PESHAWAR: The National Accountability Bureau (NAB) has recovered 115 tolas of gold and made further arrests in the ongoing Rs40 billion Kohistan mega corruption scandal, officials confirmed on Monday. According to NAB sources, the gold was recovered during a raid at the residence of Bilal Shah, a close aide of […]
KARACHI: Pakistan Customs at Jinnah International Airport successfully foiled two major attempts to smuggle drugs into the country through the International Mail Office, seizing narcotics valued at Rs114 million. In the first case, officials recovered 1.69 kilograms of marijuana worth Rs52 million from a parcel declared as containing amulets that […]
KAMONKI: Federal Interior Minister Mohsin Naqvi visited the residence of the late SP Adeel Akbar in Kamonki to offer condolences to the bereaved family. During the visit, Minister Naqvi met with SP Adeel Akbar’s father, brother, and other family members, expressing deep sorrow and sympathy over the tragic loss. He […]
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan has been included for the first time among the world’s fastest-growing economies in the South Asian region, according to a new report released by the World Bank. The World Bank’s latest assessment identifies South Asia as the fastest-growing region globally, projecting an overall GDP growth rate of 6.6 […]
The third round of talks between Pakistan and the Afghan Taliban concluded in Istanbul after an intensive 18-hour session, according to diplomatic sources. During the marathon discussions, the Afghan Taliban delegation reportedly agreed multiple times with Pakistan’s “logical and legitimate” demand for verifiable and decisive action against the Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan […]
Despite a continued ban on women’s sports by the Taliban regime, the Afghan women’s football team has made a remarkable return to the international field. According to foreign media reports, the team, now recognized as the Afghan Women United, participated in a FIFA-supported tournament, marking their re-entry into global football. […]
NAUSHEHRO FEROZE: Armed robbers looted the residence of Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) MNA Zulfiqar Ali in Sindh’s Naushehro Feroze district after holding his family hostage for several hours during a late-night raid. According to the lawmaker, four armed men scaled the boundary wall of his house around 2:30 a.m. and […]
RAWALPINDI: Field Marshal Syed Asim Munir, NI (M), HJ, Chief of Army Staff (COAS), who is on an official visit to the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan, called on His Majesty King Abdullah II ibn Al Hussein, King of Jordan and Supreme Commander of the Jordan Armed Forces, at the Royal […]
US Secretary of State Marco Rubio met with India’s Foreign Minister Subrahmanyam Jaishankar on Monday, as both countries sought to advance trade discussions and defuse tensions following Washington’s recent tariff hikes. The meeting, held on the sidelines of a Southeast Asian summit in Malaysia, marked the highest-level contact between the […]
In Pakistan’s intricate administrative landscape, the boundary between military and civil authority has long been porous. From retired generals leading public corporations to serving officers seconded into key bureaucratic posts, the practice of appointing Armed Forces personnel to civilian institutions has become almost routine. What was once justified as a […]