Sindh Inspector General of Police Javed Alam Odho said on Friday that police conducted 113 encounters over the past month, killing 27 dacoits, injuring 82 others and arresting 123 suspects, including those who surrendered voluntarily. Speaking to the media, Odho said the katcha belt had long posed a major challenge, with kidnapping for ransom, honey-trapping […]
For the first time in decades, the image that once defined the hometown of Bangladesh’s ousted premier Sheikh Hasina during elections, her Awami League party’s “boat” symbol, is absent. In its place, posters of rivals like the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP), the Jamaat‑e‑Islami party and independents urge voters in Gopalganj to back them in the […]
Pakistan and Uzbekistan signed a joint declaration following the state visit of Uzbek President Shavkat Mirziyoyev, reaffirming their commitment to expand strategic cooperation across trade, connectivity, security, education and culture, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs said on Friday. Joint Declaration On The Outcomes Of The State Visit Of The President Of The Republic Of Uzbekistan […]
Twenty-four terrorists were killed in two separate intelligence-based operations in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, the Inter Services Public Relations (ISPR) said on Friday. According to the military’s media wing, the operations were carried out on February 4 and 5 following reports of terrorist presence in Orakzai and Khyber districts. In the first operation in Orakzai district, ISPR […]
A group of 25 criminals, terrorists and looters led by Mirak Khan Chakrani operating in Balochistan have surrendered to Pakistani authorities. They have handed over a large cache of weapons and ammunition. The group had been involved in a series of robberies and extortion activities across the region and surrendered after the efforts of security […]
Pakistan must create up to 30 million jobs over the next decade to turn its youth bulge into an economic dividend or risk instability and outward migration, World Bank President Ajay Banga said in an interview with Reuters. Pakistan is entering the implementation phase of a 10-year Country Partnership Framework (CPF) deal agreed with the […]
The leadership of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) and Tehreek Tahaffuz Ain Pakistan (TTAP) said on Thursday they would not compromise on the health of incarcerated PTI founder Imran Khan and urged the nation to join a nationwide shutter-down strike scheduled for February 8 (Sunday). During a meeting of the joint parliamentary committee at Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa House in […]
Port Sudan Famine is spreading in Sudan’s western Darfur region, UN-backed experts warned on Thursday, as a grinding war between the army and paramilitary forces has left millions hungry, displaced and cut off from aid. Since April 2023, the conflict between Sudan’s army and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces has killed tens of thousands, displaced […]
Russia and the United States have agreed to resume high-level military contacts at two-day Ukraine talks in Abu Dhabi on Thursday, in a major step of rapprochement between the world’s top nuclear powers. Moscow and Washington suspended senior military dialogue shortly before Russia invaded Ukraine in 2022, with then US President Joe Biden severing almost […]
Iran and the United States were preparing for talks on Friday in Oman, with Washington looking to see if there is any prospect of diplomatic progress on the Iranian nuclear programme and other issues while refusing to rule out military action. The talks, which were finally confirmed by both sides late Wednesday after hours of […]