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ISLAMABAD: Federal Interior Minister Mohsin Naqvi on Sunday assured leading Shia scholars of the government’s full support amid widespread grief and anger over the US-Israeli attacks on Iran, saying every Pakistani was saddened and that national unity and restraint were essential at this critical moment. During a meeting with prominent religious scholars, Naqvi said that

. The timing of a joint sitting of Parliament that was scheduled for Monday (today) has been changed. According to a spokesman for the National Assembly’s secretariat, the joint meeting will now be held at 3 pm instead of 10.30 am. The timing of the joint meeting has been changed by President Asif Ali Zardari.

10 die in clashes outside US consulate in Karachi; army called out in Skardu after 11 deaths KARACHI: At least 23 protesters were killed in clashes across the country, including 10 outside the US consulate in Karachi, and 11 people in the northern city of Skardu, where mobs torched a UN office, while two were

Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif addresses the Federal Cabinet on February 4, 2026. SCREENGRAB ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Sunday chaired a high-level meeting to review regional and national security issues, including the evacuation of Pakistani citizens from Iran amid escalating tensions following the US-Israeli attack on Iran. The meeting was called following confirmation of

Information Minister Says 182 Taliban Checkpoints Destroyed; Pakistani forces take control of 31 additional posts Information Minister Attaullah Tarar holds a press conference in Islamabad on Friday. — SCREEN GRAB ISLAMABAD: Security forces have killed 415 Afghan Taliban in a major military operation launched in response to “unprovoked cross-border attacks” from Afghanistan, Information Minister Attaullah

World leaders reacted strongly on Sunday to the assassination of Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei in a US-Israeli airstrike, with a number of politicians calling it an obvious act of aggression. After confirming Khamenei’s killing, Pakistan’s president and prime minister issued separate statements expressing grief over "martyrdom" as well as solidarity with the