Category: Pakistan

LAHORE: The Lahore High Court (LHC) on Thursday turned down a request to immediately suspend the preventive detention notifications issued against Dr Uzma Khan and Noreen Niazi, sisters of PTI founder Imran Khan. Uzma and Noreen were taken into custody on Monday for 30 days under the Punjab Maintenance of Public Order Ordinance 1960 (MPO) just a...

Pakistan has conducted precision aerial and drone strikes in 10 locations across Afghanistan in retaliation for drones launched from the neighbouring country a day earlier, Information Minister Attaullah Tarar said in the early hours of Thursday. “In exercise of its sovereign right to self-defence, Pakistan conducted precision aerial and drone strikes against 10 locations in...

NEW YORK, September 23, 2026 Global digital identity and digital public infrastructure expert Tariq Malik has been named among the DPI 50, a new global list recognizing 50 leaders shaping the development and responsible use of Digital Public Infrastructure around the world. The recognition was announced yesterday in New York on the sidelines of the...

The armed forces on Wednesday shot down eight drones launched by the Afghan Taliban after they entered Pakistani airspace near the Torkham border and Kohat, according to security sources. The sources said the drones were intercepted by the air defence systems, which they described as “active and vigilant”. “The armed forces and the ‘Shaheens’ of the Pakistan...

The Punjab government has requested the federal government to deploy Rangers in Rawalpindi, Attock, Jhelum and Mianwali districts from Sept 22 to Oct 5 to assist the provincial police in maintaining law and order amid an expected protest on Sept 27. The request comes as the Kissan Ittehad and PTI have announced long marches and sit-ins in Islamabad in...

Pakistan and Saudi Arabia signed an agreement on Tuesday to abolish visa requirements for holders of diplomatic, official and special passports. Deputy Prime Minister Ishaq Dar signed the agreement with Saudi Foreign Minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan on the sidelines of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) in New York, he said in a post...

Jamaat-i-Islami (JI) chief Hafiz Naeemur Rehman on Tuesday said that while the party would not back off from its protest against the petroleum levy, it would wait for a meeting with Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif before proceeding with a long march to Islamabad. Rehman, along with other party leaders, announced the decision during a press...

• Tarar says IHC ruling bars disruption of public movement, road closures • Protests may cost economy Rs120bn per day, Aurangzeb warns ISLAMABAD: Information Min­ister Attaullah Tarar on Sunday said the government would not allow any violent group to reach Islamabad or block roads, as ministers warned of the legal, economic and law-and-order consequences of...

Security forces have killed 11 terrorists in separate operations in Panjgur and Chagai districts of Balochistan, state broadcaster Radio Pakistan reported on Saturday, citing security sources. The operations were conducted under Operation Raddul Fitna 3. In Panjgur’s Gowargo area, security forces neutralised five terrorists and recovered a large quantity of weapons and ammunition from their possession, according to the...

ISLAMABAD: The Tehreek-i-Tahaffuz Ayeen-i-Pakistan (TTAP) has decided to formulate a joint political, media and public outreach strategy to make the September 27 long march effective, while accelerating contacts with all democratic parties. According to a statement issued on Friday, the joint opposition reaffirmed that the march would remain a peaceful, constitutional and democratic struggle. The...