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Afghan soil must not be used against Pakistan: PM Shehbaz

Premier says only one province’s progress cannot be counted as country’s progress Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif addresses the participants at the Balochistan National Workshop in Islamabad. SCREEN GRAB Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif said on Friday that Pakistan continued to seek good relations with Afghanistan but urged the Afghan interim government not to allow its territory

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Security forces kill four terrorists in Mastung IBO: state media

Security sources say four terrorists were killed in an intelligence-based operation in Balochistan’s Mastung district. PHOTO: SCREENGRAB Security forces killed four terrorists in an intelligence-based operation in Balochistan’s state-run Mastung district Radio Pakistan reported Friday. The operation comes a day after a District and Sessions Judge and his security guard were killed after unidentified gunmen

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Dar, Chinese FM discusses bilateral ties on the sidelines of the SCO summit

Wang Yi wishes Pakistan well ahead of 2027 SCO summit host, council presidency Foreign Minister Ishaq Dar with Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi on the sidelines of the SCO Council of Foreign Ministers meeting in Cholpon-Ata, Kyrgyzstan, July 24, 2026. PHOTO: MoFA/X Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Ishaq Dar on Friday met Chinese Foreign

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Prime Minister promotes Gen Aamer Raza to four-star rank, appoints him Commander National Strategic Command

Premier congratulates him on his promotion, appointment, wishes him success in his new role Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Friday promoted Lt. Gen. Aamer Raza, the Pakistan Army’s Chief of General Staff, to the rank of four-star general and appointed him as the Commander-in-Chief of the National Strategic Command (CNSC). PHOTO: PMO Prime Minister Muhammad

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SC Rules FCC has exclusive jurisdiction over NAB cases

ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court (SC) on Friday ruled that it no longer has jurisdiction to hear cases under the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) Act, and ruled that the Federal Constitutional Court (FCC) must hear all criminal appeals and pending petitions under amendments introduced earlier this year. The ruling is expected to affect pending cases involving

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Pakistan, seven Arab states condemn Israel’s ‘flagrant violation’ of Al-Aqsa in joint statement

Says Israel has no sovereignty over occupied Jerusalem or its Islamic and Christian holy sites Pakistan and seven Arab-Islamic countries on Friday condemned what they called Israel’s “flagrant violation” of the historical and legal status quo at Al-Aqsa Mosque/Al-Haram Al-Sharif, condemning continued settler attacks led by extremist Israeli ministers under military protection and warning that

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Heavy rain lashing Punjab, GB

Heavy rainfall has continued over Khyber Pakhtunkhwa since Monday evening, causing widespread disruption and flooding. PHOTO: EXPRESS ISLAMABAD: As the monsoon intensified, heavy rains lashed the country’s upper and northern regions on Thursday, causing widespread disruption. Lahore recorded 343 millimeters of rainfall during the past 48 hours, while Gilgit-Baltistan bore the brunt of heavy downpours

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FCC settles Imran’s ‘power of release’ case

Senior lawyer believes both FCC and petitioner misunderstood Imran Khan’s ‘release power’ As the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) prepares to launch an agitation campaign demanding the release of former Prime Minister Imran Khan, the Federal Constitutional Court (FCC) has set to hear two separate cases: one challenging the formation of the “liberation force” by the PTI

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