Lahore: Tensions are simmering between the government and the opposition after the ruling Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) leaders on Friday warned that Imran Khan‘s sons would be dealt with strictly if they visit Pakistan to join any “violent protest” organised by the jailed former premier’s party. As the Shehbaz Sharif government geared up to foil … Read more
Sometimes, the most tragic events can bring forth goodness. That’s the hope of Najam Fasihi, 47, a Miami-raised surgeon at Virginia Hospital Center in the suburbs of Washington, DC. On a 2023 trip to visit relatives in northern Pakistan, disaster struck. Driving along the Karakoram Highway through the foothills of the Himalayas, a landslide hit … Read more
At least fourteen people including five children were injured on Saturday as a mortar shell fired from an undisclosed location hit a house in northwest Pakistan near the Afghan border, according to sources. The mortar shell exploded in the house in the Kachhi Kamar village of the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province’s Kurram district, partially damaging it. … Read more
India-Pakistan war: Even as the fog of the post-Pahalgam war slowly settles on both sides of the border, a series of new, unexpected allegations have emerged to keep the India-Pakistan cauldron bubbling. Shafi Burfat, the Chairman of Jeay Sindh Muttahida Mahaz (JSMM), has issued a sharply critical statement saying that Pakistan’s military elite is exploiting … Read more
A team of the Sindh Human Rights Commission (SHRC) found unavailability of clean drinking water, absence of cleanliness and sanitation, power outages with no backup systems, poor infrastructure, and shortage of staff in government hospitals in Shikarpur and Kashmore-Kandhkot districts of Pakistan’s Sindh on Thursday and Friday, The Express Tribune reported. SHRC Chairman Iqbal Ahmed … Read more
U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio spoke with Pakistan’s Army Chief General Asim Munir on Friday and urged both Pakistan and India to find ways to de-escalate, a U.S. Department Of State spokesperson said. Rubio also offered U.S. assistance in starting constructive talks in order to avoid future conflicts, the spokesperson said. Pakistan said it … Read more
A seemingly major explosion was reported from Lahore on May 8, a day after the Indian Army executed a series of deadly precision strikes at a number of sites in both Pakistan and Pakistan-occupied Kashmir, news agencies reported. Subsequently, the Pakistan Airports Authority temporarily halted flight operations at airports in Karachi, Lahore, and Sialkot, Reuters … Read more
Spraying pesticides on his parched vegetables one street away from the Indus River, Pakistani farmer Homla Thakhur is worried about his future. The sun is at its peak, the river is running very low, and India has vowed to cut supplies upstream after a deadly attack in Kashmir.“If they stop water, all of this will … Read more
Pakistan has expelled over 80,000 Afghan nationals since the end of March, a senior official said on Friday, as part of a repatriation drive ahead of the April 30 deadline. Afghan nationals who have no legal documents to stay or those holding Afghan Citizen Cards had been warned by Islamabad to return home or face … Read more
Pakistan authorities decided to make a fresh effort to sell the state-owned airline after the botched attempt last year, it emerged on Friday. Privatisation of the cash-strapped Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) has been on cards for years but a serious bid was made in 2024 but it failed when the government failed to attract any … Read more