News about Happenings in Pakistan
KARACHI: A gas cylinder explosion triggered a fire in a residential high-rise near Hyderi in North Nazimabad on Sunday, killing a teenage boy and injuring five others, including a woman and a child, rescue and police officials said. Rescue officials said the body of the 15 to 16-year-old boy, identified […]
ISLAMABAD: A 5.6-magnitude earthquake struck parts of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Punjab on Friday, with tremors felt in several cities including Peshawar and Islamabad. According to the seismological centre, the quake’s epicentre was located in Afghanistan’s Hindu Kush region at a depth of 73 kilometres. No immediate reports of casualties or […]
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Information Secretary Sheikh Waqas Akram on Thursday criticised the Punjab government over reports of acquiring a luxury Gulfstream business jet worth $38-42 million, alleging it was intended exclusively for the chief minister’s personal use. Reacting to the reports circulating on social media, Waqas described the alleged […]
WASHINGTON: The Governments of Pakistan and the United States have formally launched a strategic economic initiative aimed at strengthening bilateral cooperation, including collaboration on the operation, maintenance, renovation and redevelopment of the Roosevelt Hotel in New York. The engagement was negotiated and overseen by US Special Envoy Steve Witkoff under […]
RAWALPINDI: Security forces conducted an intelligence-based operation in Lakki Marwat district on the night of February 18/19, 2026, on reported presence of Khwarij belonging to the Indian proxy Fitna al Khwarij, the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) said. According to the military’s media wing, troops effectively engaged the militants’ location and, […]
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan on Thursday summoned the Afghan mission and issued a strong demarche to the Afghan Taliban regime over the deadly terrorist attack in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa’s Bajaur district that martyred 11 Pakistan Army soldiers. “Pakistan condemned in the strongest possible terms the vehicle-borne suicide terrorist attack, followed by a fire […]
ISLAMABAD: An anti-terrorism court in Islamabad on Thursday granted post-arrest bail to lawyer and activist Imaan Mazari and her husband, Hadi Ali Chattha, in a case related to an alleged scuffle with police. The couple was arrested by Islamabad police last month over an altercation outside the Islamabad High Court […]
ISLAMABAD: Defence Minister Khawaja Asif has warned that Pakistan will not hesitate to conduct fresh strikes inside Afghanistan if authorities in Kabul fail to provide credible assurances of peace, according to a report. Speaking to France 24, Asif said Islamabad remains prepared to act again unless the Afghan Taliban government […]
Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Ishaq Dar told the UN Security Council that Pakistan supports US-led efforts, including President Donald Trump’s “Board of Peace” initiative, to advance a ceasefire and peace process in Gaza. Addressing the UNSC, Dar said Pakistan, as part of the group of eight Arab and […]
ISALAMABAD: Interior Minister Mohsin Naqvi said on Tuesday that Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) founder Imran Khan’s sister, Aleema Khan, was responsible for a three-day delay in the former prime minister’s eye examination. Speaking at a press conference, Naqvi discussed the meeting held between doctors who examined Imran in Rawalpindi’s Adiala jail, […]