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Pakistan Foreign Minister Ishaq Dar sustains ‘hairline fracture’ after fall during Egypt Foreign Minister’s reception

March 30, 2026 admin

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Egyptian Foreign Minister Badr Abdelatty shakes hands with Pakistan’s Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Foreign Affairs Mohammad Ishaq Dar at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs on the day Pakistan hosts talks with the foreign ministers of Saudi Arabia, Egypt and Turkey to discuss regional de-escalation, amid the U.S.-Israel conflict with Iran, in Islamabad, Pakistan,…

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Pakistan vows to ‘eradicate terrorism’ as Afghan truce nears end

March 23, 2026 admin

A Pakistani soldier keeps watch at the Pakistan-Afghanistan border in Chaman, Balochistan province. File. | Photo Credit: AFP Pakistan’s foreign minister said Monday (March 23, 2026) that the country remains committed to “eradicating the menace of terrorism”, as the clock ticked down to the end of a temporary ceasefire with Afghanistan. Both countries last Wednesday…

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Pakistan Afghanistan conflict: Country wary of militant attacks after Afghanistan air strikes

February 25, 2026 admin

A soldier of Afghan Taliban forces stands guard close to the Torkham border of Nangarhar province, east of Kabul, Afghanistan, Tuesday, Aug. 13, 2024. Pakistani and Afghan Taliban forces traded cross-border fire near a key northwestern crossing, killing a woman and two children on the Afghan side of the border, officials said February 24, 2026…

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Tens of thousands flee northwest Pakistan over fears of military operation

January 28, 2026 admin

People who fled from Tirah, a town in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, amid uncertainty over a military operation against the Pakistani Taliban, wait for their turn outside a registration centre in Bara, a town of Pakistan’s northwestern Khyber district, on January 27, 2026. | Photo Credit: AP More than 70,000 people, mostly women and children,…

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CDF Asim Munir tells Afghan Taliban to choose between TTP and Pakistan

December 21, 2025 admin

Pakistan’s Chief of Defense Forces and Army Chief Gen. Asim Munir. File Photo credits: Inter Services Public Relations via AP Chief of Defence Forces Field Marshal Asim Munir has asked Afghanistan’s Taliban regime to choose between Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) and Pakistan, saying that a majority of militant groups infiltrating across the border comprise Afghan nationals….

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Pakistan may ban ‘uncooperative’ social media platforms: Minister

December 12, 2025 admin

Image used for representational purposes. File | Photo Credit: Reuters A Pakistani Minister has warned that the government may consider banning social media platforms if they do not cooperate with authorities. Minister of State for Law and Justice Barrister Aqeel Malik made these remarks on Thursday (December 11, 2025), according to a Dawn report. The…

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Pakistan formally appoints Asim Munir as first Chief of Defence Forces

December 4, 2025 admin

Field Marshal Asim Munir. File | Photo Credit: AP President Asif Ali Zardari on Thursday (December 4, 2025) approved the appointment of the army chief, Field Marshal Asim Munir, as Pakistan’s first Chief of Defence Forces for a period of five years. President Zardari approved the summary submitted by Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif, formally asking…

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Government official among four killed in ambush in Pakistan’s Khyber Pakhtunkhwa

December 2, 2025 admin

At least four persons, including North Waziristan Assistant Commissioner, and two policemen, were killed when militants ambushed his vehicle in Pakistan’s northwestern Province Khyber Pakhtunkhwa on Tuesday (December 2, 2025), police said. The attack in the Bannu district of the province, targeted a vehicle of Shah Waliullah, the assistant commissioner of North Waziristan. Spokesperson for…

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Bangladesh hosts military production team from Pakistan

November 24, 2025 admin

This image is used for representational purposes only. | Photo Credit: Getty Images/iStockphoto A high-level team from Pakistan’s military production sector met Bangladesh’s Army Chief General Waker Uz Zaman on Sunday (November 23, 2025) in Dhaka. This is the second high profile visit to Bangladesh on behalf of the Pakistan military establishment in the last…

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Ruling PML-N sweeps bye-elections in Pakistan

November 24, 2025 admin

Image used for representational purposes only. File | Photo Credit: Getty Images/iStockphoto The ruling Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) swept the bye-elections held on Sunday (November 23, 2025), winning 12 out of 13 seats, according to unofficial results. Bye-elections were conducted for six seats of the National Assembly (NA) and seven of the Provincial Assembly of…

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