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Islamabad, March 12 – Retailers in major Pakistani cities have raised the prices of confectionery and other daily-use commodities, including fresh fruits, citing the recent increase in petroleum prices. Although most shops were still selling existing stock purchased at older prices, local media...

Islamabad, March 11 – Local police authorities in Islamabad, the capital of Pakistan, arrested several activists from the "Aurat March" earlier this week. These activists had gathered near the National Press Club to demand gender justice on the eve of International Women's Day. Even those who...

Islamabad, March 11 – The sisters of former Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan staged a sit-in after they were again stopped at a checkpoint outside Adiala Jail. Police also pushed back members of the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (

Islamabad, March 10 – The Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf has condemned the sentencing of 47 party leaders and supporters to 10-year imprisonment on terrorism charges in absentia, calling it a "political vendetta." A report details that this occurred after Judge Amjad Ali Shah of the Anti-Terrorism...

Quetta, March 9 – A senior officer from the Counter Terrorism Department (CTD) was killed after unidentified assailants opened fire on him in the Killi Ismail area of Quetta, Pakistan, local media reported on Monday.Police said Inspector Metha Khan, who recently joined CTD, was shot by armed...

Islamabad, March 7 – A leading international human rights organization has expressed grave concerns over the deaths of at least 26 people during protests that erupted across Pakistan following the killing of Iranian Supreme Leader, Ali Khamenei, last week.Amnesty International has called for a...

Islamabad, March 7 An anti-terrorism court on Saturday sentenced 47 leaders and supporters of the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf to 10 years in prison and a fine of PKR 500,000 each, in absentia, for vandalism and violence during the May 9, 2023, protest.The nationwide protest was launched by...

Moscow, March 6 Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov had a telephone conversation with his Afghan counterpart, Amir Khan Muttaqi, on Friday to discuss the ongoing tensions between Kabul and Islamabad, as well as the situation following the US-Israeli strikes on Iran.According to a statement...

Islamabad, March 3: Combat-related deaths in Pakistan increased by 30% in February, due to a rise in suicide attacks across the country, according to statistics released by an Islamabad-based think tank, local media reported.A report by the Pakistan Institute for Conflict and Security Studies...

Islamabad, March 2 Pakistan's Foreign Minister Ishaq Dar said on Monday that his country was forced to take punitive action against the Afghan Taliban after they refused to act against the militants operating from their soil against his country.He was briefing members of the diplomatic corps...

Lahore, March 2 A special court in Pakistan has sentenced four employees of the defense ministry to jail terms of up to 10 years for providing "secret information" to Russia, an official said on Monday.The judgment was announced by Judge Tahir Abbas Sipra of the Official Secrets Act Court...

New Delhi, March 2 – The fragile ceasefire between the Afghan Taliban and Pakistan collapsed when the latter declared an open war with Kabul. The first round of strikes went in Pakistan's favour, and this boosted its army's morale.Pakistan may be ahead of Afghanistan in terms of air power, but...

Karachi, March 1 At least 184 international flights from Pakistan to the Middle East have been cancelled since Saturday due to the escalating situation following the attacks by the US and Israel on Iran.A spokesperson for the Civil Aviation Authority confirmed that flights to Dubai, Abu Dhabi...

February 28, New Delhi: The U.S. has offered diplomatic backing to Pakistan's air strikes on Afghanistan, as Islamabad confirmed on Saturday that it would continue its military operations.The strikes followed months of intermittent clashes along the border. On Saturday morning, two loud...

Kabul, February 28 – According to media reports, Pakistani police have intensified the arrest of Afghan refugees following escalating border clashes with Taliban forces.The situation for Afghan nationals in Pakistan has been described as "critical," with widespread detentions of both men and...

New Delhi, February 28 – Following nearly four months of border closures following sporadic skirmishes along the Durand Line and intermittent aerial bombardment by Islamabad inside Afghan territory, tensions between Pakistan and Afghanistan have sharply escalated, with the conflict now...

Kabul, February 28 – At least 19 people were killed and 26 others injured in the eastern provinces of Khost and Paktika in Afghanistan following border clashes with Pakistan, Hamdullah Fitrat, deputy spokesman for the Afghan government, said.The majority of the casualties were women and...

Washington, February 28 – The United States (US) has backed Pakistan’s right to defend itself against Taliban attacks, even as fighting escalated between Islamabad and the Afghan Taliban. President Donald Trump praised Pakistan's leadership, and a State Department spokesperson told IANS that...

Kabul, February 27 – Taliban spokesperson Zabihullah Mujahid has claimed that a "special group" in Pakistan has initiated a mission to destabilize the region after tensions escalated between Kabul and Islamabad, local media reported on Friday.Addressing a press conference in Kandahar on...

Kabul, February 27 – The Afghan Air Force conducted airstrikes against Pakistani military targets in Islamabad, Nowshera, Jamrud, and Abbottabad, Taliban Deputy Spokesman Hamdullah Fitrat announced on Friday.Fitrat stated that these attacks were carried out in response to the airstrikes...