Pakistan

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Iqbal says Delhi delayed sharing data on water flows

Imran's party formally declares Punjab by-poll boycott

Shared rivers bind South Asia, yet fuel rivalry and mistrust

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Former Jamaat-i-Islami (JI) senator Mushtaq Ahmad Khan will lead the Pakistani delegation aboard the Global Sumud Flotilla bound for the Gaza Strip, according to posts from his social media account on Friday. Earlier this month, it was announced that Pakistan would be joining the Global Sumud Flotilla to break the Israeli siege of Gaza, according to a post on Instagram by the Pak-Palestine Forum, a platform aiming to advance support for the Palestinian cause. According to its website, the flotilla is a “coordinated, nonviolent fleet of mostly small vessels sailing from ports across the Mediterranean to break the Israeli occupation’s illegal siege on Gaza”. Reuters reports that dozens of boats carrying aid will depart Spain and Tunisia and set sail for the Gaza Strip. Swedish activist Greta Thunberg and Portuguese left-wing politician Mariana Mortagua are among hundreds of people from 44 countries participating in the flotilla. Sumud means “perseverance” in Arabic. Among the participants is a five-member deleg...

KDA officials demarcating land near Jubilee Gate withdraw on resistance

NEPRA complaint seeks penalties, compensation for victims' family

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Solar initiatives aimed at providing subsidised equipment to rural areas are reserved for PPP-loyalist villages

For over 50 years, Irfan Ahmed has turned lifeless animals into lifelike wonders — blending science and art

Deluge of 0.8m cusecs arriving at Guddu Barrage on Sept 2 may take seven days to reach Arabian Sea

Campaign targets 4.1m girls aged 9-14 to prevent cervical cancer

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At the invitation of Chinese President Xi Jinping, Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif will begin a six-day official visit to China tomorrow to attend the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) Council of Heads of State Summit in Tianjin.

Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Ishaq Dar on Friday confirmed that Afghanistan issued a demarche to Islamabad’s ambassador in Kabul, after they alleged that Pakistan carried out drone strikes across the border. At least three people were killed and seven wounded in two separate incidents in Afghanistan’s Nangarhar and Khost provinces, which Afghan authorities claimed were strikes carried out by Pakistan. There was no official word from Islamabad, and Afghan authorities did not provide any evidence of Pakistan’s involvement in the incidents. Fielding questions after a press briefing in Islamabad today, Dar said that he had just returned from travelling and was still “going through the system”. However, he added that had received a copy of the letter to Pakistan’s ambassador but did not elaborate on why it was issued. “I’m still going through the system, but they handed our ambassador a letter, which is called a demarche,” the foreign minister said. “This needs investigation, to look into the situati...

LHC's Pindi Bench takes strong exception to extended summer break

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Police exhume body, send DNA, forensic samples for lab testing