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Kyrgyz President Sadyr Japarov inspects the guard of honor at the Prime Minister’s House in Islamabad. Photo: AFP ISLAMABAD: Pakistan and Kyrgyzstan, emphasizing the importance of regional peace and stability, agreed that the Afghan Taliban regime must honor its commitments to the international community and address Pakistan’s legitimate security concerns, by taking concrete and verifiable […]

. Commissioner of Inland Revenue (South Zone) Syed Anser Ali. Photo: file MUZAFFARABAD: The Unpublished Welfare Association of the Ministry of Inland Finance on Wednesday organized a special ceremony to honor Commissioner of Inland Revenue (South Zone) Syed Anser Ali for his distinguished services and contributions to the ministry. The event was attended by officers,

. Levies sources say armed attackers opened fire on BAP President Khalid Hussain Magsi’s convoy, but security personnel and guards reacted quickly, forcing the attackers to flee. PHOTO: FILE ISLAMABAD: Federal Minister for Science and Technology Khalid Hussain Magsi met the Korean delegation led by Chang Won Sam, Chairman KOICA, to discuss strengthening cooperation between

. LAHORE: The Lahore High Court has been approached to challenge the order issued allowing kite flying in Punjab. The petition was filed by lawyer Azhar Siddique, chairman of the Judicial Activism Panel, an NGO. According to the petitioner, the kite flying ordinance was issued on the instructions of Nawaz Sharif and is in conflict

The Supreme Court has ruled that vehicles imported in violation of the Import Policy Ordinance cannot be released and will remain confiscated. The decision was made in a detailed written judgment published for reporting purposes. A three-member bench, headed by Justice Muhammad Shafi Siddiqui and comprising Justice Naeem Akhtar Afghan and Justice Miangul Hassan Aurangzeb,

. ISLAMABAD: In its written response, the Ministry of Communications told the upper house of parliament that the Postal Life Insurance Company had 33,830 pending claims and outstanding claims amounting to Rs 8,165 million. The Senate session resumed on Thursday under the chairmanship of Vice President Syedal Khan. During Question Hour, Senator Shahadat Awan sought

. Abdul Alem Khan. PHOTO: ONLINE ISLAMABAD: Communications Minister Abdul Aleem Khan announced on Thursday that construction of a major highway linking Karachi to Quetta and Chaman, financed by a special tax on petroleum products, had officially begun. Chairing a meeting at the NHA, the minister reviewed the pace of ongoing projects in Balochistan, including

. Minister of Planning, Development and Special Initiatives Ahsan Iqbal. PHOTO: APPLICATION ISLAMABAD: Planning Minister Ahsan Iqbal on Thursday chaired the third high-level meeting of the Prime Minister’s committee to design a permanent solution to recurring water and power outages in Gwadar, and reviewed the progress of ongoing and planned power projects in Gilgit-Baltistan (GB)

. AFP December 05, 2025 Less than a minute of reading Marwa, 18, and others have lunch in a rented house, waiting for their special visas created by Western governments to protect Afghans, in Rawalpindi. PHOTO: REUTERS ISLAMABAD: Pakistan will temporarily allow UN relief supplies to arrive in Afghanistan, officials said Thursday, in the first

. ISLAMABAD: Minister of State for Religious Affairs Kesoo Mal Kheal Das on Thursday informed the Senate that the Sindh government had promptly taken note of the incident reported at Mirpur Sakro Girls’ High School involving allegations of pressuring non-Muslim students to convert to Islam. Replying to a call for attention from Senator Danesh Kumar,