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. Pakistan’s Special Representative for Afghanistan Mohammad Sadiq. PHOTO: FILE ISLAMABAD: Iran will host a two-day conference in its capital on the 15th-16th. December on Afghanistan. The meeting is expected to be attended by special representatives from Pakistan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan, China and Russia. Pakistan’s Special Representative for Afghanistan Mohammad Sadiq, Pakistan’s Ambassador to Kabul […]

. Norway has defended its ambassador’s presence at a Supreme Court hearing in Islamabad as perfectly “in accordance with international law”, days after the Foreign Office issued a demarche to the Scandinavian country’s envoy. The case concerns the hearing of the lawyer duo, Imaan Zainab Mazari-Hazir and Hadi Ali Chattha. The Norwegian ambassador Per Albert

stresses the need to achieve set targets; Hailing national regulatory reforms as ‘quantum leaps’ Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif along with UK Secretary for International Development Baroness Jenny Chapman and DPM/FM Ishaq Dar conduct the launch of the National Regulatory Reforms in Islamabad. Photo: INP ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif said on Saturday that due to

PPP Chairman Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari presents Field Marshal Asim Munir with a souvenir and Sindhi topi and Ajrak at the end of the 35th National Games 2025 in Karachi. Photo: Express RAWALPINDI: Chief of the Army Staff (COAS) and Chief of Defense Forces (CDF) Field Marshal General Syed Asim Munir said on Saturday: “The Pakistan Army

SIALKOT: Defense Minister Khawaja Asif on Saturday directly linked former ISI chief Faiz Hameed to the ouster of Nawaz Sharif from office in 2017, accusing the former spymaster of orchestrating a long-running political project that culminated in Imran Khan’s rise to power and inflicted “significant damage” on the country. Intensifying the tone days after the

Federal Minister for Law and Justice, Senator Azam Nazeer Tarar, addresses a National Assembly on Friday, April 19, 2024. PHOTO: FACEBOOK/NATIONAL ASSEMBLY ISLAMABAD: The federal government-backed Independent Group has consolidated its influence in the Pakistan Bar Council (PBC), securing a majority in the top regulatory body of lawyers for the next five years in an

Justice Tariq Mehmood Jahangiri. Photo: IHC ISLAMABAD: In the upcoming hearing of a petition accusing Islamabad High Court (IHC) Justice Tariq Mehmood Jahangiri of holding an invalid law degree, the judge is likely to appear in person before a division bench that on Tuesday sought his reply. According to the source, Justice Jahangiri will come

. ISLAMABAD: Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) and the Canadian High Commission will work together to increase investment in Pakistan, promote cultural exchanges and further improve air connectivity between the two countries. Canada’s High Commissioner to Pakistan Tariq Ali Khan held an important meeting with PIA CEO Air Vice Marshal Amir Hayat at PIA’s head office

The Punjab government has moved ahead with preparations to revive the Basant festival in Lahore in February, finalizing a detailed legislative framework that includes registration fees for kite-related businesses, strict material standards, enhanced enforcement measures and new safety requirements for motorcyclists. The Lahore district administration has announced registration fees for kite and string makers as