Pakistan

A person watching a VPN app on phone in this representational image. —UnSplash/ File Dr Raghib Hussain Naeemi, the chairman of the Council of Islamic […]

Vendors transport bananas along a road amid heavy smoggy conditions in Lahore on November 17, 2024. — AFP  Lahore remains enveloped in thick smog, retaining

(From top left to bottom right) Collage shows Justice Muhammad Ali Mazhar, Justice Amin-ud-Din Khan, Justice Jamal Khan Mandokhail, Justice Ayesha A Malik, Justice Syed

PTI supporters hold portraits of party founder Imran Khan during a rally in Peshawar on March 10, 2024. — AFP Sheikh Waqas Akram, a member

Female students sudying in a school in Sindh. —Sindh School Education Department website/ File KARACHI: The Sindh Education Department has announced the closure of educational

Former prime minister Nawaz Sharif’s son Hasan Nawaz Sharif. — AFP/File  LONDON: Former prime minister Nawaz Sharif’s son, Hasan Nawaz Sharif, has been declared bankrupt by

Screenshot of CCTV footage shows bomb explosion in Azam Warsak bazaar in South Waziristan. — Reporter A “remote-controlled” bomb blast has claimed the life of

Villagers stand near a vulture in Rukanpur, Punjab, in these screenshots taken from separate videos. — Reporter RAHIM YAR KHAN: Wildlife officials rescued a vulture

Defence Minister Khawaja Asif. — AFP/File SIALKOT: Defence Minister Khawaja Asif on Sunday said that the federal government’s offer for dialogues with the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf

A man exercises in a park amid heavy smoggy conditions in Lahore on November 7, 2024. — AFP Punjab capital Lahore witnessed a slight improvement

Army personnel can be seen sitting in a military vehicle. — AFP/File  At least six terrorists were killed and four others injured during an attempted

These photos show Chaghi Monument in Peshawar , purported PTI protesters inside Armed Forces Board in Lahore, and Radio Pakistan Peshawar’s building affected on May

This undated photo shows US President Joe Biden (left) and former prime minister Imran Khan. —Reuters/Instagram/imrankhan.pti/File In less than a month, dozens of US lawmakers

A view of traffic on roads during peak hours in Karachi on August 29, 2024. — APP Karachi Traffic Police on Saturday released the details

ANP leader Ilyas Ahmed Bilour (late) gestures during a public gathering. — Facebook/@ANPMarkaz Awami National Party (ANP) leader and former senator Ilyas Ahmad Bilour passed

Former prime minister and PTI founder Imran Khan (left) and Britain’s Foreign Secretary David Lammy. — Reuters/File LONDON: Asserting that “Pakistan judicial processes are a

Children play on a street during heavy rain in Pakistan. — Reuters/File The Punjab government successfully tested a local technology for artificial rain on Friday,

A man rides his bicycle along a street engulfed in smog in Lahore on November 14, 2024. — AFP Punjab continues to struggle with a

ANP leader Ilyas Ahmed Bilour (late) gestures during a public gathering. — Facebook/@ANPMarkaz Awami National Party (ANP) leader and former senator Ilyas Ahmed Bilour passed

PTI leader Sher Afzal Marwat. — Facebook/Sher Afzal Khan Marwat/File Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) leader Sher Afzal Marwat has said that party workers will only respond

Sindh Chief Minister, Syed Murad Ali Shah presides over a cabinet meeting at CM House in Karachi on July 11, 2024. — PPI KARACHI: The

This image shows the signboard of the Council of Islamic Ideology in Islamabad. — APP/File In a major development, the Council of Islamic Ideology (CII)

Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) President Nawaz Sharif speaks to journalists in London, UK, November 15, 2024. — Screengrab via video  Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) President

A representational image depicting a black magic ritual. — Reuters A woman in tehsil Daska of district Sialkot allegedly killed her daughter-in-law and chopped her

PTI founder Imran Khan (centre) along with his wife Bushra Bibi appear before the registrar’s office in the Lahore High Court on July 17, 2023.

Chief of Army Staff (COAS) General Asim Munir addresses special ceremony at Margalla Dialogue 2024, Islamabad, November 15, 2024. — ISPR Chief of Army Staff

A man rides a bicycle while smog envelops the entire surrounding. — Reuters/File The Punjab government has declared a health emergency in the capital city

Former interior minister Shiekh Rashid walks out of local court in Islamabad after his acquittal in case pertaining to his remarks on President Asif Ali

A policeman walks past the Supreme Court building in Islamabad in this undated photo — AFP/File ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court’s six-member constitutional bench has begun

A fisherman is silhouetted as he rows a boat amid smog and air pollution on a morning in Karachi, Pakistan, November 14, 2024. — Reuters 

Finance Minister Muhammad Aurangzeb and Coordinator to the Prime Minister for Climate Change Romina Khurshid Alam pose for a photo at an event at the

Defence Minister Khawaja Asif meets London police at Pakistan High Commission in London, UK, November 14, 2024. — X/@MurtazaViews LONDON: Defence Minister Khawaja Asif has

Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) Chairman Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari interacts with journalists in Karachi, November 14, 2024. — Screengrab via video KARACHI: Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) Chairman

Major Muhammad Haseeb (left) and Havildar Noor Ahmed. — ISPR/File  RAWALPINDI: A Pakistan Army major was among the two soldiers who embraced martyrdom in an improvised

Foreign Office Spokesperson Mumtaz Zahra Baloch. — Screengrab/YouTube/@foreignofficepk The Foreign Office on Thursday rejected a media report claiming that Beijing had demanded Islamabad to allow

PTI founder Imran Khan (right) pictured along with his wife Bushra Bibi signs surety bonds for bail in various cases, at a registrar’s office in

PTI founder Imran Khan (right) pictured along with his wife Bushra Bibi signs surety bonds for bail in various cases, at a registrar’s office in

Police carrying a snap checking drive on Shahrah-e-Faisal road near the Jinnah International Airport in Karachi on November 13, 2024. —PPI KARACHI: The Civil Aviation

A person sets up a fishing trap, with the bridge over the River Ravi in the background, amid smog in Lahore on November 5, 2024.

Maryam Nawaz waves to her supporters during an election campaign rally at Mansehra in KP on January 22, 2024.— AFP LONDON: Punjab Chief Minister Maryam

(Clockwise from top left to right) The collage shows Justice Muhammad Ali Mazhar, Justice Amin-ud-Din Khan, Justice Jamal Khan Mandokhail, Justice Naeem Afghan, Justice Musarrat

This image grab from a X video posted on November 1, 2024 shows Defenec Minister Khawaja Asif travelling in a train. — Screengrab/X/@MurtazaViews LONDON: A

Pakistan Army personnel can be seen patrolling in this undated image. — Reuters Security forces neutralised four terrorists, including a “high-value target”, during an intelligence-based

Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Chief Minister Ali Amin Gandapur (left) and Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) founder Imran Khan. — APP/Reuters/File Responding to Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) founder Imran Khan’s

Bureaucrat Hazim Bangwar poses for a photo. — Facebook/ Hazim Bangwar/File  Following widespread criticism, the Sindh government on Wednesday cancelled the transfer order for bureaucrat Hazim

An illustration depicting a smartphone with a display reading VPN. — Reuters/File ISLAMABAD: Pakistanis are reportedly making up to 20 million daily attempts to access

An illustration depicting a smartphone with a display reading VPN. — Reuters/File ISLAMABAD: Pakistanis are reportedly making up to 2 million daily attempts to access

PTI supporters waive flags during a protest in this undated image. — Reuters Imran Khan, the founder of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI), has announced a protest

Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif is addressing the COP29 Climate Action Summit in Azerbaijan’s capital of Baku. This is a developing story and is being updated

Additional IG Karachi Javed Alam Odho presides over a meeting at KPO office on July 24, 2024. — Facebook/@KarachiPolice Karachi Police Chief Javed Alam Odho