US President Donald Trump has revealed the reason behind his meeting with Pakistan Army Chief General Asim Munir, saying, “I wanted to thank him for not going into the war and ending it.”“Reason I had him here was I wanted to thank him for not going into the war and ending it,” Trump told reporters […]
QUETTA: Pakistan has closed all its border crossings with neighbouring Iran for an indefinite period, provincial officials said on Monday as Israel and Iran trade intense strikes and threaten further attacks.“Border facilities in all five districts – Chaghi, Washuk, Panjgur, Kech and Gwadar – have been suspended,” said Qadir Bakhsh Pirkani, a senior official in […]
As Israeli airstrikes on Iran entered a third day and the region teetered on the brink of a wider conflict, US President Donald Trump took to Truth Social on Sunday, claiming he could bring peace between Israel and Iran just as he had done with other historic adversaries, pointing to his past efforts in de-escalating […]
Representative image (ANI) ISLAMABAD: An earthquake of magnitude 4.6 jolted Pakistan, a statement by the National Center for Seismology (NCS) said.As per the NCS, the earthquake occurred late on Thursday, at a shallow depth of 10km, making it susceptible to aftershocks.In a post on X, NCS said, “EQ of M: 4.6, On: 12/06/2025 20:02:04 IST, […]
Indian-origin Paul Kapur told Senate what his vision is about US’s future ties with India and Pakistan, if he gets confirmed. Paul Kapur, Donald Trump’s Indian-origin pick for the role of assistant secretary of state for South and Central Asia, told the Senate Foreign Relations Committee that he would pursue security cooperation with Pakistan where […]
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 […]
