This collage of pictures show Federal Minister of Power Sardar Awais Ahmad Khan Leghari and Special Assistant to the Prime Minister Huzaifa Rehman. —APP/NA website/FileShow-cause notices have been issued to Minister for Power Sardar Awais Ahmad Khan Leghari and Special Assistant to the…

Minister of State for Law and Justice Barrister Aqeel Malik addressing an event on December 21, 2024. — Facebook@BarristerAqeelMalikState Minister for Law Aqeel Malik said on Thursday that the 27th Amendment has vested authority to hear constitutional matters in the Federal Constitutional…

Pakistan Air Force JF-17 Thunder fighter jet during World Defence Air Show 2024 held in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, February 7, 2024. — PPI Pakistan’s JF-17 Thunder garnered significant attention at the Dubai Airshow 2025, leading to the signing of a memorandum of understanding with a…

Punjab Chief Minister Maryam Nawaz attends ceremony in this undated image. — Facebook/@MaryamNSharifISLAMABAD: The Congressional Pakistan Caucus has applauded Punjab’s drive to modernise its brick-kiln sector, saying the reforms could serve as a pilot for eliminating bonded labour and…

Frontier Constabulary and army personnel gather stand guard in Kurram, January 17, 2025. — AFPSecurity forces killed 30 Indian proxy Fitna al-Khawarij terrorists during multiple intelligence-based operations carried out by security forces in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa , the military’s media wing…

Muttahida Qaumi Movement-Pakistan Convener Khalid Maqbool Siddiqui addresses a press conference in Karachi, November 20, 2025. — Screengrab via YouTube/Geo NewsKARACHI: With discussions on the 28th Amendment gaining momentum, the Muttahida Qaumi Movement–Pakistan has once again…

Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif addresses ceremony in Azad Jammu and Kashmir on November 20, 2025. — X/@GovtofPakistanPrime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Thursday said a recent US report endorsing Pakistan’s downing of Indian aircraft stands as formal validation of the country’s…

Denmark’s Deputy Permanent Representative to United Nations and chair of UNSC’s ISIL, Al-Qaeda Sanctions Committee Sandra Jensen Landi. — Screengrab via UN WebTV websiteThe chair of the United Nations Security Council’s Daesh and Al-Qaeda Sanctions Committee has cautioned that the…

Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Chief Minister Sohail Khan Afridi addresses a gathering at Havelian, Abbottabad on November 19, 2025. — Facbook@ImMuhammadSohailAfridiISLAMABAD: Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Chief Minister Sohail Afridi on Thursday issued a clarification concerning his remarks on the NA-18 by-poll,…

People sit at a coffee shop as they wait for their flight at the Dubai International Airport, in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, April 17, 2024. — ReutersDUBAI: Dubai International Airport handled 3.2 million passengers travelling from Pakistan in the first nine months of 2025, making the…

Stocks selling gripped the Pakistan Stock Exchange (PSX) on Friday, dragging the benchmark KSE-100 Index down by more than 1,500 points till Friday prayers break. The KSE-100 Index stood at 178,979.43 points, reflecting a drop of 1533.21 points, or minus 0.86%. Out of 565 active companies in the […]

The Central Ruet-e-Hilal Committee will gather on 18 February in Peshawar to sight the moon of Ramadan, officials said. The meeting will be chaired by the Chairman of the Central Ruet-e-Hilal Committee, Maulana Abdul Khabir Azad. Members of the Zonal Ruet-e-Hilal Committee, Peshawar, will also […]

The Punjab government has approved a major restructuring of the Punjab Film Censor Board (PFCB), including the replacement of two non-official members. The PFCB chairman recommended the changes to address absenteeism and other professional commitments of existing members. Actress Resham and actor […]

Earthquake tremors were felt across various districts of Sindh and Balochistan on Friday morning, prompting brief panic among residents. The Pakistan Meteorological Department (PMD) reported that the tremors occurred at 10:52am with a magnitude of 5.6 on the Richter scale. In Sindh, areas affected […]

Surprised astronomers said Thursday they have discovered a star with planets in a bizarre order that defies scientific expectations — and suggests these faraway worlds formed in a manner never seen before. In our Solar System, the four planets closest to the Sun are small and rocky, while the four […]

President Donald Trump will announce a multi-billion-dollar reconstruction plan for Gaza and detail plans for a UN-authorised stabilisation force for the Palestinian enclave at the first formal meeting of his Board of Peace next week, two senior US officials said on Thursday. Delegations from at […]

The United Arab Emirates has agreed to a short-term rollover of a $2 billion deposit for Pakistan for a period of two months as Islamabad prepares for talks with the International Monetary Fund (IMF). This assurance was given to Pakistan when Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Ishaq Dar […]

Computer science student Jack Luo is “the kind of person who’ll build you a custom AI tool just because you mentioned a problem, then take you on a midnight ride to watch the city lights”. At least that’s how his artificial intelligence assistant describes him on MoltMatch — a dating site on which […]

The UN Security Council has extended for 12 months the mandate of the team tasked with monitoring sanctions against the Taliban in Afghanistan and its associated groups and individuals. Unanimously adopting resolution 2816 (2026) under Chapter VII of the UN Charter, the 15-member Council on […]

The Bangladesh National Party (BNP) won a decisive two-thirds majority on Friday in general elections, a result expected to bring stability after months of tumult following the ouster of former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina in a Gen Z-led uprising. Latest counts in an election seen as the South […]