Pakistan

Directs Ministry of SAFRON to decide PoR card cancellation request in one month

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First-ever joint cultural festival highlights art, music and shared traditions

Experts urge coordinated action as water contamination fuels disease spread

Home minister orders inquiry, suspends DSP and sub-inspector

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Orders closure of torture cells; FIA allowed to probe custodial death case

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Offers Fateha for the martyrs of APS terrorist attack

Punjab Chief Minister Maryam Nawaz Sharif has overseen the completion of a lottery process to allocate 720 newly built flats to homeless industrial workers across the province.

Pakistan continues to face ongoing threats from terrorist groups operating across its borders, some of which are backed by hostile elements, the Foreign Office spokesperson said on Monday.

The Sindh government has declared December 26, 2025, as an additional public holiday to mark Christmas celebrations for the Christian community, alongside the already scheduled holiday on December 25.

The Federal Shariat Court has been formally moved to the premises of the Islamabad High Court, where it will now carry out its judicial functions.

The Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) and the All Pakistan Newspaper Employees Confederation (Apnec) on Tuesday condemned the ban on government advertisements to the Dawn Media Group and its outlets and lamented the attack on freedom of expression. The HRCP expressed grave concern over the “rapidly shrinking space for independent and critical news reporting in the country”, including the ban on government advertisements to the Dawn Media Group and its outlets. The development comes as several media bodies have condemned the government’s unannounced restriction on advertisements to Dawn Media Group’s TV and radio outlets — imposed after curtailing ads to its flagship newspaper — and called on the authorities to immediately rescind the ban. “The HRCP expresses grave concern over the rapidly shrinking space for independent and critical news reporting in the country, including the reported 13-month ban on government advertisements to the Dawn Media Group, which has recently been extended to Dawn News and...

President Asif Ali Zardari, on Tuesday, stressed the need to expand bilateral cooperation between Pakistan and Ireland in trade and investment as well as in sustainable development, climate change, critical and emerging technologies, education, culture, and tourism.

Indonesia has welcomed the arrival of the first giant panda born in the country, marking a significant milestone after years of efforts to breed the vulnerable species. The cub was born on Nov. 27 at the Taman Safari Indonesia wildlife park in Bogor, West Java, to giant panda pair Cai Tao and Hu Chun. Both pandas arrived in the park in 2017, under a 10-year joint research programme and as a symbol of the friendship between Indonesia and China. Taman Safari Indonesia’s Corporate Communication Manager Trully Erlynda said the birth is the culmination of a decade-long international collaboration. “We welcome the panda cub’s birth with gratitude and joy. It is a proud year-end milestone for Indonesia and a sign of advancing international conservation cooperation,” Trully said on Monday. In August, the veterinary team at Taman Safari Indonesia, working with the Leibniz Institute for Zoo and Wildlife Research (IZW) in Berlin, performed an artificial insemination procedure on giant pandas Cai Tao and Hu Chun in an ef...

US governors brand Muslim groups as “terrorists” without authority, escalating Islamophobic politics into state action

71-year-old retiree shares hard-earned lessons on purpose, health, learning, planning for a fulfilling life after work

In a message on the 11th anniversary of the Army Public School (APS) attack, Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Tuesday said the nation stood firm and united in its resolve to eradicate terrorism. In the deadliest terror attack in the country’s history, at least 144 people ─ mostly schoolchildren ─ were killed when heavily armed militants stormed the army-run public school on Dec 16, 2014. Seven soldiers of the Special Services Group and two officers were among the wounded. In a message posted on his X account, PM Shehbaz said, “Today, we commemorate the martyrs of the APS Peshawar tragedy — the innocent children, teachers and staff whose sacrifice is forever etched in our national conscience. “Their sacrifice remains a constant reminder of our collective responsibility to defeat terrorism,” the premier stressed. “The Pakistani nation will always stand united, firm and unwavering in its resolve to eradicate the scourge of terrorism,” he added, praying for the families of the martyrs. In his message, President A...