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Islamabad, April 2 Pakistan's Defence Minister Khawaja Asif warned on Thursday that his country's response to any attack would be "swift, calibrated, and decisive".Asif responded to remarks by his Indian counterpart Rajnath Singh on X, who earlier said that any "misadventure" from India's...

Islamabad, March 17 – A car worth Pakistani Rupees (PKR) 90 million has been purchased for Pakistan's Senate Chairman, Yousuf Raza Gilani, from the Senate's budget, even as the majority of the country's population is struggling with rising inflation, local media reported.According to sources...

London, March 17 – Jemima Goldsmith has publicly appealed to Pakistan’s Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif to intervene after her two sons, Sulaiman Khan and Kasim Khan, were unable to obtain visas to visit their father, former Prime Minister Imran Khan, despite applying more than two months ago.In...

Islamabad, March 7 Amid escalating tensions in West Asia, Pakistan's Chief of Defence Forces (CDF) Field Marshal Syed Asim Munir travelled to Saudi Arabia and met Defence Minister Prince Khalid bin Salman to discuss the security situation.Saudi Arabia has come under attacks by Iran, putting...

Islamabad, March 7 Amid escalating tensions in West Asia, Pakistan's Chief of Defence Forces (CDF) Field Marshal Syed Asim Munir traveled to Saudi Arabia and met Defence Minister Prince Khalid bin Salman to discuss the security situation.Saudi Arabia has come under attack from Iran, putting...

Lahore, March 5 Pakistan has achieved its targets set in the recent military operation against Afghanistan, a close aide to Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif claimed on Thursday.Pakistan launched "Operation Ghazab lil-Haq" last week after forces from the Afghan Taliban attacked 53 locations along...

Geneva, March 4: For advocates of global disarmament, the Strategic Mutual Defence Agreement between Saudi Arabia and Pakistan undermines both the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) and the humanitarian logic behind the UN Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons (TPNW), which...

Islamabad, March 3 Defence Minister Khawaja Asif claimed on Tuesday that Zionists orchestrated the Iran war to expand Israel's influence on the border of Pakistan."From the establishment of Israel on the land of Palestine until today, every catastrophe that has befallen the Islamic world...

Islamabad, March 1 Pakistan has killed 415 Afghan Taliban personnel and injured more than 580 in the ongoing military operation, Information and Broadcasting Minister Attaullah Tarar said on Sunday.Pakistan launched operation 'Ghazab Lil Haq' on Thursday night in response to Afghan Taliban...

Islamabad, March 1 A Pakistani minister announced on Sunday that the operation against the Afghan Taliban was continuing, refuting reports on social media that the operation had concluded.Pakistan launched its operation on Thursday night in response to Taliban operatives attacking 53 locations...

February 27, New Delhi – Pakistan's Defence Minister Khawaja Asif has stated that there is now an "open war" between Pakistan and Afghanistan, following months of tit-for-tat clashes.Pakistan bombed Afghan cities, including the capital Kabul, on Friday, hours after Afghan forces attacked...

New Delhi, February 23 – Islamabad's airstrikes inside Afghanistan followed less than four days after media reports widely quoted Pakistan Defence Minister Khawaja Asif stating in an interview that his country would not hesitate to carry out air operations inside the neighbouring country.The...

Washington, February 22 – The recent attacks by Baloch armed groups against Pakistan's security forces highlight the shortcomings of Pakistani Army Chief Asim Munir's coercive state policy amid the near-total suppression of dissent in Balochistan, according to a report released on Sunday...

FGN12 US-INDIA-TARIFFIndia faces lower tariff rate of 10% as Trump issues proclamation on new leviesNew York/Washington: India now faces a lower tariff rate of 10 per cent, down from 18 per cent, after US President Donald Trump announced a new global levy on items imported into America in...

Islamabad, February 21 Pakistan Defence Minister Khawaja Asif has warned that the recently announced "Imran Khan Release Force" by Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Chief Minister Sohail Afridi is unconstitutional and illegal, speculating that the

Islamabad, February 21 – Pakistan's Defence Minister Khawaja Asif has warned that Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) Chief Minister Sohail Afridi's position "was at risk," describing his recently announced 'Release Imran Khan Force' as "unconstitutional and illegal," according to local media."The KP...

Kabul, February 14 – Pakistani Defence Minister Khawaja Asif's recent admission in the country's parliament – that Pakistan had "rented itself out" to the United States after 9/11 – proved to be consistent with the long-held views of Afghans, according to a report released on Saturday. The...