Category: Pakistan

• Balochistan accounts for nearly 59pc of total fatalities in third quarter of 2026 • CRSS records 1,415 deaths, 558 injuries across 385 incidents • TTP becomes deadliest group, inflicting 117 deaths ISLAMABAD: Pakistan recor­ded a sharp 83 per cent increase in violence-linked fatalities during the third quarter of 2026, re­­versing a declining trend reported...

Pakistan on Friday strongly condemned an attack by the Houthi militia on the Taibah power distribution station in Madina on Sept 29, describing it as a “grave provocation” and a threat to regional peace and security. In a statement, the Foreign Office (FO) said the attack targeted civilian infrastructure supplying electricity to the Holy Prophet’s...

Pakistan carried out “well-planned and calibrated” air strikes against terrorist hideouts in Afghanistan, the information ministry said on Thursday. In a post on X, the ministry said the strikes were carried out in continuation of Operation Ghazab lil Haq and Pakistan’s resolve to eliminate terrorists, their networks and supporters. It said the aerial strikes targeted...

ISLAMABAD: An anti-terrorism court (ATC) on Wednesday re-issued ar­­rest warrants for Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Chief Minis­­ter Sohail Afridi and other individuals in connection with the Nov 26 protest case after they failed to comply with judicial summons. The accused did not appear during Wednes­day’s hearing, prompting Judge Tahir Abbas Sipra to re-issue arrest warrants in connection with a...

Information Minister Attaullah Tarar on Wednesday warned that India’s decision to hold the Indus Waters Treaty (IWT) in abeyance could have implications for global transboundary water governance, urging the international community to take note of the “wider precedent”. Tarar made the remarks while addressing a ceremony organised by the Institute of Strategic Studies Islamabad to launch a...

LAHORE: A judicial magistrate on Wednesday granted police a three-day physical remand of a woman in connection with a case of an Azeri woman’s rape. The 20-year-old Azerbaijan national had travelled to Pakistan for business purposes and was allegedly gang-raped by three men in a rented flat of a private housing society located near Raiwind...

• Changes retain certain exemptions for direct contracting with SOEs despite reservations • IMF delegation meets finance, tax officials amid uncertainty on sovereign wealth fund law ISLAMABAD: As question marks linger over the continuous breach of structural benchmarks regarding the sovereign wealth fund (SWF) law, the federal government on Monday notified new procurement rules two...

SRINAGAR: India-held Kashmir’s asse­mbly endorsed the restoration of statehood on Monday, a non-binding resolution that politicians from Pri­me Minister Narendra Modi’s party condemned as “anti-national”. It is the latest twist in the long-running contentious debate about rule ever since New Delhi revoked held Kashmir’s limited autonomy in 2019. Omar Abdullah, who heads the occupied state’s government, introduced...

ISLAMABAD: At least 11 people were injured after a school van veered off the road and caught fire in Murree on Tuesday, police said. According to Rescue 1122, the incident occurred near Bara Hotar Link Road in Murree. According to preliminary information provided by Rescue 1122, the Suzuki Bolan veered off the road and caught...

• Panjutha hints at possibility of postponement, links it to acceptance of party’s demands for Imran’s release, snap polls, probe into May 9 events • PTI spox says no such proposal being discussed, insists only founder can postpone march • Govt deploys Rangers in Islamabad, multiple districts of Punjab ahead of PTI protest ISLAMABAD: A...