COVID-19 in China
BEIJING: Crematoriums across China are straining to deal with an influx of bodies as the country battles a wave of Covid cases that authorities have said is impossible to track.…
Modi at US Congress
Indian Congress on border issue with China
NEW DELHI: Indian National Congress has questioned the silence maintained by the Prime Minister, Narendra Modi, on border issue with China. Several Indian troops were injured during a clash with…
Afghan Taliban
UN calls on Taliban to halt public executions
UNITED NATIONS, Dec 17 (APP):The resumption of public floggings and executions in Afghanistan must stop immediately, a group of UN human rights experts said in an appeal to the ruling…
Bomb Attack in Turkey
ANKARA: A bomb hit an armored police van in southeastern Turkey on Friday (16th of December, 2022) injuring nine people and reviving fears of new unrest in the mainly Kurdish…
Chaman Firing: FO summons Afghan Chargé d’Affaires
ISLAMABAD: The Afghan Chargé d’Affaires posted here was called in to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to register Pakistan’s strong condemnation over recent firing incidents from across the border. The…
Suicide Bomb Attack in N. Waziristan
ISLAMABAD: President Dr. Arif Alvi has vowed to continue efforts till the remnants of terrorism are extirpated. In a statement denouncing the suicide blast in Miranshah area of North Waziristan,…
Afghan Security Forces kill and injure Pakistanis
CHAMAN: One Pakistani was killed while a dozen others were injured here on Thursday (15th of December, 2022) when Afghan Security personnel opened fire from across the border. According to…
Khar on Indian involvement in terrorism in Pk
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan on Wed (14th of Dec 2022) called upon the international community and the UN to hold India accountable for perpetrating terrorism in Pakistan with undeniable and indisputable evidence…
Rana Sanaullah
India’s involvement in terrorism in Pakistan
Minister for Interior Rana Sanaullah on Tuesday said Pakistan had “irrefutable evidence” of the involvement of Indian agency RAW in the blast at Johar Town, Lahore last year. “India was…
FO condemns firing on civilians by Afghan forces
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan has condemned the unprovoked and indiscriminate firing on civilian population by Afghan border forces in Chaman, in which six Pakistani nationals were killed and seventeen others wounded. Foreign…
13000 people cross Pak-Afghan border daily
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan has taken all-out facilitative measures at all five Pakistan-Afghanistan border crossing points to ensure the smooth processing of Afghan people, despite a heavy inflow of around 385,000 people…
Dar calls for curbing cross border smuggling
ISLAMABAD: Finance Minister Ishaq Dar has asked the relevant authorities to devise a robust and proactive roadmap to curb the cross border smuggling of various items in order to bring…
PM Shehbaz Sharif
PM on Hindu extremists’ revisionism process
ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Muhammad Shehbaz Sharif on Tuesday said that a process of revisionism put into motion by the Hindu extremists had become a living nightmare for Indian Muslims and…
President visits Chinese Embassy to condole Jiang Zemin’s death
ISLAMABAD: President Dr Arif Alvi on Tuesday (6th of Dec 2022) paid a visit to the Chinese Embassy to extend his heartfelt condolences, on behalf of the Government of Pakistan…
Pakistan to send 10K workers to S.Korea through EPS
ISLAMABAD: Ministry of Overseas for Pakistanis and Human Resource Development and the Ministry of Employment and Labour (MOEL) of the Republic of Korea has signed a Memorandum of Understanding on…
Afghan Deputy FM talks to Pak FM
Acting Afghan FM Condemns Pak Embassy Attack
ISLAMABAD: Acting Foreign Minister of Afghanistan Amir Khan Muttaqi on Friday called Foreign Minister Bilawal Bhutto Zardari to condemn the terrorist attack on Pakistan’s Mission in Kabul and assured that…
Pak Diplomatic Mission in Kabul attacked
KABUL: Gunmen attacked the compound of Pakistan's Embassy here on Friday (2nd of December, 2022) but failed in their attempt to assassinate the Chargé d’Affaires to Afghanistan Ubaid-ur-Rehman Nizamani. Pakistan's…
PM condoles death of Jiang Zemin
ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Thursday visited the Embassy of China here in Islamabad to offer his condolences over the death of former Chinese President Jiang Zemin. In a…
Hina Khar, Amir Muttaqi discuss issues
KABUL: Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Hina Rabbani Khar on Tuesday (29th of Nov 2022) held political consultations with the leadership of the interim government of Afghanistan and discussed…
Pak-Turk to pool resources to face emerging threats
ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif said that in wake of the common challenges and emerging threats facing both countries, Pakistan and Turkiye should work together through collective research and pooling…
UN, Taliban and Women
UN experts on Taliban curbs on women
MANHATTAN: A group of UN human rights experts has warned that Taliban restrictions on women’s rights and freedoms in Afghanistan could amount to a "crime against humanity". “In recent months,…
PM urges Pak-Turkish collaboration in alternative energy to cut emissions, enhance investment cooperation
ISTANBUL: PM Shehbaz Sharif on Friday (25th of Nov 2022), citing huge potential in the field of alternative energy in both countries, called for Turkey and Pakistan to join hands…
Shehbaz and Erdogan at Istanbul Shipyard
PM Shehbaz, President Erdogan Launch PNS Khyber
ISTANBUL: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif and President of Turkiye Recep Tayyip Erdogan launched PNS Khyber, the third of the four MILGEM corvettes for Pakistan Navy at Istanbul Shipyard on Friday.…
Shehbaz and Erdogan at Istanbul Shipyard
PNS Khyber inaugurated at Istanbul Shipyard
ISTANBUL: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif addressed at the inaugural ceremony of PNS Khyber held at the Naval Shipyard here on Friday 25th of November, 2022. The 3rd MILGEM class corvette…