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'Open war': Pakistan claims it killed 274 Taliban soldiers; Afghanistan claims 55 Pakistani soldiers killed
27 February 2026, 10:20 AM
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Who is Balen Shah? Nepal's rapper-mayor in pole position to become PM
25 February 2026, 21:41 PM
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Ousted as PM, Nepal's veteran Marxist leader Oli seeks return
16 February 2026, 09:17 AM
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Pak govt to form medical board for Imran Khan
15 February 2026, 09:17 AM
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Militants kill 5 police in attack in NW Pakistan
13 February 2026, 00:49 AM
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Imran left with 15pc vision in right eye
13 February 2026, 00:47 AM
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Bangladeshi woman moves Lahore HC against ‘unjustified’ offloading from Dhaka-bound flight
11 February 2026, 15:15 PM
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Suicide blast at Islamabad mosque claims 31 lives
7 February 2026, 04:39 AM
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2 Pakistan miners killed, 8 feared dead in gas explosion
Two bodies have been pulled from a collapsed mine in southern Pakistan, rescuers said Wednesday, with eight more people feared dead
20 March 2024, 03:04 AM
Kabul says 8 killed in Pakistan air strikes on eastern Afghanistan
Eight people, all women and children, were killed on Monday in "reckless" air strikes by the Pakistan military in the border regions of Afghanistan, the Taliban government's spokesman said..Border tensions between Pakistan and Afghanistan have risen since the Taliban government seized powe
18 March 2024, 07:49 AM
Zulfikar Ali Bhutto ‘didn’t get a fair trial’
Pakistan’s Supreme Court ruled yesterday that former Prime Minister Zulfikar Ali Bhutto, who was hanged 44 year ago after being convicted of murder, didn’t get a fair trial.
6 March 2024, 18:00 PM
Modi congratulates new Pakistan PM Sharif
India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi congratulated Pakistani counterpart Shehbaz Sharif on Tuesday for his return to the premiership, a rare expression of goodwill between leaders of the two nuclear-armed rivals
5 March 2024, 06:48 AM
Imran Khan’s MPs denied reserved seats in parliament
Pakistan’s election commission yesterday blocked lawmakers loyal to jailed ex-prime minister Imran Khan from taking a share of parliamentary seats reserved for women and minorities, after a poll marred by rigging claims.
4 March 2024, 18:00 PM
Shehbaz Sharif elected Pak PM for second time
Shehbaz Sharif was voted in yesterday as Pakistan’s prime minister for a second time, presiding over a shaky alliance that has shut out followers of jailed opposition leader Imran Khan.
3 March 2024, 18:00 PM
32 killed in heavy rain in Pakistan
More than 30 people have died in rain-related incidents in Pakistan during days of heavy downpours, with thousands of schools closed, officials said yesterday.
3 March 2024, 18:00 PM
Shehbaz Sharif voted in as Pakistan's PM for second time
Newly sworn-in lawmakers in Pakistan's National Assembly elected Sharif by 201 votes to 92, three weeks after national elections marred by widespread allegations of rigging
3 March 2024, 08:54 AM
PTI fields Mahmood Khan to face Zardari in Pakistan’s presidential election
Backed by PTI, firebrand Pashtun nationalist leader from Balochistan Mehmood Khan Achakzai on Saturday submitted nomination papers to contest the upcoming presidential election of Pakistan on March 9 against PPP's Asif Ali Zardari
3 March 2024, 06:20 AM
Pakistan parliament elects speaker amid pro-Imran protests
Pakistan’s new parliament elected a speaker yesterday, despite protests from lawmakers loyal to jailed ex-prime minister Imran Khan three weeks after an election they claim was brazenly rigged.
1 March 2024, 18:00 PM
Sri Lanka awards energy deal to India after rejecting China
Sri Lanka yesterday awarded the construction of three solar and wind hybrid power generation facilities to an Indian company after scrapping a tender won by a Chinese firm.
1 March 2024, 18:00 PM
Pakistan lawmakers sworn in after polls marred by rigging claims
Lawmakers were sworn in during the first sitting of Pakistan's new parliament Thursday, three weeks after an election marred by widespread allegations of rigging
29 February 2024, 07:48 AM
Bailout Talks: PTI urges IMF to consider Pakistan’s instability
The party of Pakistan’s jailed former prime minister, Imran Khan, has asked the International Monetary Fund to factor in the country’s political stability in any further bailout talks, two people familiar with the matter said yesterday.
28 February 2024, 18:00 PM
Pakistan: After refusal by president, speaker calls NA session on Feb 29
Pakistan's National Assembly Speaker Raja Pervaiz Ashraf on Monday had to summon the maiden sitting of the lower house of parliament at 10am on Feb 29, after President Arif Alvi refused to summon the session on account of an 'incomplete house'
27 February 2024, 03:54 AM
Nawaz’s daughter becomes Punjab CM
Maryam Nawaz, the daughter of Pakistan’s three-time former prime minister Nawaz Sharif, was elected yesterday as the head of the country’s most populous province, Punjab, in a move underlining the expanding grip of the family in the South Asian nation.
26 February 2024, 18:00 PM
India allows export of 50,000 tonnes of onions
India yesterday permitted the export of 50,000 tonnes of onions to Bangladesh ahead of Ramadan, relaxing the vegetable’s export ban.
22 February 2024, 18:00 PM
Post-Polls Pakistan: Imran to ask IMF to halt aid over ‘rigged’ election
Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) founder Imran Khan will write to the International Monetary Fund (IMF), demanding it to stop their support for Pakistan due to “rigged elections,” party leader Ali Zafar announced yesterday.
22 February 2024, 18:00 PM
Indian ‘warriors’ face police to back protesting farmers
Indian Sikh warriors, some on horseback, gathered yesterday to protect protesting farmers stalled by fearsome police barricades from advancing on the capital New Delhi to demand higher crop prices.
22 February 2024, 18:00 PM
Sharif-Bhutto Alliance: Dynastic parties set to rule Pakistan again
After a split-verdict in Pakistan’s general election this month, the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) and the Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) announced the coalition late Tuesday, naming former premier Shehbaz Sharif as prime minister and Asif Ali Zardari as president.
21 February 2024, 18:00 PM
Pak SC disposes plea seeking annulment of polls
Pakistan’s Supreme Court yesterday disposed of a plea seeking the February 8 general elections to be declared void and null after the petitioner failed to attend two consecutive hearings.
21 February 2024, 18:00 PM