Pakistan

Minister brands Kabul regime a proxy of India; Questions legitimacy of Taliban government

PM says ties with Turkiye entered new era

Says menstrual products are essentials, not luxuries

Information Minister Attaullah Tarar said on Wednesday that the Afghan Taliban regime was to blame for the breakdown of talks between Islamabad and Kabul as the two countries engaged in a lengthy round of dialogue to try and achieve a permanent ceasefire and cessation of terrorist attacks originating from Afghan soil. Pakistan witnessed a rapid deterioration in ties with Afghanistan, with both sides engaging in recent border skirmishes, counter-statements and allegations. The hostilities began earlier this month when an attack was launched on Pakistan from Afghanistan on the night of October 11. The attack had followed an allegation from the Taliban of airstrikes by Pakistan into Afghanistan — an accusation which Islamabad has neither confirmed nor denied. For its part, Islamabad has long demanded that the Afghan Taliban stop terror groups from using its soil against Pakistan. Taliban, however, deny the allegation of allowing terrorists to operate from Afghan soil. Meanwhile, Pakistan continues to grapple wit...

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ISLAMABAD - Chief of the Naval Staff, Admiral Naveed Ashraf, has assured the nation on Wednesday that Pakistan Navy remains fully prepared to uphold the national sovereignty and ensure the defence of every inch of maritime frontiers.

ISLAMABAD - The Jamiat Ulema-i-Islam-Fazl (JUI-F) has agreed to support the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) in nominating Pakhtunkhwa Milli Awami Party (PkMAP) chief Mehmood Khan Achakzai for the slot of leader of the opposition in the National Assembly.

Islamabad - Interior Minister Mohsin Naqvi called on Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian in Tehran on Wednesday.

ISLAMABAD - Security forces killed at least seven terrorists belonging to Indian proxy Fitna al Khwarij in an intelligence-based operation in Kurram on Wednesday.

ISLAMABAD - Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif, Wednesday, said Turkiye, a forward-looking country, stood with Pakistan in wars and devastating earthquakes and floods.

ISLAMABAD - Federal Minister for Law and Justice, Senator Azam Nazeer Tarar, addressed the meeting of Justice Ministers of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) member states, hosted by the Russian Federation, said a press release issued here Wednesday.

LAHORE - Pakistan Muslim League Nawaz (PML-N) leaders Chaudhary Saud Majeed and Chaudhary Saad Masood called on Punjab Chief Minister Maryam Nawaz Sharif at CM Office.

ISLAMABAD - The Constitutional Bench of Supreme Court Wednesday turned down Pakistan Tehrik-e-Insaf (PTI) leader Shibli Faraz’s request to suspend the Senate election for his vacated seat saying that it would not intervene in the electoral process.

ISLAMABAD - Chairman Senate of Pakistan Syed Yousaf Raza Gilani on Wednesday described the Constitution as the supreme covenant between the state and its people — a living embodiment of national will that ensures unity, justice, and accountability.

ISLAMABAD - Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) and Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) have officially joined hands to push a no-confidence motion against Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK) Prime Minister Chaudhry Anwarul Haq, ending weeks of intense deadlock, PPP AJK Secretary-General Faisal Mumtaz Rathore revealed.

LAHORE - Punjab Chief Minister Maryam Nawaz Sharif on Wednesday presided over an extraordi-nary meeting of the Ittehad Bain-ul-Muslimeen Committee, reaffirming her government’s resolve to maintain peace and inter-sect harmony across the province.

Defence minister says any terrorist attack or suicide bombing inside Pakistan shall give Taliban bitter taste of misadventures Info minister says dialogue failed as Taliban resorted to blame game.

ISLAMABAD - The Green Climate Fund (GCF) has approved $250 million for Glaciers to Farms—a flagship adaptation programme led by the Asian Development Bank (ADB) to build resilient water and agriculture systems for vulnerable communities in glacier-dependent regions of Central Asia, the South Caucasus, and Pakistan.

ISLAMABAD - Federal Minister for Health Syed Mustafa Kamal met with the Saudi Minister of Health on Wednesday in Riyadh to discuss strengthening cooperation in the health sector, according to a spokesperson for the Ministry of Health.