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Pakistan-Turkey joint military exercise ATATURK-XI starts

The joint military exercise between Pakistani and Turkish special forces commenced on Tuesday with the opening ceremony taking place at the Special Service Group Headquarters in Tarbela

Ruling PTI allowed paid employees to receive funds, reveals document

In a significant development which is likely to have an impact on the PTI foreign funding case, a documented list has emerged of the Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf employees who were authorised to receive party donations from within and outside Pakistan

Pakistan Army denies ‘backdoor contacts’ with opposition

Pakistan Army on Monday rejected speculation about “backdoor contacts” with opposition politicians and cautioned against dragging the military into political squabbles

Pakistan's Basmati exports plunge by 38pc in 1HFY21

Pakistan’s rice exports remained subdued in the first half of the current fiscal year (1HFY21) due to low prices offered by India for non-basmati and issues of higher freight and shipments from October 2020 amid the COVID-19 pandemic

Pakistan's COVID-19 death toll crosses 12,000 mark

In a grim milestone, Pakistan's overall coronavirus death toll crossed the 12,000 mark on Monday, after the country registered 59 additional fatalities in the last 24 hours

1 killed, 5 arrested in CTD operation against suspected militants in Karachi

Officials of Pakistan's Counter-Terrorism Department of the Sindh Police on Monday killed one and arrested five suspected militants in an intelligence-based operation in Karachi and foiled a potential terror plot, according to officials

Wide-scale irregularities reported in administration of Sinopharm vaccine in Sindh

Wide scale irregularities in administration of vaccination in Pakistan's Sindh province have come to the forefront, including administering the Chinese Sinopharm vaccine to people over 60 years of age, non frontline health workers and totally unrelated people, sources confirmed to The News

287 Hindu temples in clutches of land mafias in Pakistan

Pakistan has around 365 Hindu temples; among them, 287 are encroached upon by land mafias, and just 65 of them are currently being managed by the Hindu community

'UN vindicates Pakistan stand on threats from Afghanistan'

Pakistan pointed out on Sunday that a United Nations monitoring report highlighting the presence of various terrorist groups in Afghanistan had vindicated Islamabad’s longstanding position that such outfits posed a direct threat not only to Pakistan but to the entire region

Pakistan UAE agree to boost ties

In a phone call, Pakistan Prime Min­ister Imran Khan and United Arab Emirates (UAE) Crown Prince She­ikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan agreed to boost bilateral ties

Pakistan Army choppers fail to locate missing climber on K2

Pakistan Army helicopters have failed to locate a mountaineer and two of his team members who went missing while attempting to summit K2, the second-highest peak of the world, the media reported on Sunday

IS terrorist arrested in Karachi

Pakistani security agencies arrested an Islamic State (IS) terrorist in Karachi and also foiled militant activities, officials said

Two killed in Pakistan rally blast

Two people were killed and three others injured when a bomb went off near a rally in Pakistan's Quetta city, a Balochistan government spokesman confirmed on Saturday

Pakistan PM, opposition PDM lock in a new war of words

While expressing solidarity with the people of Kashmir, Prime Minister Imran Khan in his Kotli rally on Friday fired a broadside at the opposition parties while reiterating his resolve not to give the opposition any NRO or reprieve

Pakistan or Kashmir: Imran Khan offers choices to Kashmiris

After years of selling the notion of an independent, separate, and "free Kashmir", Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan Friday offered the people of Kashmir to either choose an independent Kashmir or Pakistan