Pakistan conducted a series of military strikes Thursday morning against insurgents operating in Iran in response to a deadly bombing in the southwestern Pakistani province of Baluchistan on Tuesday. The Pakistan Armed Forces completed a “series of highly coordinated and specifically targeted
Pakistan has vowed to strike back at Iran after the Islamic republic launched airstrikes on a militant separatist group in Baluchistan. And Tory MP Tobias Ellwood MP, the former chairman of Parliament’s powerful defence committee, has warned the attack increases the risk
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The Pakistan Muslim League, led by former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif, officially launched its general election campaign in Punjab province. The rally followed a Supreme Court ruling that lifted a lifetime ban on politicians with convictions from running for public office. The
The International Monetary Fund’s executive board approved Thursday the release of $700 million of a $3 billion bailout for cash-strapped Pakistan, the finance ministry said. The bailout is meant to enable Pakistan to emerge from one of the worst economic crises in
An officer critically wounded in a roadside bombing in northwestern Pakistan targeting police protecting polio vaccination workers has died. Three officers remain in critical condition after the bombing in the district of Mamund, a former stronghold of the Pakistani Taliban. Pakistan and
Pakistan human rights commission raises concerns over 'pre-poll rigging' ahead of upcoming elections
Pakistan’s independent human rights commission said Monday there is little chance of free and fair parliamentary elections in the country next month because of “pre-poll rigging.” It also expressed concern about authorities rejecting the candidacies of former Prime Minister Imran Khan and
It follows weeks of heightened tensions following the deaths of four Baloch people in a so-called “kill and dump” operation carried out by Pakistan’s security forces. Shakoor Baloch, Saif Baloch, and Balach Mola Bakhsh were killed on November 23 in the city
Hamas leaders and Islamic scholars met in Pakistan’s capital for a convention last week and argued that Israel’s war in Gaza would end if Pakistan, a country armed with nuclear weapons, threatened Israel. Their comments were widely reported in Pakistani newspapers and
A massive fire broke out Wednesday at a multi-story commercial building in Pakistan’s largest southern port city of Karachi, killing at least three people and damaging several shops, police and rescue officials said. The fire started at a furniture store and quickly