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Media fraternity cries foul over proposed media laws; calls it attempt to take state control

Journalists in Pakistan have expressed their displeasure as the government pushes for new media laws that they allege would pave the way for “state control” over media. Under the proposed ordinance, all other existing laws regulating media will be superseded by the new law

Pakistan to sell arms to Tajikistan

Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan has stressed the need to improve defense ties with Tajikistan, as the two countries signed memorandums of understanding (MOU) for the sale of Pakistan-manufactured arms to the Central Asian country

Terrorists will not be allowed to destabilise Balochistan: Pakistan Army chief

Pakistan Army will make all possible efforts towards the achievement of enduring peace for sustainable socio-economic development of Balochistan and terrorists will not be allowed to destabilize the country's largest province, General Qamar Javed Bajwa, Pakistan Army chief said during a visit to a corp headquarters in the country’s restrive province

Prospects of Putin’s maiden Pakistan trip brighten after gas pipeline deal

The prospects of Russian President Vladimir Putin's maiden trip to Pakistan have brightened after Islamabad and Moscow last week signed a fresh agreement to lay a gas pipeline from Karachi to Kasur, officials said

Pakistani woman gets justice on live TV from PM Imran Khan

A Pakistani woman had been making every effort for the last two years - -- from approaching courts to police--to get  Rs 472,000 (PKR) from her tenant who was the brother of a high-ranking police officer in Pakistan’s Punjab province

Opposition PDM announces new anti-government drive in Pakistan

The opposition Pakistan Democratic Movement (PDM) has started putting pressure on Prime Minister Imran Khan as it declared restarting a campaign against the government

Pakistan: NGO report says 2960 children sexually abused in 2020

An NGO report has found 2,960 children were sexually abused in Pakistan during the year 2020

Pakistan: Police baton charge protesting teachers, 21 arrested in Peshawar

Police resorted to baton charge and lobbed teargas shells to disperse a protest rally organized by teachers in Pakistan's Peshawar city on Monday

Ten people killed, 3 injured in rain-related incidents in Pakistan

At least 10 people were killed and three injured in different rain-related incidents in Pakistan's eastern Punjab province, local media reported

Peace, stability in South Asia depends on resolving long-standing ‘regional’ issues: Pakistan Army chief

Pakistan’s Chief of Army Staff (COAS), General Qamar Javed Bajwa has said that peace and stability of South Asia are dependent on the resolution of “long-pendingissues” in the region

Pakistan talks ways to diversify ties with UAE

Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan and Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi and Deputy Supreme Commander of the UAE Armed Forces Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan reaffirmed the close fraternal relations between the two countries and discussed ways to further cement and diversify bilateral ties during a telephonic conversation on Monday

Four Pakistani soldiers die as two separate terrorist attacks in Balochistan

Two separate attacks in Pakistan's Quetta and Turbat areas left at least four Frontier Corps personnel dead, local media reports said

Biden waiting for internal review outcome before dialing Pakistan PM

When Donald Trump was elected the US president in 2016, he didn't even wait to take the formal oath before telephoning then Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif

Pakistan needs long-term planning: PM Imran Khan

Accusing previous Pakistan governments of neglecting planning, Prime Minister Imran Khan has stressed that long-term planning was needed in the country

In-person classes partially resumed in Pakistan

Authorities in Pakistan have allowed in-person classes at schools and colleges in some parts of the country in a move to reopen educational centers gradually