PM Shehbaz reiterates firm stance on Kashmir, warns of reciprocal response to India
MUZAFFARABAD Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif said that Pakistan would respond to India ‘in the same language it chooses,’ reiterating strong support for the Kashmiri people. Addressing a session of the Azad Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly in Muzaffarabad, the prime minister expressed grief over the death of former AJK president Barrister Sultan Mehmood Chaudhry and […]
Kashmiris will soon see the dawn of freedom: Maryam Nawaz Sharif
LAHORE : Punjab Chief Minister Maryam Nawaz Sharif has expressed confidence that the people of Kashmir will soon witness the dawn of freedom, despite decades of oppression. In her message on Kashmir Solidarity Day, Maryam Nawaz said that love for Kashmir flows like blood in the heart of every Pakistani. She paid tribute to the […]
Dar urges world to take decisive actions to address rights violations in IIOJK
ISLAMABAD : Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Senator Ishaq Dar on Thursday called upon the the international community to take decisive actions to address the worsening human rights situation in IIOJK and ensure accountability for India’s illegal and unilateral actions. The deputy prime minister, in his message on “Kashmir Solidarity Day” annually observed on […]
Azma Bokhari vows support for Kashmiris on solidarity day, condemns Indian oppression
LAHORE – Punjab Information Minister, Azma Bokhari, condemned India’s actions in Kashmir, saying that New Delhi revoked the region’s constitutional status by force. Addressing the nation on Kashmir Solidarity Day, she emphasized that the Kashmiri people are resilient and cannot be subdued through oppression or military power. Bokhari stated that Pakistan commemorates Kashmir Solidarity Day […]
Iran-US talks back on, as Trump warns supreme leader
WASHINGTON : Iran and the United States said Wednesday they were going ahead with nuclear talks in Oman later this week, even as President Donald Trump piled pressure on Tehran’s supreme leader by saying he should be “very worried.” Doubts had swirled about the fate of the negotiations after a report earlier Wednesday that the […]
Pakistan must create 30m jobs over next decade: World Bank president
Pakistan must create up to 30 million jobs over the next decade to turn its youth bulge into an economic dividend or risk instability and outward migration, World Bank President Ajay Banga has stressed. Pakistan is entering the implementation phase of a 10-year Country Partnership Framework (CPF) deal agreed with the World Bank last year, […]
Imran Khan’s son Kasim says govt ‘deliberately refusing’ to process visas
Son of jailed Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) founder Imran Khan, Kasim Khan, has claimed that he and his brother are trying to travel to Pakistan to meet their father, but that their visa requests are being deliberately blocked by the government. In a statement issued on X, Kasim said Imran has been held in “solitary confinement” […]
Pakistan urges UNSC to designate BLA as terrorist group
A senior Pakistani diplomat has called on the UN Security Council to “act swiftly” to designate the “foreign-funded” Balochistan Liberation Army (BLA) as a terrorist group under its sanctions regime, established by Resolution 1267 in 1999, as he renewed Pakistan’s pledge to combat and eradicate terrorists on its soil. Speaking in a Council debate on […]
Military leadership reiterates unwavering support for Kashmiris’ struggle for freedom
RAWALPINDI: Chief of Army Staff (COAS) and Commander of Defence Forces (CDF) Field Marshal Asim Munir, Chief of the Naval Staff Admiral Naveed Ashraf and Chief of Air Staff Air Chief Marshal Zaheer Ahmed Baber Sidhu, on behalf of the armed forces of Pakistan, reaffirmed their unwavering support for the resilient people of Indian Illegally […]
22 soldiers martyred, 216 terrorists killed as Operation Radd-ul-Fitna-1 in Balochistan concludes: ISPR
RAWALPINDI: Security forces have successfully concluded Operation Radd-ul-Fitna-1 in Balochistan under which a series of coordinated, swift, and intelligence driven operations were conducted against Indian sponsored terrorist elements, the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) said on Thursday. On 29 January 2026, operations were initiated in Panjgur and the outskirts of Harnai District after credible and verified intelligence […]