Pakistan

Aamir and Shahzaib freed during raid in Balochistan; kidnappers demanded Rs3b ransom

Cambridge honours 317 top learners; students from Sindh, Balochistan bag 120 awards

Karachi Zoo's female bear airlifted to Islamabad

Positivity rate hits 38% in Hyd; 1,130 contract virus in last 24 hours across Sindh

MQM-P lawmaker tells National Assembly about substandard fumigation

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In her statement from hospital bed, victim names brothers-in-law as accused

Justice Raheel Kamran Sheikh of the Lahore High Court has dismissed petitions filed by Shaukat Khanum Memorial Cancer Hospital and several other private healthcare institutions challenging the Punjab Healthcare Commission’s (PHC) authority to regulate medical prices.

Russian President Vladimir Putin ordered his top officials on Wednesday to draft proposals for a possible test of nuclear weapons, something Moscow has not done since the 1991 collapse of the Soviet Union. The order — responding to President Donald Trump’s announcement last week that the United States would resume testing — was a further signal that the two countries with the world’s largest nuclear arsenals are rapidly nearing a step that could sharply escalate geopolitical tensions. “I am instructing the Foreign Ministry, the Defence Ministry … the special services and relevant civilian agencies to do everything possible to collect additional information on the issue, analyse it at the Security Council and make agreed proposals on the possible start of work on the preparation of nuclear weapons tests,” Putin said in televised remarks. Russia-US relations have deteriorated sharply in the past few weeks as Trump, frustrated with a lack of progress towards ending the war in Ukraine, has cancelled a planned sum...

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Relief attributed to strict enforcement of business hours

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Mailsi's land transfer stalemate exposes alleged embezzlement

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The second round of talks between Pakistan and the Afghan Taliban is set to take place in Istanbul on Thursday as scheduled, with Pakistan expected to reiterate its demand for an end to terrorism originating from Afghan soil.

Defence Minister Khawaja Asif on Wednesday confirmed that Pakistan’s delegation had departed for tomorrow’s talks with the Afghan Taliban in Istanbul to find a solution to the current tensions between the two neighbours. A second round of discussions between Pakistani and Afghan Taliban delegations had begun in Istanbul on October 25, following days of border hostilities, but Islamabad’s long-standing concern over terror attacks emanating from Kabul remained a major point of contention, resulting in a stalemate. A breakthrough came after Turkiye and Qatar salvaged the dialogue process for the second time in less than a week, following Pakistan’s announcement on Oct 29 that the talks had “failed” and that its negotiators were preparing to return home. The talks produced a three-point understanding — the continuation of the ceasefire, the establishment of a monitoring and verification mechanism to ensure peace, and penalties for violations. The operational details of that mechanism are expected to be finalised ...

This November, the silver screen will once again become a bridge between cultures as the 4th European Film Festival (EUFF) 2025 returns to Pakistan, bringing with it a celebration of art, diversity, and dialogue.