Pakistan

The Federal Minister for National Heritage and Culture Division, Aurangzeb Khan Khichi, and Minister of State and Special Assistant to the Prime Minister on National Heritage and Culture Division, Huzaifa Rehman, visited the Quaid-e-Azam Mazar Management Board (QMMB) here on Monday.

Peshawar - Governor Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Faisal Karim Kundi, on Sunday declared the southern districts of the province more beautiful than Switzerland and Europe, emphasizing that peace is essential to unlocking their true potential.

Peshawar - Governor of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Faisal Karim Kundi, on Sunday lauded Prime Minister Muhammad Shehbaz Sharif’s decision to appoint Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) Chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari as the head of a diplomatic delegation.

LAHORE - National Assembly Speaker Sardar Ayaz Sadiq said on Sunday that Allah Almighty had blessed Pakistan with magnificent success and victory against the open aggression and provocation of India.

ISLAMABAD - Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) on Sunday warmly welcomed Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif’s decision to appoint PPP Chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari as head of Pakistan’s diplomatic delegation amid rising tensions with India, hailing it as a timely move to project Pakistan’s narrative on the global.

The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) has denied reports of withdrawal from all Asian Cricket Council (ACC) events amid recent tensions with Pakistan, according to Indian media. Earlier, The Indian Express, citing sources, reported that the BCCI had informed the ACC about its decision to pull out from the Women’s Emerging Teams Asia Cup in Sri Lanka next month and from the biennial Men’s Asia Cup in September in a bid to “isolate Pakistan cricket.” “The Indian team can’t play in a tournament that is organised by the ACC whose chief is a Pakistan minister”, the source said, referring to Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) Chairman, Interior Minister Mohsin Naqvi, who was appointed as the new president of the ACC last month. The outlet further quoted the source as saying that the BCCI was aware that an Asia Cup without India was not a feasible option as many of the sponsors of international cricket events were from India. The International Cricket Council (ICC), the global governing body for cricket, did no...

More than just a generator of electricity, the ‘Sahiwal Coal-Fired Power Plant’ represents a pivotal moment in the country’s energy narrative where the dark days of blackouts met the dawn of energy reliability and infrastructural excellence.

A Chinese automobile company has pledged to install electric vehicle (EV) charging stations across Sindh, Sindh Information and Transport Minister Sharjeel Inam Memon announced during an official visit to China.

Punjab Chief Minister Maryam Nawaz has approved the establishment of the region's largest and most advanced climate observatory in Lahore.

Six people, including three women, lost their lives in an exchange of fire over a family feud on Monday in the Khatko Pul area of Peshawar in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa, according to a Rescue 1122 spokesperson. Seven people were reported to have been shot in the exchange of fire between two families, six of whom died on the spot. The deceased have been identified as Fazl Amin, Hazrat Amin, Ahmed, along with three women. Another woman was reported to be critically injured and has been shifted to Lady Reading Hospital. “The incident took place when a dispute over family issues escalated and members of both families opened indiscriminate fire at each other,” said Rescue 1122 KP spokesperson Bilal Faizi. According to Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) Peshawar Noor Jamal who oversees investigations, a first information report (FIR) has been registered, and three have been named as accused. Raids are currently underway to arrest them. “The sister of one of the accused had died three days ago,” as per the SSP. The accus...

The Supreme Court on Monday indicated it may soon announce its verdict on the petition filed by Zahir Jaffer, the convict in the high-profile Noor Mukadam murder case, challenging the Islamabad High Court’s (IHC) decision upholding his death sentence.

The Higher Education Commission (HEC) has issued a public alert warning citizens about scammers posing as HEC officials and using fake websites to extract sensitive information.

Authorities in Karachi have intensified their crackdown on illegal cattle markets across the city ahead of Eidul-Adha, with a major operation carried out by Sachal Police in the Safoora Chowrangi area and its surroundings.

A family suffered from health problems after consuming food believed to be contaminated, resulting in the death of three siblings in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa’s Nowshera district, police said on Monday. Nowshera police spokesperson Turk Ali Shah told Dawn.com, “The family had consumed Mithai [sweets] with tea at night, after which their condition deteriorated.” “Three siblings have died after consuming poisonous food. Their mother was in critical condition,” he added. He said that the family were shifted to the Qazi Hussain Ahmad Medical Complex, where the siblings — 8-year-old Maryam, 6-year-old Hareem and 4-year-old Muhammad Yaman — were pronounced dead. “The mother is undergoing treatment at the hospital,” Shah continued. The police lodged an inquiry report on the complaint of Bakht Sher, the children’s father, the spokesperson said, adding that an investigation was underway to ascertain the cause of the deaths. In April, three children lost their lives while five others were in critical condition after having “p...

After the recent India-Pakistan’s “most expansive combat in half a century”, a leading American newspaper said in a news analysis on Sunday that “Strategically, the battlefield tossup was a clear setback for India.

India’s meteoric rise over the past decade has imbued its leadership with a confidence that, at times, borders on hubris. An average GDP growth rate of 6.7 per cent from 2014 to 2024 has propelled India’s nominal GDP to a projected $4.2 trillion by 2025, outpacing many global economies, including China’s 6pc growth over the same period. Strategic partnerships like the Quadrilateral Security Dialogue (Quad), a burgeoning tech sector, and a youthful population of 1.36 billion have fuelled ambitions of great-power status. Yet, this self-assurance has led to diplomatic bristling, notably India’s irritation with US mediation in its recent ceasefire with Pakistan, which The Economist reported as a perceived slight to New Delhi’s sovereignty. More sobering was a recent aerial skirmish, detailed by the Financial Times, where China’s J-10 ‘Dragon’ fighters outmatched India’s Western-supplied aircraft, exposing technological disparities. A realistic comparison of India and China reveals a stark truth: despite rapid pro...

The current tense regional environment likely underpins the government’s proposal, endorsed by its largest coalition partner, the Pakistan Peoples’ Party, to raise the defence budget by 18 per cent for the next fiscal year. The critical question for a resource-constrained country, however, remains: who will pay for it? Driven by patriotism and deep respect for a military establishment that successfully repelled the strategic ambitions of a hostile neighbour five times its size, most Pakistanis would readily pledge to defend the nation’s sovereignty and support the security apparatus in any way they can. However, is it fair, or economically prudent, to place a greater burden on those already living below poverty line, or to further tax businesses that are essential to job creation and unlocking the country’s vast human potential? Younus Dagha, former Sindh minister and federal secretary, and current Chairman of the Policy Research and Advisory Council at Karachi Chamber of Commerce and Industry, advocated for ...

Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif arrived in Karachi on a day-long visit to pay tribute to the Pakistan Navy for its commendable role in Operation Bunyan-un-Marsoos.

Chief of the Air Staff, Air Chief Marshal Zaheer Ahmed Baber Sidhu, visited the residence of Squadron Leader Usman Yousaf Shaheed in Rawalpindi to offer condolences and prayers for the fallen officer, who embraced martyrdom while defending an operational Pakistan Air Force (PAF) base during a recent enemy attack.

PPP’s Senator Sherry Rehman said on Monday that India built a false narrative during the recent conflict with Pakistan, and now Islamabad will have stay active on the diplomatic front to expose the Indian propaganda. On the instructions of Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif, Pakistan will high-level diplomatic delegation to important world capitals to expose Indian propaganda in the aftermath of the recent military escalation with India. PPP Chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari has been entrusted to lead the delegation comprising Senator Sherry Rehman, Dr Musadik Malik, Engineer Khurram Dastgir, Hina Rabbani Khar, Faisal Subzwari, Tehmina Janjua, and Jalil Abbas Jilani. The delegation will visit London, Washington, Paris, and Brussels to highlight India’s disinformation campaign and its attempts to destabilise regional peace. Speaking to Geo News today, Sherry said apart from the military front, diplomacy during conflict is an important front, as India built a false narrative using “fake news”. She said Bilawal has eme...