Pakistan

ISLAMABAD - Federal Minister for Information and Broadcasting Attaullah Tarar said on Friday that the security forces have killed 663 combatants of the Afghan Taliban regime as well as the Fitna Al Khawarij during Operation Ghazab lil-Haq.

ISLAMABAD - Panic gripped the twin cities of Rawalpindi and Islamabad and flight operations at Islamabad International Airport saw a brief suspension after Air Defence forces intercepted and destroyed two drones in Islamabad on Friday.

Islamabad - Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif and Chief of Army Staff and Chief of Defence Forces Field Marshal Syed Asim Munir held an important meeting with Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman in Jeddah.

ISLAMABAD: Security sources said on Friday that two rudimentary drones were intercepted at different locations adjacent to Rawalpindi but were successfully brought down through electronic countermeasures. Security sources said that no damage or casualties were reported and the airspace, which was temporarily closed as a precaution, had now been reopened. Separately, the Ministry of Information posted on X that “two rudimentary drones of terrorist Fitna-al-Khawarij, nurtured by the Afghan Taliban regime, were successfully intercepted by the Pakistan security forces using electronic countermeasures”. It added that “no military or other infrastructure was hit, other than minor damage due to debris of the forced crashing of drones”, dismissing claims made in a post by the Afghan defence ministry on X. It was claimed in the post that a centre of Pakistan’s military had been targeted at Faizabad, resulting in the loss of human lives, as well as material losses. The information ministry said: “The Taliban regime’s c...

President says US military deliberately avoided striking Iran’s oil infrastructure on the island

All six crew members aboard a US military KC-135 refuelling aircraft that crashed in western Iraq are ​confirmed to have been killed, the US military said on Friday. The refuelling aircraft crashed ‌in western Iraq on Thursday, in an incident the military said involved another aircraft but was not the result of hostile or friendly fire. The deaths add to the seven US service members who have been ​killed as part of US attacks on Iran, which began on February 28. “The circumstances ​of the incident are under investigation. However, the loss of the aircraft ⁠was not due to hostile fire or friendly fire,” a statement from US Central Command said. Speaking ​with reporters at the Pentagon on Friday, US Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth said operations against Iran ​would continue. “War is hell. War is chaos, and as we saw yesterday with the tragic crash of our KC-135 tanker, bad things can happen,” Hegseth said. A US official told Reuters that the second aircraft involved in the ​crash, which landed safely, was also ...

Pakistan defeated Bangladesh by 128 runs via the Duckworth-Lewis-Stern (DLS) method in the rain-affected second ODI at the Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium on Friday. Maaz Sadaqat was the stand-out performer of the game, blasting a rapid 75 for Pakistan before picking up three wickets. Chasing a revised target of 243 in 32 overs after a two-hour rain and hailstorm delay, Bangladesh collapsed for 114 in 23.3 overs despite a brief counterattack from Litton Das. Bangladesh had already been in trouble before the weather halted play. Tanzid Hasan fell early for one, caught at backward square leg off Shaheen Shah Afridi, while Saif Hassan departed for 12 after offering a catch to short mid-off off Mohammad Wasim Jr. Captain Najmul Hossain Shanto was bowled by Shaheen for a duck, leaving the hosts reeling at 27 for 3 in 6.3 overs when a sudden thunderstorm accompanied by hail forced the players off the field. When play resumed, Litton attempted to revive the chase with a series of boundaries, including two six...

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The Foreign Office (FO) said on Friday that Pakistan strongly condemned the continued closure of the historic Jama Masjid in occupied Kashmir’s Srinagar on the last Friday of Ramazan, calling on the international community to take notice. In a statement, the FO said, “Pakistan strongly condemns the continued closure of the historic Jama Masjid in Srinagar on the last Friday of the holy month of Ramazan. “Preventing worshippers from offering congregational prayers at one of the most revered mosques in the valley constitutes a serious violation of religious freedom and fundamental human rights in Indian Illegally Occupied Jammu and Kashmir,” it said. The FO said that for the seventh consecutive year since India had revoked the region’s special autonomy, occupation authorities had “sealed the mosque and barred Kashmiri Muslims from gathering for prayers on this spiritually significant day”. “Such restrictions on religious practice, particularly during the sacred month of Ramzan, are deeply concerning,” it stated...

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Senior minister inaugurates Gul Plaza Bazaar at Expo Centre

Govt lauds role of religious scholars, security forces in ensuring peace

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Vocational training designed to help youth secure jobs, live independently

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