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Quetta, April 10 – Leading Baloch human rights defender Mir Yar Baloch wrote to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Friday, highlighting the “persistent hostility and anti-Israel rhetoric” emanating from Pakistan.He cited Pakistan's Defence Minister Khawaja Asif, who recently referred...

Islamabad, April 8 Defence Minister Khawaja Asif said on Wednesday that Pakistan is now being recognized as a "credible and trusted" mediator, both in the region and globally, hours after the US and Iran agreed on a conditional two-week ceasefire facilitated by Islamabad."This (ceasefire) is a...

Jammu, April 7 Reminding Pakistan of Operation Sindoor, Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah said on Tuesday that it would be in Islamabad's interest to focus on improving relations with India rather than engaging in rhetoric and escalating tensions.He also welcomed the busting of a...

Kolkata, April 6 Echoing West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, senior TMC leader Abhishek Banerjee on Monday accused Prime Minister Narendra Modi of remaining silent over the threat by Pakistan’s defence minister to attack Kolkata.Pakistan’s Defence Minister Khawaja Asif had on Saturday...

Kolkata, April 6 – West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Monday accused Prime Minister Narendra Modi of maintaining a deliberate silence at his election campaign rally in Cooch Behar district on Sunday regarding the threat issued by Pakistan's Defence Minister Khawaja Asif, who said that...

Lahore, April 4 Pakistan's Defence Minister Khawaja Asif warned India on Saturday that it would retaliate with a strike in Kolkata if India engaged in any "future misadventures.""If India attempts to stage a false flag operation this time, then, God willing, we will respond in Kolkata," Asif...

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...