JUI-F Senator Kamran Murtaza. PHOTO: EXPRESS/FILE ISLAMABAD: Senators on Friday raised alarms over the security situation in the country with special reference to Balochistan. Senator Kamran Murtaza expressed concern over the recent killings and questioned national priorities, contrasting the security situation in the province with the celebrations in Punjab. Interior Minister Talal Chaudhry responded that […]
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. National Assembly. PHOTO: RADIO PAKISTAN ISLAMABAD: The National Assembly passed three bills on Friday. The bills were tabled by the Federal Minister for Investment Board, Qaiser Ahmed Sheikh, including the PEMRA Amendment Bill, 2025, Associated Press of Pakistan Corporation (Amendment Bill), 2025]and Newspaper Employees (Conditions of Service) (Amendment Bill), 2025]. According to the Statement
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Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam chief Maulana Fazlur Rehman addresses a press conference in Islamabad on Friday, flanked by TTAP chief Mahmood Khan Achakzai and PTI’s Asad Qaiser. SCREEN GRAB ISLAMABAD: Despite the devastating suicide bomb that rocked the federal capital on Friday, the opposition alliance has decided to go ahead with its planned protests on February 8,
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. Federal Minister for Petroleum Musadik Masood Malik speaks to Reuters during an interview in Islamabad, June 11, 2024. PHOTO: REUTERS ISLAMABAD: Federal Minister for Climate Change and Environmental Coordination, Dr. Musadik Malik, on Friday emphasized the central role of public-private partnership in tackling Pakistan’s climate challenges while attending the launch ceremony of Climate Finance
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Pakistan People’s Party Chairman Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari addresses a press conference in Karachi on Friday, November 7, 2025. SCREENGRAB ISLAMABAD: A rare and somber consensus emerged across the divided political spectrum on Friday as leaders condemned the suicide blast at Masjid Khadijatul Kubra in Islamabad’s Tarlai area, an attack that hit worshipers at prayer, killing dozens
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President Asif Ali Zardari hands over the Nishan-e-Pakistan to Uzbekistan President Shavkat Mirziyoyev during a special ceremony at Aiwan-e-Sadr as Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif looks on. Photo: PPI ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Friday invited Uzbek business firms to explore investment opportunities in Pakistan’s textile, pharmaceutical, mining, agriculture and tourism sectors as private sector
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The attacker had stayed in Afghanistan for approximately five months before returning to Pakistan Security personnel stand guard outside a mosque after an explosion, in Islamabad on February 6, 2026. Photo: AFP ISLAMABAD: As investigators piece together the trail behind the deadly suicide bombing at Islamabad’s Imambargah Khadijah al-Kubra, authorities have identified the attacker as
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The Ministry of Foreign Affairs condemns the suicide explosion and offers condolences, but rejects allegations of involvement Paramilitary soldiers guard the site after a deadly explosion at an imambargah on the outskirts of Islamabad February 6, 2026. PHOTO: REUTERS India said it rejected “any” allegations of involvement in a bombing at a mosque in Islamabad
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JUI-F chief backs TTAP protest, pledges full support for nationwide call for wheel stoppage and shutdown strike on February 8 Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam chief Maulana Fazlur Rehman addresses a press conference in Islamabad on Friday, flanked by TTAP chief Mahmood Khan Achakzai and PTI’s Asad Qaiser. SCREEN GRAB Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam (JUI-F) chief Maulana Fazlur Rehman on
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Russian President Vladimir Putin reiterated Russia’s readiness to further strengthen cooperation with Pakistan to fight terrorism following the suicide attack on an imambargah in Islamabad on Friday that killed at least 31 people and injured dozens. Police and officials confirmed that a massive bomb ripped through the Tarlai area imambargah on Friday, killing at least
