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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.

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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.

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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 Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif, in a phone call with Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian, reaffirmed Pakistan's unwavering solidarity with the people and government of Iran and expressed condolences on the loss of lives.

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.

Imran Khan said that anti-terrorism courts and numerous judges are "complicit in this campaign of repression against his party".

Imran Khan claims Gen Munir turned against his wife after he was removed as ISI director general

June 4, 2025 10:44 IST

Khan said the events of May 9, 2023, in which military installations were targeted, were in fact a part of the “London Plan”— the sole purpose of which was to “eliminate Pakistan's largest political force, the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf”.

Karachi has experienced 16 mild earthquakes since Sunday, according to the Seismic Monitoring Centre of the Pakistan Meteorological Department

Over 200 prisoners escape from Pakistan jail during evacuation after earthquake

June 3, 2025 14:47 IST

The minister said that all escaped inmates were identified, and targeted raids were underway at their residences and adjoining areas.

Former Pakistani Foreign Minister Bilawal Bhutto Zardari Indus

Pakistan despatches two delegations to key capitals to present its perspective on recent conflict with India

June 2, 2025 18:18 IST

The nine-member delegation is led by the Pakistan People's Party Chairman and former Foreign Minister Bilawal Bhutto Zardari. Another delegation, led by Special Assistant to the Prime Minister, Syed Tariq Fatemi, will visit Moscow from June 2.

In Iran, Pakistan PM Shehbaz Sharif expresses willingness to hold peace talks with India to resolve all issues

May 27, 2025 11:14 IST

Sharif made the remarks in Tehran, where he arrived on the second leg of his four-nation tour.

Pakistan PM Shehbaz Sharif and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan held a delegation-level meeting on Sunday in which the PM advocated joint ventures and enhanced bilateral investment.

Pakistan, Turkiye reaffirm resolve to elevate strategic partnership as PM Sharif meets Erdogan

May 26, 2025 10:30 IST

Sharif arrived in Turkiye on Sunday on a two-day visit as part of his four-nation tour to friendly countries, which also include Iran, Azerbaijan and Tajikistan.

IMF says talks with Pakistan on budget ‘constructive’, commits to continue talks

May 24, 2025 14:49 IST

The IMF team started high-level policy talks in Islamabad on May 19 to discuss the FY 2025-26 budget, which went on for days but apparently were inconclusive.

Suicide car bomber strikes school bus in Pakistan, 4 children killed

May 21, 2025 11:05 IST

A local deputy commissioner, Yasir Iqbal, said the attack occurred in Khuzdar, a district in Balochistan province, as the bus was transporting children to school in the city.

Pakistan army chief General Asim Munir promoted to field marshal

May 20, 2025 20:40 IST

General Munir's elevation is the first of its kind since 1965, when then-President Ayub Khan — who had seized power in a military coup — appointed himself field marshal.

4 killed, 20 injured in blast in Pakistan’s Balochistan province

May 19, 2025 10:48 IST

Several shops reportedly collapsed, and fires erupted in multiple establishments following the explosion.

Pakistan, India should sit down at the table like peaceful neighbours and settle outstanding issues: PM Shehbaz Sharif

May 17, 2025 12:55 IST

Addressing a special 'Youm-e-Tashakur' event at the Pakistan Monument here, Shehbaz said that India and Pakistan fought three wars and got nothing.

Pak PM Shehbaz offers dialogue with India for ‘peace’

May 16, 2025 10:40 IST

Shehbaz said he is "ready to talk" during a visit to the Kamra air base in the country's Punjab province where he interacted with officers and soldiers involved in the recent military confrontation with India.