April 2026

ISLAMABAD: President Asif Ali Zardari on Wednesday expressed concern over India’s weaponization of water by suspending the Indus Waters Treaty. He expressed the views while chairing a meeting on water resource management in Aiwan-e-Sadr. The meeting reviewed issues related to water availability, governance and regional development affecting Pakistan’s water security. The President noted that the […]

The sudden release of methane and other toxic gases quickly filled the confined space QUETTA: Three coal miners lost their lives after toxic gas accumulated in a private coal lease in the Degari area, again exposing dangerous conditions in Balochistan’s mining sector, officials and local sources said on Wednesday. In the Degari locality of Machh,

Absence of HEC chairman irked committee, which issued summons, warned warrants could be issued ISLAMABAD: The Senate Functional Committee on Devolution expressed serious concern over the rise in cases of sexual harassment in the country’s higher education institutions. At its meeting on Wednesday, some committee members referred to the case of Fahmida Laghari, a medical

CDF Field Marshal Munir holds discussions with Iranian leadership in Tehran, Prime Minister, Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia discuss the region Field Marshal Asim Munir is received by Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi in Tehran, Iran, on Wednesday. — ISPR ISLAMABAD: Pakistan has launched an unprecedented diplomatic push ahead of a potential second and possibly

Since July 22, several unauthorized exchanges have been closed after the military intelligence service called in currency traders to counter the rising dollar rate on the open market. photo: file ISLAMABAD: As Saudi Arabia extended a new $3 billion loan to fill a sudden gap in reserves, the government has decided to ask the International