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Pakistani forces' brutality sparks outrage in Pashtun community

Former Tehreek-e-Taliban (TTP) spokesperson Ehsanullah Ehsan, who had recently said that Pakistani agencies want him to lead its death squads and kill anti-state elements including journalists, has now revealed that Pakistans state institutions were responsible for the murder of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa SP Tahir Dawar

British Airways seeks permission for flights to Lahore

After resuming flight operations to Islamabad from the UK, British Airways (BA) was now seeking permission from the Pakistan Civil Aviation Authority (PCAA) to start operating flights to Lahore

New monsoon spell begins in Karachi

Karachi neighbourhoods reported light to heavy showers on Thursday as a new spell of monsoon began in the city

Government pursuing a ‘Make in Pakistan’ policy: PM Imran Khan

Prime Minister Imran Khan on Wednesday declared that the government was vigorously pursuing “Make in Pakistan” policy to promote export-oriented industrialisation in the country

Cautious optimism as active cases fall below 10,000 in Pakistan

While there are fewer than 9,000 active cases of the novel coronavirus across the country and on an average less than a dozen mortalities are being reported for the last 25 days, the National Command and Operation Centre (NCOC) on Wednes­day warned that there was a possibility of re-emergence of the deadly virus as violation of Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) was being reported from tourist places

Pakistani filmmaker: Important to build culture without toxic masculinity

Pakistani filmmaker Asim Abbasi grew up watching women being treated as a minority in real life as well as on screen, which made him wonder about the gender lines that society draws

Karachi sinks in heavy rains

Heavy rains on Tuesday wreaked havoc in Sindh, with the country’s financial hub Karachi battling record downpour that had claimed the lives of at least five people and severed road access to entire localities

Promotion of Pakistan-US relations essential for ensuring peace in region: FM Qureshi

Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi on Wednesday said promotion of Pak-US relations and a mutual partnership is essential to ensure peace and stability in the region, including the Afghan peace process

Opposition sabotaging efforts to exit FATF grey list: Pakistan PM Imran Khan

Prime Minister Imran Khan has accused the opposition parties of sabotaging the government’s efforts to exit the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) grey list, saying that they would have Pakistan put on the FAFT blacklist and keep threatening to bring down the government unless given NRO

Did mobboss Dawood fund movies of Pakistani actress Mehwish Hayat?

Pakistan's leading film actress and most sought after 'glamour girl' in the Karachi film Industry, Mehwish Hayat, is being trolled on social media as her name gets linked with India's most wanted fugitive and mobboss Dawood Ibrahim

General Bajwa credited with stabilising Pakistan's relations with Saudi Arabia

The Royal United Services Institute (RUSI), the world's oldest defence think tank, has credited General Qamar Javed Bajwa for taking the Saudi–Pakistan relationship out of the personal domain into the institutional and for calming relations between both countries in recent days

Ex-Pakistani envoy secretly sold embassy building in Indonesia

Pakistan's former ambassador to Indonesia allegedly sold the embassy building in Jakarta at a throwaway price around 10 years ago

3 dead, roads submerged as incessant monsoon rains lash Karachi for second day

Heavy rains continued for the second day in Karachi on Tuesday, wreaking more havoc on the metropolis, flooding roads and causing a landslide. At least three children lost their lives in rain-related accidents

Government mulls package for schools affected by COVID-19

Pakistan's Minister for Federal Education, Professional Training, National Heritage and Culture Shafqat Mahmood on Monday informed the National Assembly that a special financial package is under consideration for low fee private schools affected by the COVID-19 pandemic

Economy on right track, says Pakistan PM

Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan on Monday said the country's current account balance had recorded a surplus of $424 million in July, signalling that the economy was "on the right track"