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Afghan-Pakistan border dispute: Fencing of the border will continue as planned, says Pakistan military after Taliban objections

Pakistan will continue fencing the Afghanistan-Pakistan border, the military said on Wednesday, days after Taliban fighters destroyed border fences at multiple locations along the Durand Line, the internationally recognized border between the two countries

Pakistan foreign minister says ready to host SAARC summit, invites India to join virtually

Pakistan is ready to host the SAARC summit and India can join virtually if it is unwilling to come to Pakistan, Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi said on Monday, adding that the forum remains “dysfunctional” because of New Delhi’s “stubbornness.”

Protests in Sindh province over controversial local government bill; more Pakistani women joining protests

Political parties and activists are protesting in Pakistan’s southeastern province of Sindh after the provincial government plans to pass a controversial local government bill that critics claim aims to curtail the powers of local bodies and municipalities

Hindu pilgrims throng 100-year-old renovated temple in Pakistan; country sends a message

Over 200 Hindu pilgrims from India, the US and the Gulf prayed at the 100-year-old renovated Hindu temple in northwest Pakistan as the country seeks to send out a message that the country is protective of its minorities

Inflation wrecks havoc in Pakistan; touches 12 percent in December

The inflation rate in Pakistan reached a new level last month, recording 12.3 percent in December— the highest in the last two years, as experts warn of more trouble in the weeks ahead of the government’s mini-budget

Amid mounting challenges in Pakistan, Imran Khan's government extends hand of friendship to opposition

In what comes as a rare acknowledgment of its mounting challenges on multiple fronts,  the Pakistani  government on Saturday said it needed to "reduce bitterness" with opposition parties and leaders— whom Khan and his ministers often call "corrupt" and "criminal" political elites—and said they should talk about issues facing the country

Pakistan fully vaccinates nearly half its eligible population

Pakistan has fully vaccinated 70 million people, roughly 46 percent of the country’s total eligible population, Prime Minister Imran Khan said, adding his government has spent over $1.4 billion in procuring and providing free vaccines to the public

Fast-changing AfPak regional dynamics in the shadow of an emboldened TTP

The Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP), a banned militant group active in the northwestern part of Pakistan, has claimed 46 attacks on the country’s security forces since the one-month ceasefire, brokered by the Afghan Taliban, came to end on 9 December

Pakistan assures minorities, forms separate committee to manage Hindu temples

Pakistan on Thursday formed a separate committee, the Pakistan Hindu Temple Management Committee, under the Ministry of Religious Affairs to manage religious sites of the country's minorities, Hindus and Sikhs

Pakistan Railways minister pushes for commercialization, blames ‘state enterprise mafia’ behind railways' destruction

State enterprise mafia has destroyed Pakistan Railways, Minister for Railways Azam Khan Swati said, as he pushes for the commercialization of stations as part of his bigger reforms to overhaul the sector

Economic stability takes centerstage in Pakistan’s first comprehensive national security policy

Pakistan has placed economic stability at the core of its comprehensive National Security Policy, a first of its kind vision document the government has prepared for the next five years, starting from 2022

‘They don’t even recognize the border': Pakistan’s senator questions government support to Taliban

A senior leader of the opposition Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP), Senator Raza Rabbani, has on Friday questioned the government’s policy of supporting the ruling Taliban in Afghanistan, asking why the government was in haste to support them when the Taliban did "not even recognize the border"

Pakistan railways’ total losses touch $6 billion; political neglect, unprofessional heads, mismanagement behind slide

Once a lifeline for the people of the subcontinent, the part of railways that went to Pakistan now stares at a bleak future

Bailout for Pakistan: After IDB, now ADB to extend $1.53 billion in loans

The Asian Development Bank (ADB) will extend loans worth $1.53 billion to the Pakistan government in reforming its energy sector and improving health and other civic facilities in its mountainous tribal province of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa

Rise of extremist parties not good for the country; sign of retrogressive society, says Pakistani minister

The rise of “extremist” parties like JUI-F and TLP— two of Pakistan’s hardline religious political parties—would harm the country’s national interest, Information Minister Fawad Chaudhary said, terming the ruling party PTI as only the “only national party” good for the country