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Pakistan Army promotes two Hindu officers; minister calls them 'pride' of nation

Two Hindu officers were promoted to the rank of Lieutenant Colonel in the Pakistan Army in a rare recognition for Pakistan’s minority Hindu community which often comes under Islamist assault

Child marriages: A perennial social and legal challenge in Pakistan

Despite years of efforts by the government, child marriages in Pakistan continue to remain a major challenge for authorities

In the midst of Ukraine crisis, Pakistan seeks 'multi-dimensional relationship' with Russia as Imran Khan meet Putin

On a day that Russian President Vladimir Putin precipitated a global crisis by announcing a "special military operation" into neighboring Ukraine, Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan became the first foreign leader to meet him in the Kremlin where he declared that he was seeking a "long-term, multi-dimensional relationship with Russia"

Pakistan intensifies military operations along Durand Line with Afghanistan

Pakistan has stepped up its military operations along its border with Afghanistan, also known as the Durand Line, to quell the violence inflicted by TTP militants inside Pakistan. Islamabad has accused militants of using Afghan soil to mount attacks against Pakistani border forces

'What a time I have come', exults Pakistan PM Imran Khan in Moscow as Russia invades Ukraine

Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan began his bilateral historic visit to Russia—the first in 23 years—on Wednesday amid escalating tensions between the West and Russia over the Ukraine crisis

Pakistan High Court puts controversial ordinance on hold; critics allege government curtailing media freedom

In what comes as a setback to the Pakistan government, Islamabad High Court on Wednesday ordered the authorities not to implement a controversial section of the recently promulgated ordinance which made defamation a non-bailable offense

Former ISI chief among 1400 Pakistanis named in Credit Suisse data leak

Lieutenant-General Akhtar Abdul Rehman, who headed Pakistan's intelligence agency ISI, during the Cold War in the 80s, was among 1400 Pakistani nationals who held funds in a major Swiss investment banking firm, leaked banking data showed

Fake news, online defamation are now non-bailable offenses as Pakistan passes draconian ordinance; critics say it is muzzling of dissent

Pakistan approved a new ordinance that the government claimed will regulate "fake news and defamation" on social media by increasing the punishment for the crimes and making both non-bailable offenses in a move the opposition and journalists decried as “dangerous overreach” and an attempt to suppress the freedom of speech

Facing economic stagnation, Pakistani trade and business circles seek normalisation of trade with India

Pakistan should trade with India and normal trade channels should be opened now, said a senior official in Prime Minister Imran Khan’s government, amid growing chorus in Pakistan for normalising trade relations with India, which remained almost frozen since 2019 when New Delhi ended the special status of the erstwhile state of Jammu and Kashmir

Bill Gates gets Pakistan's top civilian award; praises the country's polio eradication efforts

Pakistan awarded Bill Gates, billionaire philanthropist and Microsoft co-founder, one of its top civilian honors in recognition of his service in the field of poverty alleviation and diseases like polio and tuberculosis control

Pakistan kills six insurgents in restive Balochistan after a spate of attacks

Pakistani forces, using helicopter gunships, have killed at least six insurgents in the southwestern restive province of Balochistan, the country’s military said, in an operation that came after a spate of attacks on security forces by separatists in the last few weeks

No talks unless India restores Kashmir’s special status, says Pakistan PM Imran Khan

Talks with India are only possible if New Delhi restores the special status of Kashmir, Pakistan’s Prime Minister Imran Khan said, claiming there is currently “no relationship” between the two countries

Blindfolded, stripped naked, tortured: Pakistani journalists assaulted by intelligence officials

Syed Iqrarul Hassan, a well-known Pakistani news anchor, and his colleagues were on Tuesday detained by the country's intelligence officials and were subjected to severe physical assaults, including beating, stripped naked, blindfolded, after they tried trying to expose corruption within the intelligence agency

Pakistani brother, on life sentence for honor killing of model sister, acquitted by court

A Pakistani man, who was serving a life sentence for killing his sister Qandeel Baloch, a social media celebrity, in 2016, was acquitted of murder by the Lahore High Court

War on terror bred terrorists; no option but to engage and incentivize Taliban: Pakistan PM Imran Khan

The United States’ two-decade war on terror bred more terrorism, Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan said, claiming over 80,000 Pakistanis died because Islamabad aligned with the US