Islamabad: Saudi Arabia has agreed to provide cash-starved Pakistan with a “sizeable package” of around $8 billion aid to bolster dwindling forex reserves and revive its ailing economy. Pakistan has faced growing economic challenges, with high...
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5th Dec 2025 | Updated at 02:33am 5th Dec 2025
No wish for revenge, Nawaz tells supporters on return
- 25 Oct 2023
Islamabad: Pakistan’s former three-time prime minister Nawaz Sharif arrived home on Saturday, ending a four-year self-imposed exile in London and restarting his political journey ahead of the general elections with a huge rally at Minar-e-Pakistan...
Bilawal to attend SCO meet in Goa, India plays it down
- 26 Apr 2023
Pakistan's foreign minister Bilawal Bhutto Zardari will attend SCO foreign ministers meet which India is hosting in Goa on May 5.The Indian administration didn't explicitly rule out a meeting between S Jaishankar and Bilawal, but it didn't seem...
Islamabad: Pakistan has sought an increase in the size and duration of its $6 bn International Monetary Fund (IMF) programme, the country’s finance minister, Miftah Ismail, has said. Ismail made the comments in a video statement following talks...
Islamabad: Pakistan’s National Security Council, a body of top civil and military leaders, has rejected former Prime Minister Imran Khan’s accusations that the United States had conspired to topple his government through a parliamentary vote...
Islamabad: Signs of discontent among the constituents of Pakistan’s ruling coalition appeared early with PPP chairman and foreign minister designate Bilawal...
Islamabad: Pakistan’s parliament elected Shehbaz Sharif as the country’s new prime minister following the removal of Imran Khan in a vote of no confidence....
Islamabad: Pakistan's Army conducted a successful flight test of the surface-to-surface medium-range ballistic missile Shaheen-III which can strike targets...
Islamabad: Pakistan wants Kashmir and all other disputes with India “settled quickly through dialogue and diplomacy” while continuing to build on its “long history of excellent strategic relationship with the US” and “close ties” with China,...
Islamabad: Pakistan remained on tenterhooks as the Supreme Court debated on Monday the legality of the no-trust motion against PM Imran Khan being rejected by the National Assembly’s deputy speaker before the five-member bench decided to adjourn...
Islamabad: An 18-year-old Hindu girl was gunned down in Sukkur district of Pakistan’s southern Sindh province after she turned down a Muslim man’s proposal to marry him. Pooja Kumari’s death is a stark reminder of the plight of Hindu minorities...
Islamabad: Tens of thousands of activists from Pakistan’s ruling party and opposition groups have descended on the capital, Islamabad, ahead of a parliamentary...
