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Pakistani madrasa students to be stopped from attending opposition PDM rallies

Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan has directed Interior Minister Shaikh Rashid Ahmad to ensure that madrasa students do not attend any rallies staged by the PDM opposition alliance in the future, the media reported on Thursday

Pakistan records highest jump in COVID-19 cases

Pakistan reported its biggest jump in novel coronavirus cases in nearly a month as infections in Sindh rose by 1,769 in the past 24 hours, official data revealed on Thursday

US blogger Cynthia Ritchie withdraws petition seeking rape charge against former interior minister

The Islamabad High Court (IHC) on Thursday accepted US blogger Cynthia Ritchie's request to withdraw a petition seeking the registration of a criminal case against Senator Rehman Malik for allegedly raping her in 2011

Pakistani court sends three to jail in forced conversion of Sikh girl

An anti-terrorism court in Pakistan on Wednesday sentenced three out of the eight accused to at least two years imprisonment along with fine in the case of forced kidnapping, conversion and marriage of a Sikh girl in Pakistan's Nankana Sahib in 2019

Pakistan launches 'large scale' operation in Balochistan

Pakistan has launched a blanket offensive in Balochistan province in the name of counter-terrorism following the brutal killing of 11 coal miners belonging to the ethnic Hazara community

Pakistan's defence, trade ties with Azerbaijan, Turkey to be expanded

Pakistan, Turkey and Azerbaijan on Wednesday agreed to broaden their cooperation and reaffirmed support for each other on issues of concern to them

Pakistan COAS assures justice to murdered Hazara coalminers' families

Pakistan's Chief of Army Staff (COAS) General Qamar Javed Bajwa on Wednesday assured the bereaved families of Machh tragedy that the perpetrators of the heinous incident will be brought to justice and blood of the martyrs will not go waste, a statement issued by the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) said

CPEC and the battle for Baluchistan

At a press conference on Monday, Major General Babar Iftikhar, the director-general of the Pakistan Army’s media wing ISPR, revealed that the security forces are now “focused on Baluchistan.”

Rs180bn corruption unearthed in AGP office: Pakistan PM

The federal cabinet on Tuesday expressed no confidence in the office of Auditor General of Pakistan (AGP), with Prime Minister Imran Khan saying that corruption amounting to over Rs180 billion had been unearthed in the institution, according to Science Minister Fawad Chaudhry

Pakistan Navy successfully test-fires anti-ship missiles, torpedoes

Chief of the Naval Staff Admiral Muhammad Amjad Khan Niazi reassured the nation that Pakistan Navy is fully prepared and ready to thwart any aggression against Pakistan’s maritime frontiers

Four killed in Pakistan avalanche

Four people were killed when the vehicle they were travelling in was struck by an avalanche in Pakistan's Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, local media reported on Tuesday

Policeman escorting polio workers shot dead in Pakistan

A police officer escorting a team of polio health workers was shot dead by unidentified gunmen in Pakistan's Khyber Pakhtunkhwa's Karak district on Tuesday, authorities said

Pakistan's proposed chemical castration of rapists is an ill-conceived measure

The inclination of the Pakistan PM was to satisfy the populist urges with no concern for equality of rights, even of those who have wronged, writes Oshin Malpani for South Asia Monitor

No money for development, says Pakistan PM Imran Khan

Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan Monday said cash economy was the biggest hurdle in tapping true potential of 220 million population of the country

Number of active COVID-19 cases coming down in Pakistan

While 1,877 more cases and 32 deaths were reported in a single day, the number of active cases of COVID-19 was cut by 15,000 in one and a half months