Pakistan

ISLAMABAD - The opposition Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) on Saturday highly praised the armed forces, particularly the Pakistan Air Force, “backed by a resolute nation”, for their befitting and decisive response that brought India to its knees.

ISLAMABAD - Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has said that armed forces have given a strong, coordinated and powerful response to the Indian aggression and avenged the blood of innocent people.

ISLAMABAD - Pakistan has released videos showing the destruction caused during Operation Bunyan-al-Marsoos, with visuals capturing thick smoke, intense fires, and the complete demolition of several Indian military targets.

ISLAMABAD - Foreign Office spokesperson Saturday said that all elements of the national power remained committed to ensuring the sovereignty and territorial integrity of Pakistan.

ISLAMABAD - President Asif Ali Zardari on Saturday reaffirmed his faith in Pakistan’s armed forces, lauding their befitting response to Indian aggression and defending the nation’s sovereignty.

ISLAMABAD - Federal Minister for Information and Broadcasting Attaullah Tarar said on Saturday that Pakistan was neither aggressor nor provocator, it only responded to unprovoked Indian aggression in self-defence under the United Nations Charter.

ISLAMABAD - Chairman Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) Bilawal Bhutto Zardari Saturday said that Pakistan’s response under operation Bunyan-ul-Marsoos was necessary, proportionate and in clear exercise of the country’s right to self-defence under Article 51 of the UN Charter.

ISLAMABAD - The funeral prayer of Constable Muhammad Shahbaz was held on Saturday at Police Lines Headquarters, Islamabad.

Mohammad Rizwan is arguably the most media-savvy active cricketer in Pakistan right now. He knows the art of virality. The zappy Rizwan has a punchy remark for all situations, but that night he was compelled to repeat the very words he had uttered after it became all but certain that Pakistan would not go beyond the group-stage of a home Champions Trophy under his captaincy. “I do not like to be dependent on the results of the other teams,” the Multan Sultans captain said after Quetta Gladiators condemned his team to the largest defeat in terms of balls remaining in the history of the Pakistan Super League (PSL). They needed to win all the remaining matches and had to hope for other results to go in their favour after Sultans had lost six out of seven matches and had a negative net run rate of 2.355. Two days later, Karachi Kings thrashed Multan Sultans by 87 runs. The result effectively eliminated Rizwan’s side — that still had two more matches to play — from the playoffs race with still as many as 10 group ...

VEHARI - The Punjab government has released the performance report of districts based on indicators set by the Chief Minister, in which Deputy Commissioner Vehari, Ms Imrana Tauqeer, secured first position among a group of 18 districts across the province for the month of April 2025, with district Vehari scoring94.

QUETTA - Chief Minister of Balochistan, Mir Sarfraz Bugti, on Saturday praised Pakistan’s armed forces for delivering a decisive and forceful response to Indian aggression, asserting that the counteraction not only demonstrated Pakistan’s military superiority but also compelled the adversary to retreat.

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ISLAMABAD: The federal government is likely to announce substantial tax improvements in the upcoming Budget 2025, which includes the withholding tax removal on raw materials to help the industrial and construction sectors, ARY News reported citing sources Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has directed officials to have recommendations from the industry personnel to base relief measures […]

Top U.S. and Chinese officials wrapped up the first day of talks in Switzerland on Saturday aimed at defusing a trade war that threatens to hammer the global economy and planned to resume negotiations on Sunday, a source close to the discussions said. Chinese Vice Premier He Lifeng met for about eight hours with U.S. Treasury Secretary […]

Federal Minister of Information and Broadcasting of Pakistan, Attaullah Tarar, has denied India’s claims of a ceasefire violation by Pakistan, ARY News reported. According to reports, in a recent statement, Tarar emphasised, “There is no question of Pakistan violating the ceasefire.” He also criticized the Indian officials’ press briefing, claiming their arguments lacked credibility. “The […]

Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi said on Saturday that if the United States’ goal is to deprive Iran of its “nuclear rights”, Tehran will never back down over those rights. Araqchi was speaking in Doha a day ahead of another round of planned nuclear talks between Iran and the U.S. in Oman. “If the goal of the […]

ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister (PM) Shehbaz Sharif met with President Asif Ali Zardari to discuss Pakistan’s decisive response to recent Indian aggression, briefing him on the successful execution of Operation Bunyan-un-Marsous. Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Senator Ishaq Dar and Minister for Law and Justice Senator Azam Nazeer Tarar were also part of the meeting. […]

PCB is looking at possibly hosting the remaining matches in Rawalpindi after Pakistan-India ceasefire reached.