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Pakistan: 19 dead as Karachi records highest rainfall in 24 hours

The crisis-like situation led Sindh Chief Minister Murad Ali Shah to announce a public holiday on Saturday

Pakistan's Covid-19 cases reach 292,174, death toll jumps to 6,231

The Ministry of National Health Services reported that 10 patients died during the period, taking the total number of COVID-19 fatalities to 6,231

Imran Khan says Pakistan won't have diplomatic relations with Israel

Pakistan and Israel do not have diplomatic relations and their aircraft are not allowed to use each other's airspace

Pak Army chief meets Saudi counterpart in attempt to smoothen strained ties

The meeting comes after the decade-long friendship between both countries took a sharp turn when Pakistan Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi issued a blunt warning to Saudi Arabia

Terrible atmosphere to play bilateral cricket with India: Imran Khan

Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan on Monday said it would be a 'terrible atmosphere' to play a bilateral cricket series with India given the current tense relations

Imran Khan says economy heading in right direction after tough years

Pakistan's economy is heading in the right direction after two "very difficult" years, Prime Minister Imran Khan said on Friday

US looks forward to strengthen bilateral partnership with Pak, says Pompeo

For more than 70 years, the US and Pakistan have worked together on issues of critical importance, Pompeo said.

Pak denies rift with Saudi Arabia, says visit of Army chief pre-planned

Army spokesman Major General Babar Iftikhar addressed the media in Rawalpindi where he was asked about a media report that General Bajwa was going to Riyadh to fix some irritants in bilateral ties

Abrogation of Article 370: Tracking change Jammu and Kashmir one year later

Government assures Kashmiris they will get to change political representatives as militancy continues

Pak unveils new map including J&K, India calls it ridiculous and illegal

'These ridiculous assertions have neither legal validity nor international credibility,' India said

Pakistan court asks govt to give India 2nd offer in Kulbhushan Jadhav case

The Islamabad High Court has asked the federal government of Imran Khan to give another offer and opportunity to India in the Kulbhushan Jadhav case

Breathalyser test now mandatory for Pakistan International Airlines crew

The notification issued by the medical division said the test would be carried out in the cabin crew briefing rooms by flight surgeon/medical officer or the ground staff

Condemning 'tragedy' of citizen's killing, US urges Pak to pursue reforms

Terming the killing of an American citizen in Pakistan's courtroom as a "shameful tragedy", the US State Department has called on Islamabad to take immediate action and institute reforms to prevent similar incidents in future.Tahir Ahmad Naseem, from the minority Ahmadi community, was shot dead in a courtroom in Peshawar on Wednesday. He was on trial for blasphemy."Condolences to family of Tahir Naseem, an American citizen who was killed today inside a courtroom in Pakistan. We urge Pak to take immediate action and pursue reforms that will prevent such a shameful tragedy from happening again," tweeted Bureau of South & Central Asian Affairs, US State Department.The young assailant, identified as Khalid Khan who managed to get into the court amid tight security was arrested later.Naseem was arrested two years ago on blasphemy charges.Ahmadis, a four million-strong minority group in Pakistan, have faced death, threats, intimidation and a sustained hate campaign for ...

Despite looming FATF deadlines, Pakistan yet to curb terror financing

The 13 conditions that remain unimplemented are related to curbing terror financing, enforcement of the laws against the proscribed organisations and improving the legal systems

Pakistan back in China's Belt and Road game with projects worth $11 bn

The Chinese financing has helped rid Pakistan of an electricity deficit that left exporters unable to meet orders and major cities without electricity for much of the day.

'No doubt' India was behind stock exchange attack in Karachi: Imran Khan

India said on Monday it had nothing to do with the assault

Pakistani dissidents slam PM Khan for calling Osama bin Laden 'martyr'

A group of Pakistani dissidents have expressed dismay over Prime Minister Imran Khan calling slain al-Qaeda chief and 9/11 mastermind Osama bin Laden a "martyr," saying this could be out of a "sinister reason" of putting the West, especially the US on notice. Under the banner of South Asians Against Terrorism & For Human Rights (SAATH) Forum, the group that includes Pakistan's former envoy to the US Hussain Haqqani, condemned Khan for making such a statement in Parliament. What makes this doubly disgusting is that Imran Khan made this claim on the floor of Pakistan's National Assembly. For, another Prime Minister of Pakistan, Yusaf Raza Gillani, had in selfsame, National Assembly on May 9, 2011, denounced bin Laden as a terrorist and had welcomed his elimination, it said in a statement. Speaking in Parliament during the budget session on June 25, Khan called bin Laden a "shaheed" (martyr) and said that Islamabad faced "embarrassment" by taking part in America's war on ...

4 terrorists, 2 civilians killed in attack on Pak Stock Exchange in Karachi

Four militants had stormed the PSX building and opened indiscriminate fire

Pakistan PM Imran Khan want to be an ambassador for Kashmiri people

Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan on Friday said he would become the ambassador of the Kashmiri people to raise their issues

Pakistan PM Imran Khan calls 9/11 mastermind Osama bin Laden a martyr

"I don't think there's a country which supported the war on terror and had to face embarrassment for it. Pakistan was also openly blamed for US' failure in Afghanistan," Khan said