Pakistan

ISLAMABAD - A parliamentary delegation headed by Senator Pervaiz Rashid is representing Pakistan at the 21st Asia-Pacific Parliamentarians’ Conference on Environment and Development (APPCED), being held in Seoul, South Korea.

ISLAMABAD - Speaker National Assembly Sardar Ayaz Sadiq met with Majesty King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa of Bahrain at Al-Safriya Palace on Tuesday.

QUETTA - An improvised explosive device (IED) blast on Tuesday derailed five coaches of Quetta-bound Jaffar Express train in Balochistan province, officials and rescue workers said.

ISLAMABAD - France on Tuesday pledged €500,000 in financial support to help flood-affected communities in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, funding a new ‘Acted’-led project that will restore livelihoods, shelters, water systems, and education in Buner and Swat.

ISLAMABAD - The Supreme Court of Pakistan on Tuesday acquitted Mushtaq Ahmed an accused in a murder case.

ISLAMABAD - President Asif Ali Zardari and Prime Minister Muhammad Nawaz Sharif on Tuesday expressed deep sorrow and grief over the demise of Grand Mufti of Saudi Arabia, Sheikh Abdulaziz bin Abdullah Al-Sheikh, calling it a great loss for the entire Muslim Ummah.

ISLAMABAD - Speaking at a seminar held at PIMS Hospital on “From Trauma to Recovery: Improving the Standards of Burn Care” on Tuesday, the Health Minister Syed Mustafa Kamal highlighted that burn patients in Pakistan face an alarmingly high mortality rate due to lack of timely and adequate treatment.

The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Police on Tuesday successfully recovered three men abducted in Nowshera. Nowshera Police spokesperson Turk Ali Shah earlier told Dawn.com that the “Counter-Terrorism Department has been given the task to make efforts and get the abducted people released.” A first information report (FIR) of the incident was registered at the CTD Mardan Circle Police Station a day ago on the complaint of the engineer’s father under Pakistan Penal Code Section 365A (kidnapping or abducting for extorting property) and Section 7 (punishment for acts of terrorism) of the Anti Terrorism Act. A statement issued today from the KP Police said officials of the Nizampur Police Station were alerted about the incident. It added that Nowshera District Police Officer Ahmad Shah assigned the task to Nizampur Station House Officer Altaf Hussain and Sub-Inspector Waqas Yousuf Wittim to safely rescue the abducted men. “The team rescued the three kidnapped people safely with the cooperation and efforts of local elders,” th...

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Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Ishaq Dar on Tuesday told the United Nations Security Council that now was the time for action to resolve the ongoing crisis in the Gaza Strip and also welcomed the increasing recognition of a Palestinian state by more countries. FM Dar is part of a delegation being led by Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif at a high-level segment of the 80th session of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) from today, drawing the attention of the international community towards the “grave crisis” in Gaza and calling for “decisive action” to end the suffering of Palestinians, according to a statement by the government. World leaders gather in New York every September for several days of speeches at the annual UNGA session. Addressing a UNSC session on the Middle East, FM Dar said: “Gaza has become a graveyard for humanity and the global conscience. We call upon the Security Council and the broader international community to act decisively, to uphold human dignity, to ensure accountab...

At least four people were injured as a blast derailed six bogies of the Jaffar Express near Spezand town in the Dasht tehsil of Balochistan’s Mastung district, according to officials. With a rise in terrorist attacks over the past few years, Balochistan has seen a series of incidents where militants blow up train tracks, targeting the province’s transport infrastructure. Balochistan Health Department and Quetta Civil Hospital spokesperson Dr Waseem Baig told Dawn.com: “Three people were injured in the blast and have been shifted to the Civil Hospital Trauma Centre, while an injured child has been taken to Combined Military Hospital.” Muhammad Kashif, Pakistan Railways’ Quetta division public relations officer, told Dawn.com that a railway track was blown up with explosives in the town of Spezand, derailing six bogies. “The train was coming from Peshawar to Quetta and there were 270 passengers on board,” he said, adding that a relief train was dispatched from Quetta after the explosion, while a team of officer...

The government is set to hold a signing ceremony today for a financing facility agreement to reduce the circular debt in the power sector, according to the Prime Minister’s Office (PMO). A letter from the Central Power Purchasing Agency to all banks and power sector entities invited their chief executive officers and heads to attend the event. It said the event will be held at the PMO and PM Shehbaz Sharif will also virtually address the event as he is currently in New York for the UN General Assembly session. Pakistan’s debt burden has become the defining constraint of its fiscal and economic future. According to data released by the State Bank of Pakistan, the total government debt (excluding the International Monetary Fund) increased from Rs69 trillion in June 2024 to Rs78tr by June 2025. The public debt (including the IMF debt) increased to Rs80.5tr from Rs71.2tr in June 2024. Both the numbers understate the full level of the government’s indebtedness. Developments suggest that the government is negotiati...

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