Pakistan

ISLAMABAD - Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Wednesday greeting the Hindu community celebrating their religious festival Holi, stressed the need for national-level efforts to promote interfaith dialogue, protection of worship places, and fostering of mutual respect in the society.

ISLAMABAD - The Supreme Court of Pakistan heard a bail application filed by an accused involved in a human smuggling case and dismissed the plea, directing him to face trial before the trial court.

ISLAMABAD - Federal Minister for Information and Broadcasting Attaullah Tarar said on Wednesday that the security forces have killed 481 combatants of the Afghan Taliban regime, destroyed their 226 posts, and captured 35 others during Operation Ghazab lil-Haq, launched following “unprovoked action” from across the.

ISLAMABAD - Field Marshal Syed Asim Munir, NI (M), HJ, COAS & CDF, visited Wana in South Waziristan to review the prevailing security situation and operational preparedness along the Western border.

ISLAMABAD - A meeting of leaders and representatives of the parliamentary parties was held in Islamabad on Wednesday with Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif in the chair.

ISLAMABAD: - Leaders of Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) on Wednesday visited the Embassy of Iran in Islamabad to express deep condolences over the martyrdom of Iran’s Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei, describing him as a highly respected and influential figure of the Muslim world.

Peshawar - Chief Minister Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Sohail Afridi, formally inaugurated the Peshawar Safe Cities Project at a ceremony held at Malik Saad Shaheed Police Lines in Peshawar.

PESHAWAR - The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Minister for Public Health Engineering, Fazal Shakoor Khan, on Wednesday chaired a high-level review meeting to assess progress on major water supply and sanitation schemes across the province.

Peshawar - The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Legislative Committee on Wednesday undertook a detailed review of several draft laws and policy matters at a meeting chaired by the provincial Minister for Law, Parliamentary Affairs and Human Rights, Aftab Alam.

The US financial services industry is on heightened alert for potential cyberattacks amid the unfolding US war in Iran, with firms stepping up monitoring for threats that often rise during periods of geopolitical conflict, said executives and analysts. The assassination of Iranian Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei last weekend in an air strike has sparked a conflagration in the Middle East that has roiled markets globally and stoked concerns over the potential for Iran-linked cyberattacks on US financial services operations. Cybersecurity has long been a top priority for the financial services industry, which operates critical US infrastructure, including payments, clearing and settlement systems, as well as trading platforms and Treasury markets, making it a top target of cyberattacks, according to industry data. “The industry remains vigilant and ready to respond to cyber threats at all times, and especially when global cybersecurity risks are heightened,” said Todd Klessman, managing director for financial servi...

On the fifth day of the United States-Israel war against Iran, the conflict stands in a position neither side may have fully anticipated when the first strikes were launched on Feb 28. The US and Israel may have achieved clear tactical air dominance over large parts of Iran with fixed air defence networks having been degraded, leadership having been struck at the highest level, and naval assets mostly at pier have been largely damaged. Yet the strategic picture remains unsettled, and in some respects, increasingly complicated. The opening hours of the war were decisive in military terms. Stealth platforms penetrated whatever air defences Iran possessed after last year’s 12-day war, followed by bomber waves which suppressed what were once key elements of the integrated air defence system. US-Israeli targets were not symbolic but structural, including leadership nodes, fixed military infrastructure, naval platforms, and border posts. The assassination of Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei was ...

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ISLAMABAD: The government on Wednesday deplored the opposition’s decision to boycott an in-camera briefing convened on national security, advising it to rethink its policy on issues linked to national interests. Earlier in the day, the government had invited the heads of all parliamentary parties to an in-camera briefing on national security convened by Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif at his office. However, the PTI had decided not to attend any meeting unless a meeting with its founder Imran Khan was arranged. Talking about the development in the National Assembly, Minister for Parliamentary Affairs Dr Tariq Fazal Chaudhry said the opposition should demonstrate seriousness on issues of national interest. He said political differences aside, this was the time to send a message of complete unity in Pakistan on matters of national interest. The minister said the session was organised neither to promote the agenda of any political party nor to benefit anyone individually. “It was a matter of Pakistan’s security an...

Multiple anti-state, Indian and Afghan accounts on social media platform X have been sharing a video since March 2, claiming that it shows Allama Raja Nasir, opposition leader in the Senate, saying Pakistan allowed the United States to use its airspace against Iran. However, the clip is doctored using artificial intelligence (AI). Israel and the United States launched joint military strikes on Iran on February 28, and assassinated Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Khamenei, significantly escalating tensions in the Middle East. Iran called the strikes unprovoked and illegal, and responded with missiles fired at Israel and at least seven other countries, including Gulf states that host US bases. The war entered its fifth day on Wednesday, with no let-up in attacks by the US, Israel or Iran. Meanwhile, Washington has said it was winning in the war against Iran, adding that the US military could fight as long as needed. On March 2, an anti-state account on X shared a clip of Nasir speaking on a talk show with the ...

Chief of Defence Forces and Chief of Army Staff Field Marshal Asim Munir on Wednesday said that peace between Pakistan and Afghanistan could only prevail if the Taliban regime “renounced their support for terrorism and terrorist organisations”. According to a statement by Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR), CDF Munir made the remarks as he visited Wana in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa’s South Waziristan to review the prevailing security situation and operational preparedness along the Western border. “He reiterated that peace could only prevail between both sides if the Afghan Taliban renounced their support for terrorism and terrorist organisations,” the statement said. It said that CDF Munir laid a floral wreath at the martyrs’ monument to pay homage to those who had rendered supreme sacrifices in defence of the motherland. “He offered fateha and reaffirmed that the sacrifices of shuhada remain the cornerstone of Pakistan’s security and resilience,” it added. During the visit, CDF Munir was given a comprehensive b...

New Zealand’s Finn Allen blasted the fastest century in T20 World Cup history in Kolkata on Wednesday as his side hammered South Africa by nine wickets to reach the final. Chasing 170 to win the first semi-final, Allen hit an unbeaten 100 off just 33 balls, to obliterate the previous mark of 47 balls by Chris Gayle, as New Zealand raced home with 7.1 overs to spare. Allen went on a rampage as he finished with two fours, two sixes and a four off successive balls to hit the winning runs and reach his hundred with a roar of delight at Eden Gardens. Tim Seifert hit 58 in a 117-run opening stand with Allen off just 9.1 overs to set up the victory romp. Seifert hit two sixes and seven fours while Allen bludgeoned eight sixes and 10 fours in a brutal display of controlled power hitting. “Obviously, we wanted to start looking straight and obviously try and put them on the back foot early,” said Allen. “I think it’s easy for me when Timmy’s (Seifert) going like that, I can kind of just watch and then hit it when it’s ...