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US freezes immigrant visas: When will Pakistan’s ban be lifted? Islamabad embassy gives update

The US state department froze the immigrant visa process for 75 countries, including Pakistan, and the US embassy in Islamabad said the immigrant visa would be stopped for Pakistan from January 21.Earlier, the state department indefinitely suspended the processing of immigrant visas from 75 countries in what it described as one of its most expansive […]

Pakistan’s 3.7% Growth Rate Deemed Paper Figure, Economy Faces Real Challenges

New Delhi: Pakistan’s claim of a 3.7 percent economic growth rate for the first quarter of the financial year 2025-26 does not reflect actual increases in production or exports. According to a report, this figure is more an accounting illusion than a true indicator of economic health. The think tank Economic Policy and Business Development […]

Pakistan’s ex-ISI chief Faiz Hameed moves court against conviction

Pakistan’s former spy chief Faiz Hameed challenged his conviction by a military court which had sentenced him to 14 years in jail, media reports said on Monday. Hameed, the former chief of the powerful Inter-Services Intelligence, was convicted on December 11 by a Field General Court Martial (FGCM) on four counts – engaging in political […]

‘Cup of tea’ in Kabul proved costly: Pakistan’s Ishaq Dar calls it a mistake; pledges not to repeat it

Pakistan’s deputy PM Ishaq Dar (ANI image) Pakistan’s deputy prime minister and foreign minister Ishaq Dar has said that a symbolic “cup of tea” in Afghanistan’s capital, Kabul, turned out to be a costly mistake for Pakistan. He reiterated that such a mistake should never be repeated.Speaking in the Senate on Wednesday, Dar criticised the […]

Shaheen Afridi Appointed Pakistan’s New ODI Captain, Rizwan Removed from Leadership Role | Udaipur Kiran

New Delhi, October 21 (Udaipur Kiran): In a major shake-up, the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) on Monday announced that Shaheen Shah Afridi will take over as the new captain of Pakistan’s One Day International (ODI) team, replacing Mohammad Rizwan. The decision was made after a high-level meeting between the selection committee and white-ball coach Mike […]

Durand under duress: How Pakistan’s Taliban gamble backfired – and why it struggles to contain TTP

Taliban fighters in Kabul, 2021; Pakistan PM Shehbaz Sharif (File photo: AP) Afghanistan and Pakistan have once again found themselves on the brink of open conflict after days of deadly cross-border fighting that exposed the fragility of their long and volatile frontier. Afghan officials said their forces killed 58 Pakistani soldiers in overnight “retaliatory operations,” […]

‘Did not publish on time’: US flags Pakistan’s defence budgets; urges transparency

The United States has called on Pakistan to bring its military and intelligence budgets under parliamentary or civilian oversight, identifying this as a key step to improving fiscal transparency. The recommendation was made in the US State Department’s 2025 Fiscal Transparency Report, released on Friday, which reviewed how 140 governments disclose and manage their public […]

11 killed in separate blasts in Pakistan’s Balochistan, insurgent group claims one attack

At least 11 people were killed in two separate blasts in Pakistan’s restive Balochistan province on Friday, officials said, underscoring the growing wave of militancy in the mineral-rich region bordering Afghanistan and Iran.A suicide bomber rammed an explosive-laden vehicle into a convoy of paramilitary soldiers in Dasht, near the Iranian border, killing five people, including […]

‘Caught on camera’: Pakistan’s jailed former PM Imran Khan’s sister hit with egg – Video

Screengrab of the incident from video (X/@dauranbaloch1) Aleema Khan, sister of Pakistan‘s jailed former prime minister Imran Khan, was attacked with an egg while addressing reporters outside Rawalpindi’s Adiala Jail on Friday.A video of the episode has gone viral on social media, showing the egg hitting Aleema as she spoke to the media.Supporters of Khan’s […]

BLA labelled foreign terrorist org as Trump plans to develop Pakistan’s ‘huge oil reserves’ | India News

Despite being designated as Specially Designated Global Terrorist (SDGT) in 2019, the Balochistan Liberation Army (BLA) surprisingly evaded being labelled as a Foreign Terrorist Organisation (FTO) until now. However, the US state department’s sudden interest in the rebel group, particularly its subsidiary Majeed Brigade, has raised eyebrows and sparked curiosity about possible motivations.The development comes […]