LAHORE: Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam (JUI-F) chief Maulana Fazlur Rehman on Tuesday said no external power can impose a solution on the people of Palestine and that only Palestinians themselves must decide whether a two-state formula suits them. Addressing a press conference at Jamia Ashrafia, the veteran cleric reiterated Pakistan’s historic refusal […]
DPM and FM Ishaq Dar speaks during a NA session on October 3, 2025.
ISLAMABAD: Federal police have launched an investigation into the incident in which officers forcibly entered the Islamabad Press Club (NPC) and assaulted journalists covering a protest. Inspector General of Islamabad Police, Syed Ali Nasir Rizvi, has constituted a high-level inquiry committee to probe the matter. According to sources, the committee […]
ISLAMABAD: Security forces killed seven Indian-backed militants in an intelligence-based operation (IBO) in Balochistan’s Sherani district, the military’s media wing said on Friday. According to the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR), the October 1 operation targeted operatives of Fitna-ul-Khawarij, described as India-sponsored terrorists. The suspects were killed in an exchange of […]
MUZAFFARABAD: A second round of negotiations is under way between a federal government delegation and the Joint Awami Action Committee (JAAC) in a bid to end the ongoing unrest in Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK), where protests have now entered their fourth day. Shutter-down and wheel-jam strikes have paralysed life […]
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan has strongly condemned Israel’s interception of the Global Sumud Flotilla — a humanitarian mission carrying international activists and aid to Gaza — calling it a “grave violation of international law” and an affront to global solidarity. In a statement issued on Thursday, Pakistan said the flotilla represented a […]
MADRID: Spain summoned Israel’s top representative in Madrid on Thursday after Israeli forces intercepted a flotilla carrying humanitarian aid and pro-Palestinian activists en route to Gaza. Spanish Foreign Minister Jose Manuel Albares confirmed that 65 Spaniards were aboard the convoy. “Today I summoned the charge d’affaires here in Madrid,” Albares […]
ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Thursday voiced serious concern over the deteriorating situation in Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK) and ordered a transparent inquiry into the recent violent incidents. He appealed to citizens to maintain peace as protests across the region entered their fourth consecutive day, marked by shutter-down […]
ISLAMABAD: Islamabad police forcibly entered the cafeteria of the National Press Club (NPC) on Thursday and assaulted journalists after allegedly mistaking them for protesters participating in a nearby demonstration. According to witnesses, members of the Kashmir Joint Awami Action Committee (JAAC) were staging a protest outside the press club when […]
Israeli forces have arrested former Senator Mushtaq Ahmad Khan and members of a Pakistani delegation aboard the Global Samood flotilla, which was en route to deliver humanitarian aid and medicines to Gaza, sources said. Mushtaq Ahmad Khan had earlier warned of a possible Israeli attack on the flotilla. In a […]