Pakistan has begun in-house consultations to decide whether to attend the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) meetings of the defence and foreign ministers in India since New Delhi has already extended invitations to Defense Minister Khawaja Asif and Foreign Minister Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari, Tribune reported. The defence ministers’ meeting is scheduled in April in New Delhi while foreign ministers would meet in May in Goa. India is the current […]
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Pakistan: Vehicle in Imran Khan’s convoy overturns on way to Islamabad
A vehicle in Imran Khan’s convoy overturned on Saturday while the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) chief was on his way to Islamabad to appear in court in the Toshakhana case, ARY News reported. Earlier today, Imran Khan departed for Islamabad from his Zaman Park residence in Lahore. The region is reportedly […]
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Pakistan’s media regulatory authority suspends ARY News licence
Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority (PEMRA) has once again suspended the license of ARY News for airing clips of the speech of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) chief and former prime minister Imran Khan, which was earlier banned by the regulatory body, Dawn reported. Interestingly, this is the third time that a ban on broadcasting and […]
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Pakistani drone shot down by BSF in December 2022 was flown in China, Pakistan
Forensic analysis of a drone shot down on December 25 last year in the Amritsar Sector has revealed that it was earlier flown in China as well as in 28 other locations in Pakistan, says a Border Security Force (BSF) report. A senior BSF officer said that the report was […]
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Major electricity breakdown across Pakistan
A major power breakdown hit Pakistan leaving major cities without electricity due to a fault in transmission lines. “There are reports of multiple outages from different parts of the city. We are investigating the issue and will keep this space posted,” said Imran Rana, Spokesperson, K-Electric in a Twitter post. Confirming […]
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42 journalists killed in Pakistan in past four years: Pak Parliamentary Affairs Minister
Pakistan Minister for Parliamentary Affairs Murtaza Javed Abbasi on Friday informed the Senate that 42 journalists have been killed in the country over the past four years, Pakistan-based Dawn newspaper reported. According to data from the information ministry, 15 of the journalists were from Punjab, 11 were from Sindh, 13 from Khyber […]
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Pakistan: Karachi police lodges FIR against attack on Ahmadiyya Centre
Karachi police lodged FIR against the attack on Ahmadiyya Centre in the Martin Quarters area, reported Dawn. The FIR was lodged at the Jamshed Quarters police station on Thursday. Zaheer Ahmed, a member of the Ahmadiyya Centre, lodged the complaint stating that he was present in his private office in Clifton at around 3:45 […]
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Nabbed terrorist tried to go to Pakistan twice via Nepal but failed: Delhi Police
Naushad Ali, the terrorist who was arrested in the Jahangirpuri area of the national capital, has made important revelations before the Delhi Police stating that he received instructions from his Pakistani handlers and tried going to Pakistan through Nepal twice but failed, sources said on Thursday. Naushad Ali and his […]
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UAE rolls over USD 2 billion loans to Pakistan
In a move that would create some much-needed room for Pakistan’s cramped fiscal space, the Abu Dhabi Fund for Development (ADFD) on Thursday rolled over their deposit of USD 2 billion with the State Bank of Pakistan (SBP), reported Geo News. “Abu Dhabi Fund for Development (ADFD) has rolled over […]
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44 Sikh delegates arrive from Pakistan to visit Gurudwaras in Delhi, Amritsar
A total of 44 Pakistani Sikh delegates on Monday arrived in India from Pakistan via the Attari-Wagah border to visit gurudwaras in Delhi and Amritsar. “We have arrived from Pakistan’s Peshawar, Sindh and other areas to visit the Gurudwaras of Delhi and Amritsar,” a Pakistani Sikh delegate Harbhajan Singh told . Another delegate Sardar Karam Singh said, […]
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Pakistan: ‘Gwadar’s security to be entrusted to police’ in wake of large-scale protests
The top military commander in Pakistan’s Balochistan province has said that Gwadar’s security would be completely entrusted to the police in the next four months, in the wake of massive protests in the region. The military commander said the armed forces would be confined to their stations and not be […]
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Pakistan: Punjab CM Pervaiz Elahi wins confidence vote amid opposition uproar
After weeks of political turbulence in the most populous province in Pakistan, Punjab Chief Minister Chaudhry Pervaiz Elahi proved his majority in the provincial assembly, winning the vote of confidence in the early hours of Thursday. “There were 186 votes in favor of the resolution Chaudhry Parvez Elahi has received […]
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Pakistan: Terrorists attack police station in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa’s Dera Ismail Khan
Terrorists carried out a gun and ‘missile’ attack on a police station in Dera Ismail Khan region of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Dawn reported, adding that no casualty has been reported in the attack that took place on Sunday. Speaking to Dawn, Syed Yaqoob Shah said the terrorists surrounded the Yarik police […]
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At least 11 “terrorists” killed during Pakistan security operation
At least 11 terrorists, including two suicide bombers, were killed during an operation carried out by a Pakistani intelligence-based operation (IBO) in South Waziristan, Pakistan’s military media wing said. According to the statement issued by the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) on Thursday, the Pakistani security forces killed Hafeezullah Tore alias […]
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Pakistan needs to understand the psychology of terrorism to counter it
Pakistan is witnessing a rise in violence, and at the 40th National Security Committee meeting, it vowed to show ‘zero tolerance’ for terrorism amid the spurt in terrorist strikes by banned outfit Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP), however, Islamabad needs to understand the psychology of terrorism, reported Daily Times. Countering this religiously masked political ideology requires […]