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Lieutenant General Ahmed Sharif Chaudhry tells foreign media Indian intelligence agency officers, from terrorist training camps, are directing terrorists to carry out attacks in Pakistan and beyond Says New Delhi actively involved in transnational killings across the world including in Canada 33 civilians martyred so far in.

ISLAMABAD - The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA) has emerged as a key diplomatic player seeking to de-escalate the situation amid threats of a destructive Pakistan-India war.

ISLAMABAD - Pakistan yesterday said that ‘reckless’ India brought the two nuclear-armed states closer to major conflict by carrying unprovoked strikes inside the Pakistani territory.

ISLAMABAD - The Executive Board of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) on Friday approved two packages worth $2.

ISLAMABAD - Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Friday said that providing relief to the common man in the upcoming budget was the government’s priority, and all-out resources will be utilized to reduce the financial difficulties of the poor and middle class.

ISLAMABAD - Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister, Senator Mohammad Ishaq Dar, Friday spoke on the telephone with the Foreign Minister of Türkiye, Hakan Fidan and discussed with him about the ongoing situation in the region.

ISLAMABAD - Parliamentarians from the treasury and the opposition in the National Assembly, staying united over the national cause, yesterday expressed their commitment to support Pakistan’s Armed Forces against the Indian aggression.

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ISLAMABAD - Foreign Minister of Japan Iwaya Takeshi yesterday telephoned Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Ishaq Dar and expressed deep concern over the evolving situation between Pakistan and India.

ISLAMABAD - US Acting Ambassador Natalie Baker called on Interior Minister Mohsin Naqvi for the second time within 48 hours amidst escalation between Pakistan and India.

In a robust and sweeping retaliatory action named "Operation Bunyan ul Marsoos", Pakistan launched a series of coordinated missile and cyber strikes against India late last night.

In a poignant and powerful response to recent Indian aggression, the Pakistan Army on Saturday morning launched an Al-Fateh missile strike dedicated to the memory of innocent children martyred in unprovoked Indian attacks on civilian areas.

In a major escalation of hostilities between the two nuclear-armed neighbors, Pakistan has launched a large-scale military and cyber counteroffensive in response to unprovoked missile strikes by India on multiple Pakistani airbases.

“THIS has been shared thousands of times. Could it be true?” asked a senior team member of ‘Sachee Khabar’, a fact-checking initiative we had launched, coinciding, by chance, with the 2019 Pakistan-India conflict, which unleashed a torrent of disinformation online. The query concerned a viral post from an account claiming to be a ‘mainstream’ Indian news outlet, alleging that the Indian Air Force had shot down a Pakistani F-16 and captured its pilot. The claim eerily mirrored an incident from earlier that day, involving Indian Wing Commander Abhinandan Varthaman, whose MIG-21 was shot down, leading to his capture by Pakistani forces. The post, we later found, was deliberately crafted to exploit the emotional weight of that event, misleading audiences at a volatile moment. It gained such overwhelming traction on X that even an experienced fact-checker almost fell for it. Fortunately, we were able to debunk it, but the incident underscores how easily falsehoods can outrun facts, especially when they prey on nat...

• Writes to CJP, faults IT dept for not publishing verdict on SC’s website • Says ECP acted like contesting party against PTI in reserved seats case ISLAMABAD: The ongoing rift within the Supreme Court deepened on Friday as Justice Ayesha A. Malik formally complained to Chief Justice of Pakistan (CJP) Yahya Afridi about the non-publication of her dissenting order in the reserved seats case. Justice Malik, along with Justice Aqeel Ahmed Abbasi, had earlier dismissed a set of review petitions filed by the PML-N, PPP and the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP). They stated that written reasons would be released shortly. However, while the orders were issued on Thursday, they were not uploaded to the Supreme Court’s website. In a single-page complaint to the CJP, Justice Malik expressed concern that her dissenting order, issued at 3:11pm on Thursday, had not been uploaded until Friday morning despite repeated instructions to the Supreme Court’s IT department. Justice Malik said she had been informed that the de...

VEHARI - District Police Officer (DPO) Vehari, Muhammad Afzal, visited Mailsi Circle, holding open courts in Zaheerabad Shaheed and Chak No.

THE April 22 Pahalgam incident has evoked a hysterical reaction from India, which has attacked Pakistani and Azad Kashmir cities killing innocent civilians, including children, and damaging the Neelum-Jhelum hydel works. Within five minutes of the Pahalgam attack, Indian media started pointing fingers at Pakistan alleging it had enabled the terrorist attack. Two weeks later, India attacked without providing a shred of evidence of Pakistan’s alleged involvement. The purpose of this article is to urge Indian policymakers to avoid prolonging their actions as the political, social and economic costs for their own country are substantial, and instead, examine their policy stance dispassionately. India ranks fifth among global economies and has an impressive record of rapid economic growth, which has lifted several hundred million out of poverty. It is one of the world’s leading exporters of IT and IT-enabled services, and aspires to become a developed economy by 2047, with the size of its economy projected to rang...

THE suspension of disbelief required to follow the Indian media these days must qualify as an extreme sport. One imagines viewers needing a cup of tea and a lie-down afterwards, if only to reorient with reality. Consider, for example, the breathless ‘coverage’ that has been aired by several Indian news channels regarding their military’s campaign against Pakistan. During Thursday night’s transmissions, one claimed that Islamabad had fallen, another that Peshawar had been bombed; one that Lahore was in the crosshairs of Indian tanks, and another that the Karachi port was in flames. One promised that an F-16 had been shot down, while another that Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif had surrendered. But it was the gaggle of ‘experts’ on a live Times Now broadcast, excitedly proclaiming that a ground invasion of Pakistan was underway, that truly captured the absurdity of it all. Truth is the first casualty of war, but it is nonetheless jarring to witness its assassination on such an industrial scale. That the fog of wa...

• Six lives lost in AJK, including 40-day-old infant; many homes, hospitals and schools damaged by Indian fire • Worried residents of India-held Kashmir flee Uri; Omar Abdullah reports hearing heavy artillery fire in occupied Jammu MUZAFFARABAD: Amid rising tensions between the two nuclear armed neighbours, intense exchanges continued along the Line of Control on Thursday night and into Friday, with the Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK) PM describing the Indian bombardment as “some of the heaviest shelling in recent times”. Both Pakistan and India have accused each other of violating the ceasefire, and on Friday conflicting reports emerged of blackouts and intense shelling being heard in India-held Kashmir as well. The occupied territory’s chief minister, Omar Abdullah, posted on X on Friday night, saying he could hear “intermittent sounds of blasts, probably heavy artillery”, adding that there was a blackout in held Jammu as well. While he did not mention Pakistan or accuse it of carrying out the attacks, he call...

Most Indian websites, including the BJP’s official website and the Border Security Forces (BSF), have been hacked as Pakistan’s counterattack continues, according to state-run media.