PESHAWAR: A gas cylinder explosion killed six people and injured two others in Pakistan’s northwestern Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province on Saturday, according to an official. The incident, which occurred in the Mardan district’s Aram Colony, caused the collapse of a two-storey house, said Bilal Ahmad Faizi, spokesperson for Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Rescue 1122, an emergency rescue service. […]
A day after Pakistan’s defence minister Khawaja Asif declared the 1972 Simla Agreement “a dead document,” the country’s foreign ministry clarified that no decision has been made to revoke any bilateral agreements with India, including the landmark pact.A senior foreign office official, while responding Asif’s comments, said that while recent developments have triggered internal discussions […]
Representative image (Picture credit: ANI) More than 200,000 Afghans have left Pakistan since April as Islamabad ramped up its deportation campaign targeting undocumented migrants, with Iran also increasing expulsions, raising concerns over Afghanistan’s capacity to manage the influx.According to Pakistan’s ministry of interior, over 135,000 Afghans left the country in April, followed by 67,000 in […]
Musician Adnan Sami has opened up about a deeply personal loss, and the heartbreak of being unable to say goodbye. In a recent interview, the singer revealed that he was not allowed to enter Pakistan to attend his mother Naureen Sami Khan’s funeral, despite receiving permission from the Indian government. Adnan Sami reveals he was […]
Eminent journalist Bhawana Somaaya launched her new book ‘Farewell Karachi’ in the presence of Javed Akhtar and Shabana Azmi at a club in Mumbai on May 30. The book is based on Bhawana’s family and their migration to India after the partition. Javed Akhtar raised some interesting points about the relations between India and Pakistan […]
An accident at Khanewal Junction railway station in Pakistan claimed the life of a Pakistan Railways employee and injured a female passenger after part of a pedestrian bridge collapsed on Friday, ARY News reported.The incident occurred when a stone slab from the bridge suddenly fell on people walking below. Rescue teams quickly reached the spot […]
Pakistan PM Shehbaz Sharif (File photo) Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Wednesday repeated his call to hold talks with India, urging both nations to sit down “for peace” and resolve long-standing issues, including Kashmir, water sharing, and terrorism. While India after Operation Sindoor has made it clear to Pakistan, that talks will only take […]
Iran’s supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, right, speaks with Pakistan’s PM Shehbaz Sharif during their meeting in Tehran, Iran (Image credits: AP) Iran’s supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, on Monday called for strong unity among Muslim countries and urged Pakistan to work together to stop what he called the “Zionist regime’s crimes” in Gaza.In a […]
NEW DELHI: In the aftermath of the Pahalgam terror attack and ‘Operation Sindoor’, a major question emerged on the global stage: Did US President Donald Trump mediate a ceasefire between India-Pakistan or was the decision completely bilateral?While Trump made several claims of brokering truce, India made it clear that the decision was bilateral and was […]
New Delhi: Long before YouTuber Jyoti Malhotra’s arrest for allegedly leaking military secrets to Pakistan, India had witnessed a similar betrayal. Fifteen years ago, another woman, from within the system, was caught at the centre of a shocking espionage scandal. Madhuri Gupta, a mid-level diplomat stationed in Islamabad, was accused of secretly serving the interests […]
