ISLAMABAD: Interior Minister Mohsin Naqvi on Monday approved the formation of an intelligence coordination and threat assessment centre under the National Counter Terrorism Authority (Nacta). Pakistan has witnessed an uptick in terror activities over the past year, especially in Khyber Pakthunkhwa and Balochistan, after the proscribed Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) ended its ceasefire with the government in November 2022. Naqvi presided …

ISLAMABAD: A US delegation, led by Eric Meyer, the senior official overseeing the Bureau of South and Central Asian Affairs at the State Department, will visit Islamabad from April 8-10, 2025. The visit aims to promote US interests in the critical minerals sector at the Pakistan Minerals Investment Forum (PMIF25), organised by the Oil and Gas Development Company Limited (OGDCL) …

LAHORE: Ameer Jamaat-e-Islami, Hafiz Naeem ur Rehman, while addressing an emergency press conference at Mansoora, Lahore, strongly condemned Israeli aggression in Palestine, the silence of the Muslim world, and the apathy of the international community. He stated that the true face of Western powers and Muslim regimes supporting Israel has now been exposed. Announcing a nationwide solidarity campaign, he said …

LAHORE: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif and Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) President Nawaz Sharif are expected to depart for London next week, according to sources close to the Sharif family. Nawaz is scheduled to undergo a routine medical check-up during his stay, which is likely to last around two weeks, sources said. The trip will also include political engagements. Nawaz is …

RAWALPINDI: Security forces killed eight terrorists and injured another four as they thwarted an infiltration attempt on the Pakistan-Afghanistan border in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa’s North Waziristan district, the military’s media affairs wing said on Sunday. Pakistan has witnessed an uptick in terror activities over the past year, especially in KP and Balochistan, after the proscribed Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) ended its ceasefire …

QUETTA: The Balochistan government on Sunday warned Sardar Akhtar Mengal, chief of his faction of the Balochistan National Party-Mengal (BNP-M), that he would be arrested under the Maintenance of Public Order (MPO) if his party’s march against the jailing of Baloch activists entered Quetta. The BNP-M had begun a “long march” from Wadh to Quetta on March 28 to protest …

KARACHI: President Asif Ali Zardari’s personal physician and close aide Dr Asim Hussain on Saturday told reporters that the president is “medically fit” and will be discharged from hospital either tomorrow or the day after. According to a statement from the presidency on Wednesday, Zardari tested positive for coronavirus and was put in isolation. He has since been receiving treatment …

LARKANA: Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) Chairman Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari insisted on Friday that the judicious distribution of water “is our right” and demanded the withdrawal of any decision that may be harmful to the integrity of the federation. Addressing a large public gathering on the 46th death anniversary of his grandfather, Zulfikar Ali Bhutto, he urged the federal government and the …

ISLAMABAD: A Pakistani diplomat has called for concerted efforts to intercept clandestine flows of modern and sophisticated weapons that support UN-sanctioned armed groups such as Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP), the Baloch Liberation Army (BLA) and its Majeed Brigade which he said use safe havens in Afghanistan to launch deadly cross-border attacks inside Pakistan. “Terrorist armed groups are in possession of billions …

PESHAWAR / SWABI: Infi­ghting within the Pakis­tan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) fur­ther intensified on Friday with two more leaders calling for an inquiry against Khyber Pakhtun­khwa Chief Minister Ali Amin Khan Gandapur for terming them “conspirators”. Currently, a tug of war is going on between KP assembly speaker Babar Saleem Swati and Azam Khan Swati, both from Mansehra district, while former KP …