NEW YORK: The foreign ministers of Pakistan, Egypt, Saudi Arabia and Türkiye have called for continued dialogue and diplomacy to address regional tensions, stressing the need to uphold the Islamabad Memorandum of Understanding for lasting peace and stability. The four foreign ministers met in New York on September 21 on […]
ISLAMABAD: The National Highways and Motorway Police has announced the closure of sections of motorways M-1 and M-14 and GT Road N-5 to all traffic from the evening of September 23. According to the Motorway Police spokesperson, M-1 will remain closed in both directions between Islamabad Toll Plaza and Chachh […]
NEW YORK: Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Senator Mohammad Ishaq Dar has reaffirmed Pakistan’s unwavering solidarity with the Palestinian people and called for full implementation of the Gaza Peace Plan and UN Security Council Resolution 2803. Addressing a meeting of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) Committee of Six […]
NEW YORK: Foreign ministers of Pakistan, Egypt, Türkiye, Indonesia, Jordan, Qatar, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates have called for the full implementation of the Comprehensive Plan for Gaza, urging Israel to fulfil its commitments under the first phase and preserve the ceasefire. The foreign ministers met in New […]
TEHRAN: Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian on Tuesday vowed to “firmly defend” his country’s positions as he departed for New York to attend the United Nations General Assembly. Speaking before leaving Iran, Pezeshkian said his country had emerged from the conflict with its “head held high” and would use the international […]
ISTANBUL: A teenager opened fire outside a high school in western Turkey on Tuesday, injuring 11 students before being detained by police, authorities said. The incident took place at around 8am local time in Turgutlu, in Manisa province near the western city of Izmir, according to the regional governor’s office. […]
NUSHKI: Two policemen deployed to protect a polio vaccination team were martyred after unidentified armed men opened fire in Nushki district of Balochistan on Tuesday, police said. The slain officials were identified as Yasir Ahmed and Abdul Rauf, according to Nushki City police station. Police said the attackers opened fire […]
MULTAN: Jamaat-e-Islami (JI) Emir Hafiz Naeemur Rehman on Tuesday announced that the party had postponed the next phase of its march on Islamabad and would remain in Multan until a meeting with Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif. Addressing a press conference in Multan, Hafiz Naeem said the prime minister had contacted […]
PESHAWAR: Chief of Defence Forces (CDF) and Chief of Army Staff (COAS) Field Marshal Syed Asim Munir visited Corps Headquarters Peshawar on Tuesday and reviewed the security situation in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) said. According to the military’s media wing, Field Marshal Munir was briefed on the […]
SEOUL: North Korea launched two projectiles off its eastern coast on Sunday, including a short-range ballistic missile, marking its second round of missile tests in about a week amid heightened tensions on the Korean Peninsula. South Korea’s defence ministry said the first launch was detected from the Wonsan area at […]