Unidentified armed men launched a deadly assault on a copper and gold mining project in the Chagai district of Balochistan on Wednesday evening, leaving ten people dead, including a Turkish national. According to company officials, the attack targeted the National Resources Limited (NRL) mining site located in the Darigun area, approximately 120 kilometres from Dalbandin. […]
Sindh government on Thursday ordered a crackdown on public service vehicles operating without “valid route permits and fitness certificates or with documents that have expired”, according to an official notification issued by the provincial Transport and Mass Transit Department. The directive states that a “considerable number” of inter-city and intra-city vehicles are either running without […]
US Chargé d’Affaires to Pakistan Natalie Baker met Interior Minister Mohsin Naqvi on Thursday, where both discussed diplomatic efforts regarding the second round of negotiations in Islamabad. According to the Ministry of Interior, the two sides discussed the evolving regional situation and “reviewed progress on diplomacy ahead of the second round of Islamabad talks.” Naqvi […]
US defence officials briefed lawmakers this week on an intelligence assessment that it could take six months to fully clear the Strait of Hormuz of mines deployed by the Iranian military, The Washington Post reported on Wednesday. Furthermore, any such operation is unlikely to be carried out until the US-Israeli war with Iran comes to […]
Hackers claiming to be from Afghanistan targeted an Indian media outlet, briefly taking control of its broadcast to air a political message rejecting any ties between the Afghan Taliban and India. According to reports, the network affected was OneIndia, where normal programming was disrupted and replaced with unusual on-screen messages. The media group is said […]
Chief Selector of the national hockey team, Samiullah Khan, has said that modern training techniques are being employed to rebuild a strong and balanced Pakistan squad, with the upcoming Asia Cup identified as a primary target. Speaking to media during his visit to China Window, Peshawar he said open trials for the senior team were […]
Iran seized two ships in the Strait of Hormuz as it tightened its grip on the strategic waterway after US President Donald Trump announced he was indefinitely calling off attacks, with no sign of peace talks restarting. The status of a two-week-old ceasefire, due to expire earlier this week, remained unclear. In a sharp about-face hours after threatening renewed violence, […]
Amid road blockades linked to a second round of US-Iran ceasefire talks in Islamabad, the Attock Refinery Limited (ARL) has warned of a looming oil crisis, citing falling crude supplies and approached the GHQ to clear stranded crude tankers. The refinery, which processes 100% indigenous crude oil sourced from Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa and the Potohar region, is […]
Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian has said that the “breach of commitments, blockade and threats” were the main obstacles to genuine negotiations. “Tehran wants to continue peace talks but the US’ breach of commitments, blockade and threats are (the) main obstacles to genuine negotiations,” Pezeshkian said in a post on X on Wednesday. The Iranian president […]
China has selected two Pakistani astronauts as candidates for its manned space programme, CCTV reported on Wednesday. The candidates are Muhammad Zeeshan Ali and Khurram Daud. Both will travel to China for training, and one will participate in a flight mission as a payload specialist and become the first foreign astronaut in China’s space station, […]