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Het lichaam van Nirmal Purja is zondag op 5.700 meter hoogte gevonden in Pakistan. De beroemde bergbeklimmer kwam donderdag samen met negen anderen om het leven door een lawine.

De beroemde klimmer Nirmal Purja is donderdag samen met negen anderen tijdens een beklimming in Pakistan omgekomen bij een lawine. Dat laat zijn onderneming Elite Expeditions zaterdag weten. Purja schreef geschiedenis door in recordtijd de veertien hoogste bergen ter wereld te beklimmen.

Pakistan has issued a flood alert after India released water from the Salal Dam for the 11th consecutive time, prompting concerns over rising water levels.

ISLAMABAD - Prime Minister Muhammad Shehbaz Sharif Friday said Pakistan welcomes developments under the Board of Peace towards implementation of the process of disarmament under the Gaza Peace Plan.

PAKISTAN’S request for a $10 billion Exchange Stabilisation Support Facility from the US Treasury involves one of Washington’s most powerful, but least understood financial tools. Finance Minister Muhammad Aurangzeb requested the facility, with a maturity period of up to five years, during a visit to Washington earlier this month. The request comes as Pakistan continues to face external financing pressures, including the need to maintain foreign exchange reserves, meet international debt obligations and support stability in the currency market. Unlike traditional assistance programmes from multilateral lenders, an arrangement through the US Treasury’s Exchange Stabilisation Fund (ESF) would represent a direct bilateral financial mechanism between Washington and Islamabad. From Mexico in 1995 to Argentina last year, the US has quietly deployed its Exchange Stabilisation Fund to rescue struggling economies If approved, an ESF-backed facility could provide Pakistan with additional liquidity at a critical junctur...

KARACHI: Although all eyes were on Olympic gold medalist Arshad Nadeem to produce the goods, Pakistan’s first medal of the 2026 Commonwealth Games came in women’s boxing. Fatima Zahra, who had guaranteed herself a medal after qualifying for the semifinals of the 60kg event, picked up a bronze after losing to Canada’s Marie-Bathoul Al-Ahmadieh. Under the competition’s format, losing semi-finalists receive the bronze medal. Olympian Arshad Nadeem eliminated after first three rounds of javelin final Meanwhile, in the javelin final, while the world fixed its gaze on the India-Pakistan rivalry of Neeraj Chopra and Arshad Nadeem, Sri Lankan Rumesh Pathirage stole the show with a stellar 89.75-metre throw. Arshad’s best effort of 77.41m was well off the pace, putting him among the four eliminations out of 12 competitors, after the first three rounds. Chopra, meanwhile, managed a throw of 85.83m, putting him in second place. Published in Dawn, August 1st, 2026

Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Friday said that Pakistan welcomed developments under the Board of Peace towards implementing the disarmament process under the Gaza Peace Plan. Earlier today, US President Donald Trump said talks in Cairo between mediators and Hamas leaders on Thursday have led to a phased disarmament agreement in Gaza, but a Hamas official described the deal as a draft and US officials said Israel was sceptical the Palestinian group would surrender its weapons. “Today, the Board of Peace reached a HISTORIC agreement for the COMPLETE DISARMAMENT of Hamas and all other armed groups in Gaza,” Trump said in a social media post, adding that the disarmament would come in phases. In a social media post on X, PM Shehbaz said, “Pakistan welcomes developments under the Board of Peace towards the implementation of the disarmament process under the Gaza Peace Plan.” He emphasised that the mediating countries, including the United States of America, Egypt, Qatar and Turkiye, deserved “special appreciatio...

Prime Minister Muhammad Shehbaz Sharif on Friday said Pakistan’s constitutional federal structure, provincial autonomy, and cooperation and consultation between the federation and the provinces were of fundamental importance for the country’s development and stability.

Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) Director General Lieutenant General Ahmed Sharif Chaudhry on Friday termed good governance “quintessential” for Pakistan’s security and stability. He made the remarks while addressing a press conference on the country’s overall security situation, particularly the situation in Balochistan. The DG ISPR, during his presser, commented on Interior Minister Mohsin Naqvi’s remarks about the need for new administrative units in Pakistan: “We have been saying this earlier also as a primary stakeholder in security that good governance is essential for the security and stability of Pakistan.” Without this, he stressed that none of Pakistan’s issues could be resolved. The military spokesperson said the National Action Plan (NAP), with its 14-point agenda and the consensus of all political parties, required good governance for its implementation, adding, “Good governance is quintessential for Pakistan.” “Now, how to achieve good governance? The politicians and political parties have...

ISLAMABAD: Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) Director General Lieutenant General Ahmed Sharif Chaudhry has said that Pakistan’s long-term security depends not only on military strength but also on effective governance, stressing that structural and administrative reforms should be considered if required to improve public service.

Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Mohammad Ishaq Dar on Friday said that Pakistan welcomed the decision of the Lloyd’s Market Association’s Joint War Committee (JWC) to remove Pakistan from its Listed Areas for war risk insurance.

Tien bergbeklimmers zijn vermist geraakt in Pakistan na een lawine op een van 's werelds hoogste bergen. Onder hen is Nirmal Purja, een wereldberoemde klimmer die geschiedenis schreef door de veertien hoogste bergen ter wereld in zes maanden tijd te beklimmen.

• Condemns attacks by non-state actors against kingdom • Stresses Islamabad will honour defence commitments with Gulf partners • Insists defence agreements don’t undermine Pakistan’s role as mediator • India to be invited to SCO summit in Pakistan next year ISLAMABAD: Pakistan on Thursday endorsed Saudi Arabia’s air strikes in Iraq as an exercise of its right to self-defence, while reaffirming that it would honour all defence commitments undertaken with its Gulf partners. The country also insisted that those arrangements did not diminish Islamabad’s role as a mediator in the Iran-US conflict. “The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia has the right to self-defence under Article 51 of the UN Charter, and we respect that right,” Foreign Office spokesperson Tahir Andrabi said at the weekly media briefing. The remarks came two days after Saudi Arabia and the United States carried out coordinated strikes against installations of Iraq’s Popular Mobilisation Units, accusing elements within the umbrella force of launching attacks ...

Deputy Prime Minister/Foreign Minister Senator Mohammad Ishaq Dar Thursday chaired an inter-ministerial meeting to review Pakistan’s international education cooperation and scholarship programmes for students from friendly countries.

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan and its territorial waters have been removed from the Listed Areas of the Lloyd’s Market Association’s Joint War Committee (JWC), it emerged on Thursday, a move that will help reduce war-risk insurance premiums and shipping costs. Federal Minister for Maritime Affairs Muhammad Junaid Anwar Chaudhry welcomed the decision and said it would improve the competitiveness of Pakistani exports and strengthen the confidence of international shipping companies, traders and investors in the country. He added that Pakistan’s removal could also make Karachi Port, Port Qasim and Gwadar more attractive to global shipping lines and investors, creating opportunities for regional trade, cargo transit and transshipment. According to the minister, the issue was taken up on March 13, 2026, when it was noted that Pakistan and its maritime areas had been among the JWC’s Listed Areas for two decades — after the US declared its war on terror following the 9/11 attacks in 2001. Their inclusion had resulted in addit...

The Emergency Response Committee (ERC) on Thursday held its seventh session at the National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) headquarters to review the flood situation, rescue operations, relief efforts and preparedness measures across Pakistan, with federal and provincial authorities pledging stronger coordination to deal with emerging.

Saudi Arabia has appointed Dr Rajeh Tami Albugamy as its new ambassador to Pakistan, replacing Nawaf bin Said Al-Malki, as the two longtime allies continue to expand cooperation in defence, investment and regional security amid heightened tensions in the Middle East.

The Foreign Office (FO) said on Thursday that Pakistan was doing its “utmost” to bring the United States and Iran back to the negotiating table under the Islamabad memorandum of understanding (MoU) signed last month. Addressing a weekly press briefing, FO spokesperson Tahir Andrabi said Pakistan noted with concern that the security situation in the Middle East “remains precarious despite the relative calm of the past few days, which had rekindled hopes that this positive development, this calm, would consolidate into a durable and fully respected ceasefire and pave the way for dialogue”. Andrabi reiterated Pakistan’s support for dialogue and diplomacy, maintaining that it remained the “only viable path forward”. “We welcome all efforts aimed at sustaining cessation of hostilities and resumption of dialogue between Iran and the US,” he said, adding that Pakistan remained engaged and will continue to do so. “Let me add that the negotiations between parties are ongoing to normalise the situation, particularly th...

Peshawar - Chief Minister Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Sohail Afridi on Wednesday said that youth are the nation’s most valuable asset and the guarantors of Pakistan’s future.

Pakistan marked a strong presence at Texworld New York City 2026, one of North America's leading international textile sourcing exhibitions, with the inauguration of the Pakistan Pavilion at the Jacob K.