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Pakistan’s plan to offer permanent residence to rich foreigners: Historic or delusional?

Pakistan recently decided to offer permanent residency to rich foreigners, mainly Sikhs living in the US and Canada, Afghans and Chinese, in exchange for their investment, a move the country’s Information Minister Fawad Chaudhary termed “historic.”

India says it has blocked 35 'Pakistan-based' YouTube channels for peddling fake anti-India news and information

India's Ministry of Information and Broadcasting said it has blocked 35 YouTube channels, two Twitter accounts, two Instagram accounts, two websites and a Facebook account, with a senior official saying "the common factor amongst all these accounts have been that they operate from Pakistan and spread fake anti-India news and other content."

PM Imran Khan’s growth delusion hides a painful reality for Pakistan

In a tweet on Friday, Pakistan Prime Minister Khan said the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) growth for the last three years was 5.37 percent and congratulated his own government for “substantial job creation” and “rise in per capita income.”

Baloch militants claim bombing attack in Lahore's busy market; second militant attack in a week in Pakistan

The Baloch Nationalist Army (BNA) has taken responsibility for the bombing attack that has killed three people and injured 20 in Pakistan’s northern city of Lahore

Another woman sentenced to death in Pakistan on blasphemy charges

A 29- year-old  Muslim woman in Pakistan has been sentenced to death by a local court under the country’s notorious blasphemy laws which has faced intense criticism by rights activists across the world

Ten-year salary plus generous compensation: Pakistani business community rises in support of lynched Sri Lankan manager's family

In a laudable gesture of restitution for a heinous act of their compatriots, Pakistan’s business community has come forward to assist the widow of the Sri Lankan manager who was lynched last year in Sialkot's industrial area

TTP militants kill policeman in Pakistan’s capital; interior minister says ‘act of terrorism’

In a brazen assault, the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) militants killed a policeman in Pakistan’s capital Islamabad as they attacked a police station

Pakistan PM Imran Khan offers to send trained personnel to help Afghanistan; many Afghans sceptical

Pakistan is "committed to providing all-out support to Afghan people to avert a humanitarian crisis", Prime Minister Imran Khan said, offering to send trained and specialist personnel to the country

Top TTP commander reportedly killed in Afghanistan, as Pakistan ups the ante against banned group

A top commander of the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP), a banned militant group operating in Pakistan’s northwestern region that seeks to impose the rule of Sharia in the country, has reportedly been killed in eastern Afghanistan, almost a month after the brief ceasefire between the Pakistan government and the group ended on 9 December

Pakistan presses Taliban on TTP, says world won’t trust them if they fail to control anti-Pakistan insurgents

Pakistan has reportedly told Afghanistan's Taliban leadership to tackle the banned Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) and use this challenge to establish its counter-terrorism credentials in the eyes of the international community

India’s ‘myopic attitude’ rendering SAARC ‘dysfunctional’, says Pakistan after New Delhi’s rebuff

India’s “myopic attitude” is turning SAARC “increasingly dysfunctional”, Pakistan has said, terming India’s approach “motivated by partisan reasons”, a day after New Delhi rebuffed Islamabad’s offer of hosting the SAARC summit this year

Government to complete full term, says Pakistan PM Imran Khan amid talks of military’s secret deal with opposition

The government will complete its full term, Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan said, as rumors of the military’s backroom deal with opposition parties gain traction

Supreme Court of Pakistan to get its first female judge

The Judicial Commission of Pakistan (JCP) has confirmed the appointment of Justice Ayesha Malik to the country’s top court amid strong protest by lawyers who have been opposing her elevation as it supersedes several senior judges

Pakistan to install radiation monitoring portals at border points, worried about smuggling of nuclear material

Worried about the possible smuggling of nuclear material, Pakistan has begun installing Radiation Monitoring Portals (RMPs) at all international trade corridors to check the smuggling

'Mr Clean' stands 'exposed': Pakistani opposition parties slam PM Imran Khan over undisclosed foreign funding report

Opposition parties in Pakistan hit out at Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan after the country’s top election body said that the ruling party, the PTI, grossly underreported funds received from foreign nationals and firms