Pakistan

Finance Minister Muhammad Aurangzeb says Pakistan has reached a pivotal moment of economic recovery and transformation. Addressing Pakistan Conference 2025, titled "Bridging Divides, Building Tomorrow: Pakistan’s Path to Inclusive Growth and Governance," at Harvard University, he said we have stabilized the fundamentals, restored confidence and reignited growth after inheriting an economy facing significant challenges from contracting GDP to depleting reserves. Muhammad Aurangzeb outlined the government’s strategy including maintaining fiscal discipline, controlling inflation, and pushing ahead with deep structural reforms in energy, taxation, governance and the management of state-owned enterprises. He flagged major growth opportunities in Pakistan’s rich mineral resources, expanding IT sector, green energy initiatives and the country’s youthful entrepreneurial population. He emphasized that strengthening human development is critical to sustaining high, inclusive growth. In his opening remarks, Ambassador R...

ISLAMABAD - Defence Minister Khawaja Asif stated on Sunday that entire Pakistan is united with its armed forces and will give a strong response to Modi government just like we responded in Pulwama incident.

LAHORE - Federal Interior Minister Syed Mohsin Naqvi on Sunday hailed the security forces for a major counterterrorism success, revealing that 54 Khawarij terrorists were eliminated during a meticulously planned operation in North Waziristan.

ISLAMABAD - In the wake of the false flag operation in Pahalgam, another nefarious plan by India has been exposed as an organized attempt to attack the Pakistani High Commission in London was foiled.

ISLAMABAD - Ambassador of Tajikistan to Pakistan, Sharifzoda Yusuf Toir has said that ‘Navruz’ is a symbol of rebirth, unity, love and hap­piness in Tajikistan and other regional countries, which have been celebrating this festival for centuries in welcoming spring.

Federal Minister for Information and Broadcasting, Attaullah Tarar, reaffirmed on Sunday that Pakistan is fully capable of responding to any Indian provocation with strength and determination, as demonstrated during past incidents.

Federal Interior Minister Mohsin Naqvi on Sunday strongly condemned foreign involvement in recent terror activities, stating that the militants killed in North Waziristan were acting on the orders of their "foreign masters.

Pakistan and China have reiterated their firm resolve to uphold regional peace and stability, promote mutual respect and understanding, and jointly oppose unilateralism and hegemonic policies. The understanding was reached during a telephone conversation between Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Senator Mohammad Ishaq Dar and Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi on Sunday. During the conversation, Senator Mohammad Ishaq Dar briefed Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi on current regional situation. He categorically rejected India's unilateral and illegal actions, as well as its baseless propaganda against Pakistan. Expressing deep appreciation for China's consistent and unwavering support, the Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister reaffirmed Pakistan's strong commitment to the iron-clad Pakistan-China friendship and the shared vision of an All-Weather Strategic Cooperative Partnership. He emphasized Pakistan's determination to further deepen bilateral cooperation across all spheres. Both sides agreed to...

Security forces thwarted a major infiltration attempt along the Pakistan-Afghanistan border, killing at least 54 terrorists in the Hassan Khel area of North Waziristan, the military’s media wing, Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR), said on Sunday.

Security forces foiled an attempt to infiltrate the Pakistan-Afghanistan border and killed at least 54 terrorists in the Hassan Khel area of North Waziristan district, the military's media wing said on Sunday. According to the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR), the security forces picked up movement of a group of militants, who were trying to infiltrate through the Pak-Afghanistan border in the general area of Hassan Khel, North Waziristan district, on the night between April 25, 26 and 27. "Own troops effectively engaged and thwarted their attempt to infiltrate. As a result of precise and skillful engagement, all 54 khawarij have been sent to hell," it said. Fitna Al Khawarij is a term the state uses to refer to the banned Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP). The security forces also recovered a large cache of weapons, ammunition and explosives from the killed terrorists. "Intelligence reports indicate that this group of khawarij was specifically infiltrating on behest of their 'foreign masters' to underta...

In the wake of the false flag operation in Pahalgam, another nefarious plan by India has been exposed as an organized attempt to attack the Pakistani High Commission in London was foiled. Sources revealed that the Indian intelligence agency had gathered 300 to 400 miscreants to attack the Pakistan High Commission. “Indian extremists and Israelis were brought together at the behest of the Indian intelligence agency,” they said. Among the miscreants, four masked individuals were assigned the task of pulling down the Pakistani flag at the High Commission, sources added. The sources said Indian nationals abroad have also become frantic over the embarrassment caused by the failed false flag operation in Pahalgam. Along with Indians, Israeli nationals carrying their country’s flags also participated in the gathering. The four masked miscreants were later arrested by the police, they added. Sources further stated that Hindu extremists were marking their foreheads with red marks as a symbol of their “victory.” Initia...

Most plain areas of the country are currently in the grip of a heatwave, with the Pakistan Meteorological Department (PMD) issuing an alert forecasting soaring temperatures until April 30.

Pakistan and China have reiterated their firm resolve to uphold regional peace and stability, promote mutual respect and understanding, and jointly oppose unilateralism and hegemonic policies.

Punjab Chief Minister Maryam Nawaz Sharif has said that the province is making rapid strides in digital technology and online trade.

India has used the armed attack in Indian Occupied Kashmir as a pretext to suspend the Indus Waters Treaty with Pakistan for domestic political purposes, Defence Minister Khawaja Muhammad Asif has said, as he called for an international inquiry into the incident. India, he told The New York Times, was taking steps to punish Pakistan “without any proof, without any investigation.” Twentysix people were killed and several others injured in a gun attack on a group of tourists near Pahalgam, a town in the southern part of the disputed territory. In the interview with the Times on Friday, Asif said that Pakistan was “ready to cooperate” with “any investigation which is conducted by international inspectors. Times correspondent Julian Barnes, who interviewed the defence minister, wrote that his remarks “appeared to be aimed at defusing tensions with India”. “We do not want this war to flare up, because flaring up of this war can cause disaster for this region,” the defence minister said. Noting Indian officials ass...

Interior Minister Mohsin Naqvi says Pakistan is a safe country for investment and investors' protection is government's top priority.

Lawyers' protests against the project to draw canals from the Indus River have entered their tenth day, with sit-ins continuing across Sindh, including at the Babarlou Bypass in Khairpur.

Shehbaz Sharif warns New Delhi Islamabad will respond with full might if any attempt disrupts water flow Says our valiant Armed Forces fully capable, prepared to defending country’s territorial integrity, sovereignty against any misadventure Peace is our preference but it must not be construed as our weakness: PM.

LAHORE - Punjab Chief Minister Maryam Nawaz Sharif on Saturday whole chairing a special meeting reviewed pro-gress on two historic initiatives, country’s first provincial airline, and the first bullet train project.

LAHORE - Federal Interior Minister Mohsin Naqvi on Saturday firmly rejected any Pakistan involvement in the recent incident in Indian Illegally Occupied Jammu and Kashmir (IIOJK), asserting that Pakistan had no connec-tion to the matter.