January 2026

Trump will chair the BoP with extensive powers; member states must contribute $1 billion ISLAMABAD: Pakistan has been invited to join the United States’ recently announced Gaza Peace Council (BoP), a powerful international body tasked with overseeing the post-war transition, reconstruction and security restructuring in Gaza, the Foreign Ministry confirmed on Sunday. Foreign Ministry spokesperson […]

Critics say opposition leader’s appointment could be timed to pre-empt February 8 PTI broadcast ISLAMABAD: After months of drifting, when the National Assembly finally regained a formal opposition voice last Friday with the appointment of Mahmood Khan Achakzai as opposition leader, the move ended a deadlock that had paralyzed the lower house for more than

RAWALPINDI: The immigration and anti-human trafficking cells of the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) claimed on Sunday to have arrested four suspects in two separate operations for attempting to travel abroad through illegal means, including the use of fake documents, fake residence cards and other migrant smuggling channels. Investigations were opened against the four individuals. Officials

. Maulana Abdul Khabeer Azad, chairman of the Ruet-e-Hilal central committee. PHOTO: APPLICATION RAWALPINDI: Prominent ulama and academics delivered an unambiguous message of unity at the Qaumi Yekjehti and Paigham-e-Pakistan Conference on Sunday, where Ruet-e-Hilal Central Committee Chairman Maulana Syed Abdul Khabeer Azad warned that the country was facing an organized attempt to push it

. PESHAWAR/MIRANSHAH: Life came to a standstill in North Waziristan on Sunday after unknown attackers blew up another vital link bridge in Mir Ali tehsil, cutting off entire communities from markets, hospitals and farmlands, while police and security forces intensified targeted operations against terrorist elements elsewhere in the province. According to police, the bridge in