Pakistan

Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Senator Ishaq Dar arrived in Istanbul, Türkiye, on Friday to attend the R4 ministerial meeting involving Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, Türkiye and Egypt, as well as the expanded R4+ meeting featuring France, Germany, Italy and the United Kingdom. He was received by Director General at the Turkish Ministry of Foreign […]

Adviser to the Prime Minister on Political Affairs Rana Sanaullah said on Friday that political parties that do not join the agenda to eliminate terrorism from the country will be “minus”, stressing that the entire nation should unite against the menace. Sanaullah made these remarks in response to a question on Geo News programme ‘Geo Pakistan’ about the […]

The federal government has reportedly signalled the possibility of postponing Islamabad’s local government elections once again, a day after the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) scheduled the polls for December 20, marking a potential sixth delay in the electoral process. The government on Thursday laid a report of the National Assembly’s Standing Committee on Interior […]

Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Thursday said the imposition of governor’s rule and an emergency in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa had been undertaken “under extreme compulsion” as he addressed a meeting of the provincial apex committee in Peshawar to review the security situation. The prime minister arrived in Peshawar earlier in the day for his first visit […]

ISLAMABAD: Opposition alliance Tehreek Tahaffuz Aiyeen-e-Pakistan (TTAP) on Thursday pitched the Constitution Room in parliament as the venue for a potential meeting between Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif and National Assembly Opposition Leader Mahmood Khan Achakzai. “If the prime minister comes to the opposition chamber, we will take him to the Constitution Room. According to the […]

LAHORE: The Lahore High Court (LHC) on Thursday summoned the Punjab home secretary and the superintendent of Kot Lakhpat jail in person on October 28 during the hearing of a plea seeking the recovery of the three sisters of jailed Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) founder Imran Khan. Aleema Khan, Noreen Niazi and Dr Uzma Khan have […]

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan will have to seek a fresh Generalised System of Preferences (GSP+) arrangement with the European Union from January 2027, following the expiry of the current framework in December 2026. However, under the grace period, the existing arrangement will continue till December 2028 for finalisation of fresh GSP+ by the EU Commission and its […]

ISLAMABAD :Chairman of the Senate, Syed Yousuf Raza Gilani, met the President of the Republic of Maldives Dr Mohamed Muizzu in Islamabad on Thursday to discuss ways to strengthen longstanding bilateral ties, enhance trade and economic cooperation, and promote parliamentary diplomacy. Senator Talha Mahmood, Chairman Senate Standing Committee on Defence; Senator Faisal Saleem Rehman, Chairman […]

ISLAMABAD :Speaker of National Assembly Sardar Ayaz Sadiq Thursday met with President of Republic of Maldives, Dr. Mohamed Muizzu, during his state visit to Pakistan. The meeting focused on bilateral relations between Pakistan and the Maldives, with particular emphasis on further strengthening cooperation and promoting people-to-people contacts. During the meeting, Ayaz Sadiq said that Pakistan […]

UNITED NATIONS:Despite progress in forming Kosovo’s institutions, Pakistan has told the UN Security Council that ongoing inter-communal tensions and unresolved issues with Serbia continue to threaten stability, making it vital to curb these trends before they take root. “We unequivocally condemn all actions directed against any people on the basis of their faith, belief or […]