Pakistan train blast kills 24, injures 70
Reuters
25 May 2026, 00:00 AM South Asia
Leaked cable hints at US role in Imran’s ouster
Star Desk
19 May 2026, 00:00 AM South Asia
Pakistan sends new Iranian proposal to US
Agencies
19 May 2026, 00:00 AM South Asia
Car bomb kills 15 cops in Pakistan
AFP, Peshawar
11 May 2026, 00:00 AM South Asia
Pakistan eyes Chinese capital markets with panda bond
Reuters
10 May 2026, 09:44 AM Global Economy
BJP names Suvendu Adhikari as Chief Minister of West Bengal
AFP, Kolkata 
8 May 2026, 19:44 PM South Asia
Sri Lanka raises fuel prices as inflation spikes
AFP
3 May 2026, 14:36 PM South Asia

China halts work on two projects after deadly attack

Chinese contractors have halted construction on two major dam projects in Pakistan after a suicide bomber killed five Chinese engineers and a Pakistani driver this week,
29 March 2024, 18:00 PM

6 Pak HC judges alleges coercion by spy agency

Six Pakistan High Court judges have accused the nation’s intelligence agency of intimidating and coercing them over “politically consequential” cases in a letter seen by AFP yesterday.
27 March 2024, 18:00 PM

Five Chinese dam workers, driver killed in Pakistan

A suicide bomber rammed a vehicle into a convoy of Chinese engineers working on a dam project in northwest Pakistan yesterday, killing six people, police said, the third major attack on Chinese interests in the South Asian country in a week.
26 March 2024, 18:00 PM

Bangladesh high commissioner to Pakistan asked to return home

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MoFA) yesterday asked Md Ruhul Alam Siddique, currently serving as the high commissioner of Bangladesh to Pakistan, to return home
25 March 2024, 04:34 AM

Pakistan ex-PM Imran predicts govt’s fall in 4 to 5 months

Former Pakistan prime minister Imran Khan does not see the incumbent government lasting more than four to five months, and believes that its fall will pave the way for his release from Adiala Jail.
21 March 2024, 18:00 PM

US warns Pakistan on ties over election irregularities

The United States said Wednesday that relations with Pakistan will suffer if it does not probe irregularities in last month's election and rerun votes if needed
21 March 2024, 02:53 AM

Explosion in Pakistan coal mine kills 12 miners

Twelve miners were killed and eight rescued after an explosion in a coal mine in south-western Pakistan, officials said today
20 March 2024, 06:50 AM

2 Pakistan miners killed, 8 feared dead in gas explosion

Two bodies have been pulled from a collapsed mine in southern Pakistan, rescuers said Wednesday, with eight more people feared dead
20 March 2024, 03:04 AM

Kabul says 8 killed in Pakistan air strikes on eastern Afghanistan

Eight people, all women and children, were killed on Monday in "reckless" air strikes by the Pakistan military in the border regions of Afghanistan, the Taliban government's spokesman said..Border tensions between Pakistan and Afghanistan have risen since the Taliban government seized powe
18 March 2024, 07:49 AM

Zulfikar Ali Bhutto ‘didn’t get a fair trial’

Pakistan’s Supreme Court ruled yesterday that former Prime Minister Zulfikar Ali Bhutto, who was hanged 44 year ago after being convicted of murder, didn’t get a fair trial.
6 March 2024, 18:00 PM

Modi congratulates new Pakistan PM Sharif

India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi congratulated Pakistani counterpart Shehbaz Sharif on Tuesday for his return to the premiership, a rare expression of goodwill between leaders of the two nuclear-armed rivals
5 March 2024, 06:48 AM

Imran Khan’s MPs denied reserved seats in parliament

Pakistan’s election commission yesterday blocked lawmakers loyal to jailed ex-prime minister Imran Khan from taking a share of parliamentary seats reserved for women and minorities, after a poll marred by rigging claims.
4 March 2024, 18:00 PM

32 killed in heavy rain in Pakistan

More than 30 people have died in rain-related incidents in Pakistan during days of heavy downpours, with thousands of schools closed, officials said yesterday.
3 March 2024, 18:00 PM

Shehbaz Sharif elected Pak PM for second time

Shehbaz Sharif was voted in yesterday as Pakistan’s prime minister for a second time, presiding over a shaky alliance that has shut out followers of jailed opposition leader Imran Khan.
3 March 2024, 18:00 PM

Shehbaz Sharif voted in as Pakistan's PM for second time

Newly sworn-in lawmakers in Pakistan's National Assembly elected Sharif by 201 votes to 92, three weeks after national elections marred by widespread allegations of rigging
3 March 2024, 08:54 AM

PTI fields Mahmood Khan to face Zardari in Pakistan’s presidential election

Backed by PTI, firebrand Pashtun nationalist leader from Balochistan Mehmood Khan Achakzai on Saturday submitted nomination papers to contest the upcoming presidential election of Pakistan on March 9 against PPP's Asif Ali Zardari
3 March 2024, 06:20 AM

Sri Lanka awards energy deal to India after rejecting China

Sri Lanka yesterday awarded the construction of three solar and wind hybrid power generation facilities to an Indian company after scrapping a tender won by a Chinese firm.
1 March 2024, 18:00 PM

Pakistan parliament elects speaker amid pro-Imran protests

Pakistan’s new parliament elected a speaker yesterday, despite protests from lawmakers loyal to jailed ex-prime minister Imran Khan three weeks after an election they claim was brazenly rigged.
1 March 2024, 18:00 PM

Pakistan lawmakers sworn in after polls marred by rigging claims

Lawmakers were sworn in during the first sitting of Pakistan's new parliament Thursday, three weeks after an election marred by widespread allegations of rigging
29 February 2024, 07:48 AM

Bailout Talks: PTI urges IMF to consider Pakistan’s instability

The party of Pakistan’s jailed former prime minister, Imran Khan, has asked the International Monetary Fund to factor in the country’s political stability in any further bailout talks, two people familiar with the matter said yesterday.
28 February 2024, 18:00 PM