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WWF-Pakistan appreciated the Government of Balochistan for declaring Miani Hor as the third Marine Protected Area (MPA) in Pakistan.

Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto Junior, grandson of former Prime Minister Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto, has signaled the formation of a new political party alongside Fatima Bhutto, with plans to contest elections from Larkana and possibly Lyari.

Prime Minister Muhammad Shehbaz Sharif on Tuesday termed the substantial decline in power distribution companies’ (DISCOs) losses as a highly encouraging development and the first of its kind in decades.

Staff empowered to evict violators, pursue legal action

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Accused feared exposure after child witnessed compromising act

Rs4 billion set aside to digitise monitoring

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Dozens of Quaid-i-Azam University (QAU) students were detained early Tuesday during a police operation to clear hostel buildings in Islamabad, triggering widespread backlash on social media.

Maltese government had been under increasing pressure from within its ranks to recognise Palestinian state

Reuters/Ipsos poll found that US President's approval rating dropped by one percentage

Indian opposition parties on Tuesday assailed Prime Minister Narendra Modi for failures in the Pakistan-India four-day conflict earlier this year. As New Delhi launched deadly air strikes on Pakistan in early May over allegations about the Pahalgam attack, which Islamabad denied, PAF downed six Indian jets in its response. After tit-for-tat strikes on each other’s airbases, it took American intervention on May 10 for both sides to finally reach a ceasefire. Speaking in the monsoon session of the Indian lower house of parliament, Leader of the Opposition Rahul Gandhi said Modi’s government “lacked the political will to fight Pakistan and, because of that, asked the armed forces to attack with their hands tied behind their backs,” according to NDTV. “If Modi ji has even 50 per cent of the courage that Indira Gandhi had, then clearly say in parliament — Donald Trump is lying,” Gandhi, who is a member of the opposition Congress party, said. He added that the Indian prime minister should state that neither did Tru...

Calls for stronger literary partnerships between Türkiye and Pakistan

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Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has launched the Pakistan-Business Express train to provide better travel facilities to passengers.

Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) founder Imran Khan clarified on Tuesday that his sons, Qasim and Sulaiman, will not be coming to Pakistan, dismissing earlier reports suggesting their arrival to support efforts for his release.

The PTI on Tuesday swiftly rubbished media reports that said party founder Imran Khan had barred his two sons from coming to Pakistan and participating in any activity for his release. Imran’s sons — Sulaiman Khan, 28, and Kasim Khan, 26 — called attention to their father’s incarceration for the first time publicly in May. Earlier this month, Imran’s sister Aleema Khan said Sulaiman and Kasim will go to the US before coming to Pakistan as part of a movement calling for the ex-premier’s release. Imran, imprisoned since August 2023, is serving a sentence at the Adiala Jail in a £190 million corruption case and also faces pending trials under the Anti-Terrorism Act related to the protests of May 9, 2023. Earlier in the day, media reports said that the incarcerated former prime minister told reporters at Adiala Jail that his sons would not be coming to Pakistan and taking part in or leading any protest. Responding swiftly to the reports, PTI Central Information Secretary Waqas Akram said: “The news circulating in...