident, a roadside bomb targeted a patrolling vehicle early on Sunday morning killing two soldiers and injuring three others, according to police.
Pakistan closes key border crossing with Afghanistan amid security threats
June 29, 2025 19:01 IST
At least 13 security personnel were killed and three others injured in the suicide attack.
Moderate earthquake strikes central Pakistan; no damage reported
June 29, 2025 09:03 IST
Magnitude estimates varied slightly by monitoring agency, with NCS reporting a magnitude of 5.2.
Over 30 killed as pre-monsoon rains lash large parts of Pakistan
June 28, 2025 23:37 IST
The PDMA said the first spell of pre-monsoon will continue till July 1 and predicted rainfall with strong winds and thunderstorms.
At least 13 soldiers killed, 20 others injured in suicide attack in Pakistan: report
June 28, 2025 16:06 IST
A suicide bomber in an explosive-laden vehicle reportedly crashed into a military convoy.
Nine dead as flash flood sweeps away family group in Pakistan
June 27, 2025 21:25 IST
Tens of thousands of tourists, mostly from other parts of Pakistan, visit the north's peaks and glaciers every year during the summer travel season.
Pakistan Army officer, who captured IAF pilot Abhinandan in 2019, killed
June 26, 2025 12:13 IST
Major Syed Moiz Abbas Shah, 37, was killed on Tuesday in a clash with the Taliban militants in the Sararogha area of South Waziristan near the Afghan border.
Pakistan to hold National Security Committee meeting after US strikes on Iran
June 23, 2025 11:04 IST
Sources in the Prime Minister's Office (PMO) told the Dawn newspaper that the NSC meeting will be held on Monday evening.
Israel-Iran conflict leads to fuel crisis in Pakistan’s Balochistan
June 16, 2025 12:49 IST
The developments came as the federal government increased the prices of both petrol and diesel, with their rates climbing by Rs 4.80 and Rs 7.95 per litre, respectively.
Pakistan boosts defence budget by 20% but slashes overall spending in 2025-26
June 10, 2025 23:44 IST
The budget presented on Tuesday by Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif's government allocated 2.55 trillion rupees ($9 billion) to defence in July-June 2025-26, up from 2.12 trillion.
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