Taliban plan regional energy trade hub with Russian oil in mind
Reuters
Photo: Reuters
KABUL: The Taliban has agreed with Kazakhstan and Turkmenistan to build a logistics hub in western Afghanistan aimed at making the war-torn nation a major logistics point for regional exports, including oil...
Dar’s elevation gives birth to speculation
Zaheer Abbasi | Ali Hussain | Nuzhat Nazar
April 30, 2024
ISLAMABAD: The timing of Ishaq Dar’s appointment as deputy prime minister with Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif in Riyadh and the party supremo Nawaz Sharif in China sparked speculation in the...
Messi scores two more as Miami win 4-1 at New England
AFP
The Argentine star has now scored nine goals in just seven appearances this season
Lionel Messi continued his rich vein of scoring in MLS, finding the target twice as league leaders Inter Miami came from behind for a 4-1 win at the New...
Pakistan’s nuclear weapons and their role in maintaining strategic stability in South Asia
Inam Ur Rehman
April 26, 2024
Pakistan declared itself a nuclear state in 1998, responding to India’s nuclear attacks to maintain strategic parity between the states. Pakistan and India have a...
PM purges FBR of corrupt officials
25 ‘incompetent, compromised’ officers removed on basis of spy agencies’ reports
Shahbaz Rana
April 27, 2024
Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Friday removed from the Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) 25 officers, who were in higher pay grades of 21 and 22, on...
SC clubs petitions on 'meddling' by spy agencies
Nasir Iqbal | Malik Asad
April 27, 2024
ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court has clubbed a set of ten petitions and applications seeking the court's intervention in response to allegations of "intelligence agencies' meddling in judicial affairs", which...
Pakistan Digital City Haripur to be KP’s first IT-focused technology zone
Project is expected to become functional in 2026 and generate $25-50 million in exports annually
Bilal Hussain
April 26, 2024
An agreement has taken place to develop Pakistan Digital City in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa’s (KP)...
Evidence resurfaces of terrorists using leftover foreign weapons in Pakistan
Pentagon says US delivered 427,300 weapons to Afghan military, of which 300,000 were left behind during withdrawal
Correspondent
April 26, 2024
PHOTO: AFP
Fresh evidence of 'foreign weapons', reportedly believed to...
Local Pakistan Daudson's PAK-40 Automatic Grenade Launcher Undergoing Pakistani Army Trials. Can operate at maximum 55 C and minimum -24 Celsius , maximum range 2200 meter ,weight 41 kg and also can be equipped with Night vision.
The Royal Pakistan Air Force ushered in the jet age with the arrival of the first Supermarine Attackers, allocated to No. 11 Sqn in August 1951. A rather poor excuse for a jet aircraft featuring conventional controls, unswept wings, and tail-wheels, it was contracted by British leadership...
New evidence challenges the Pentagon’s account of a horrific attack as the US withdrew from Afghanistan
By Nick Paton Walsh and Mick Krever, CNN.
Video by Mark Baron and Christian Streib, CNN.
Wed April 24, 2024
CNN —
New video evidence uncovered by CNN significantly undermines two Pentagon...
Woman who ran over motorway cop arrested from Islamabad
Farah faces multiple charges including resisting arrest, assault, and attempted murder
News Desk
April 24, 2024
First Information Report (FIR) has been lodged against the woman at Naseerabad police station. SCREENGRAB
Police on...
Pakistan suffers more due to Afghan problem than wars with India: Ambassador Durrani
Tahir Khan
April 24, 2024
Pakistan’s Special Representative on Afghanistan Ambassador Asif Durrani speaks at a conference in Islamabad on Wednesday. — Photo by author
Pakistan’s Special Representative on...
May 9 riots: 6-member SC panel seeks larger bench for appeals against military trial verdict
Abdullah Momand
April 24, 2024
A six-member bench of on Wednesday decided that a larger bench should hear a set of intra-court appeals (ICAs) against the court's Oct 23 unanimous ruling that had...
Satellite images show damage on Israeli air base after Iranian attack
Nevatim air base in southern West Bank shows major changes in satellite images taken between April 12 and 14
News Desk
April 24, 2024
Nevatim Airbase, located in the southern West Bank and west of the Dead Sea. PHOTO...
US envoy inaugurates Police Training College in Balochistan
US Embassy's INC Section spearheads $5.35m collaboration tripling Police Training College capacity with new buildings
News Desk
April 23, 2024
US Ambassador Blome at the Inauguration Ceremony of Balochistan Police Training College ...
Cop martyred; young man executed by TTP in Khyber
Correspondent
April 23, 2024
KHYBER: A policeman was martyred when suspected militants opened fire at him in Landi Kotal, while a young Tirah resident was executed by the outlawed Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan affiliates in Bar Qambarkhel area of...
Pak-Iran trade volume 'not acceptable', to be increased to $10bn, says Raisi
Abdullah Momand | Dawn.com
April 22, 2024
Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi meets Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Monday in Islamabad. — PID
Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi arrives on a three-day official visit to...