Maulana tries, and fails For what it’s worth, Fazlur Rahman’s trip to Kabul has left me five hundred rupees richer. I bet with a... Published 11 Jan, 2024 06:15am
Editorials How to exterminate TTP? EDITORIAL: The interior ministry’s warning to the Senate, that continued influx of “TTP members” in Khyber... Published 07 Jan, 2024 02:43am
Pakistan Kabul pressed to neutralise terrorists ISLAMABAD: Pakistan on Wednesday pressed the Afghan interim government to effectively neutralise the... Published 04 Jan, 2024 05:41am
Print Afghan delegation due today for crucial talks ISLAMABAD: A delegation of the Afghan interim government led by Governor Kandahar Mullah Sherin Akhund, a close aide... Updated 03 Jan, 2024 09:10am
Editorials The escalating terror threat EDITORIAL: If there was any doubt about the fast deteriorating security situation Pakistan faced during the year ... Published 03 Jan, 2024 05:32am
Pakistan Four terrorists killed in North Waziristan IBO: ISPR The military's media wing says a sanitization operation is being carried out to eliminate any other terrorists found in the area Published 02 Jan, 2024 09:21pm
Pakistan FM Jilani says US-Pakistan relationship gaining momentum During a meeting with US Ambassador Donald Blome, foreign minister highlights both sides should build on recent discussions Updated 02 Jan, 2024 09:02pm
Pakistan TTP using the weapons abandoned by US: analysts ISLAMABAD: The weapons left over by the US forces in Afghanistan are being used by the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan... Published 01 Jan, 2024 05:40am
Pakistan Army top brass says 'requisite and necessary support' will be offered to ECP for elections The military's high command affirms its support for ongoing efforts to promote socioeconomic growth and stimulate foreign investment under the SIFC Updated 28 Dec, 2023 09:53pm
Opinion Benazir: leader par excellence Today, December 27, 2023 marks the sixteenth death anniversary of Benazir Bhutto. She sacrificed her life... Updated 27 Dec, 2023 05:44am
Editorials Raising TTP at the UN EDITORIAL: About time Pakistan took its TTP (Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan)-specific concerns to the Security Council.... Published 26 Dec, 2023 04:30am
Pakistan Pakistan reiterates concerns at possession of weapons by TTP ISLAMABAD: Pakistan reiterated its “deep” concerns at the possession and use of modern sophisticated weapons by... Published 22 Dec, 2023 05:22am
Pakistan Stable Pakistan not acceptable to enemies KARACHI: Chairman of National Business Group Pakistan, President Pakistan Businessmen and Intellectuals Forum, and... Published 20 Dec, 2023 06:00am
Editorials Kabul seems incapable of soul-searching EDITORIAL: It is important to note that the military has put its full weight behind the government’s decision to... Published 17 Dec, 2023 03:01am
Editorials The last straw EDITORIAL: Whatever contingency plan Pakistan’s military has prepared for another all-out TTP (Tehreek-e-Taliban)... Published 16 Dec, 2023 05:49am
Pakistan ‘Secret talks with TTP’: FO squashes rumours ISLAMABAD: Foreign Office on Thursday categorically rejected reports about any alleged secret talks between the... Published 15 Dec, 2023 03:12am
Perspectives Rise of terrorism in Pakistan: the army chief’s US visit all the more important The visit of Army Chief Lt Gen Asim Munir to the United States carries significant implications given the timing and... Published 14 Dec, 2023 02:43pm
Pakistan Bilawal underscores need for greater political unity to combat terrorism PESHAWAR: Expressing concern that militancy was again raising its head in Pakistan, former foreign minister and PPP... Published 14 Dec, 2023 05:24am
Opinion ‘We salute heroism of our soldiers’ This is apropos a letter to the Editor “We salute heroism of our soldiers” carried by this newspaper yesterday.... Published 14 Dec, 2023 05:24am
Pakistan Afghan govt asked to hand over TTP leadership to Pakistan ISLAMABAD: Pakistan delivered a strong demarche to the Afghan interim government in context of the Tuesday’s ... Published 13 Dec, 2023 05:33am
Pakistan Pakistan issues demarche to Afghanistan in wake of DI Khan terror attack Islamabad asks Afghan interim government to "fully investigate and take stern action against perpetrators of the recent attack” Updated 12 Dec, 2023 10:35pm
Pakistan US official completes two-day visit US special representative for Afghanistan Thomas West held talks with Pakistan’s top civil and military leadership on the security threat posed by banned TTP Updated 10 Dec, 2023 09:36am
Editorials Chilas attack EDITORIAL: Days after the deadly bus attack in Chilas, and after 17 reported arrests, why is the government still... Published 08 Dec, 2023 05:20am
Editorials ‘Stern message’ to Afghanistan EDITORIAL: Pakistan’s “stern message” to Afghanistan, that any further cross-border attacks would elicit a... Published 06 Dec, 2023 04:27am
Pakistan Suicide attack on security forces: In a first, Taliban interim govt asked to hand over Bahadar ISLAMABAD: In a first, Pakistan summoned Afghanistan embassy’s representative on Tuesday and asked the Taliban’s... Published 29 Nov, 2023 05:09am
Opinion Pak-Afghan relations Germany has very strongly reacted to the presence of an Afghan Taliban official at a mosque in one of its cities,... Published 21 Nov, 2023 06:01am
Print Afghanistan: Govt will continue to find ways to facilitate transit trade: FO ISLAMABAD: Pakistan said on Thursday that it is finding ways to felicitate Afghan transit trade and also introducing... Updated 17 Nov, 2023 09:40am
Opinion Enough is enough Enough is enough. The growing belligerence of the interim Afghan government had become intolerable, to say the ... Published 12 Nov, 2023 03:14am
Editorials Afghan Taliban and the TTP problem EDITORIAL: As the deportation of unregistered Afghan refugees goes on the Kabul government has been criticising... Published 12 Nov, 2023 03:14am
Pakistan Pakistan to withdraw its diplomatic support to Afghan govt ISLAMABAD: In a major policy shift, Pakistan has decided to withdraw its active diplomatic support to the Afghan... Updated 10 Nov, 2023 08:56pm
Attachment of bank accounts of taxpayers: FBR orders sales tax/FED recovery only after approval by field committees