Singer Asim Azhar knows how to keep fans on their toes and this time, he’s done it with a move no one saw coming. After wiping his entire Instagram clean and leaving behind a single, cryptic “Khuda Hafiz,” social media went into a frenzy. Was it a farewell? A heartbreak? A rebrand? Turns out, it...
Defense Minister Khawaja Asif has alleged that India is backing the Afghan Taliban in Kabul and using Afghan soil to wage a low-intensity war against Pakistan. In an interview with Arab TV, Khawaja Asif said the Taliban have become India’s proxy and Pakistan has clear evidence of connections between New Delhi and the Taliban regime....
Kurram: Seven militants were killed and six Pakistani soldiers, including a captain, embraced martyrdom during an intelligence-based operation by security forces in the Dogar area of Kurram district, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. According to the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR), security forces launched the operation on confirmed intelligence regarding the presence of Indian-sponsored militants in the area. ISPR...
A joint statement was issued on the meeting between Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif and Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman. The Foreign Office reports that Saudi Arabia and Pakistan agreed to deepen their long-standing partnership by announcing the establishment of a framework for economic cooperation. There will be talks between the two nations over economic,...
According to her family, Riffat Ara Alvi, the mother of journalist Arshad Sharif, died on Sunday. On October 24, 2022, Arshad, a well-known journalist who received the 2023 Pride of Performance award from then-President Arif Alvi, was shot and killed in Kenya. Politicians and media outlets called for an investigation into his death, although the...
Karachi: police have uncovered a shocking case involving a domestic worker who, despite earning a salary of just 45,000 rupees a month, turned out to be a millionaire. Investigators found that the man owned gold worth nearly one crore rupees, had made bank transactions exceeding one crore, and maintained four separate bank accounts. According to...
Islamabad: The Interior Ministry has formally issued a notification declaring a religious party a banned organization under the Anti-Terrorism Act (ATA) 1997. According to the notification, the federal government has credible evidence that the organization is involved in activities deemed as terrorism, leading to the decision to include the religious party in the First Schedule...
Pakistan has announced the phased restoration of Afghan transit trade, starting with the Chaman border crossing, as part of efforts to normalize trade movement after nearly two weeks of suspension. According to a notification issued by the Directorate of Transit Trade Customs, the movement of returning vehicles will be strictly monitored under the new restoration...
Islamabad: The federal cabinet, chaired by Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif, has formally approved a ban on a religious political party, citing its involvement in violent and extremist activities across the country. During the meeting, senior officials from the Punjab government joined via video link and briefed the cabinet on the group’s history of violence and...
ISLAMABAD: The recent Supreme Court Bar Association (SCBA) elections dealt a serious blow to the lawyers’ panel supported by the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI), as the party lost not just nationally but also at every polling station in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KPK). This province is typically seen as a PTI stronghold. Despite several of the PTI’s leading...