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Covid-19: Pakistan to ban education, malls, air travel for unvaccinated

The national positive test rate for Covid stands at 7.53 per cent, according to the NCOC

Gunmen on motorcycle wound Chinese in Pakistan's port city of Karachi

The motive behind the attack was not immediately clear, and senior officer Javed Akbar said police were still investigating.

Pakistan's Balochistan provice faces food emergency for 500,000 people: UN

Pakistan's Balochistan province, battered by a harsh winter, a locust invasion, COVID-19, and drought-like conditions, faces a food emergency for about 500,000 people, UN humanitarians said on Tuesday

Pakistan PM Imran Khan's party wins most seats in PoK amid rigging claims

Khan's Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf party (PTI) won 25 seats while the Pakistan People's Party (PPP) came second with 11 seats and the incumbent Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) secured just six seats

At least 46 Afghan soldiers cross over to Pakistan to seek refuge

At least 46 Afghan soldiers crossed over and took refuge in Pakistan's northwestern Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa province after losing control of a border post to the Taliban militants along the international border, according to media reports on Monday. The Pakistan Army said the incident occurred late on Sunday night in Arundu sector in the country's Chitral district when an Afghan National Army (ANA) local Commander requested the Pakistan Army for refuge and safe passage. According to a statement by the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR), 46 soldiers, including five officers, belong to the ANA and Border Police as they were unable to hold their military posts along Pak-Afghan International Border due to the evolving security situation in Afghanistan. The Pakistan Army contacted the Afghan authorities for information and necessary formalities. After contact with Afghan authorities and necessary military procedures, 46 soldiers including 5 officers have been given refuge/safe passage in

Pakistan: Outcry over 'barbaric murder' of former ambassador's daughter

The "barbaric" murder of Noor Mukaddam, the daughter of a former ambassador has triggered outrage across Pakistan and raised questions over the safety and security of women in the country

Will let Kashmiris decide if they want to join Pakistan: PM Imran Khan

Prime Minister Imran Khan on Friday said that Islamabad would let the people of Kashmir decide if they want to join Pakistan or become an 'independent state'

Best of BS Opinion: Living in 'interesting times', Af without Pak & Islam

Here are the top BS Opinion articles of the day.

Af without Pak & Islam

India doesn't have to see the Taliban as a hostile political force just because it is Islamic or Pakistan's friend. Modi govt can befriend it if BJP resets its domestic politics of polarisation

Pakistan voices 'serious concern' over reports about Pegasus spyware

Pakistan on Friday voiced "serious concern" over media reports about India allegedly eavesdropping on foreigners, including Prime Minister Imran Khan, using Israeli spyware Pegasus

Covid cases in Pak crosses over a million; deaths at 22,939: Health Min

Pakistan has reported 1,425 new cases of coronavirus in the last 24 hours, taking the total number of infections in the country to over a million, the health ministry said on Friday

Pegasus list of potential spyware has a number once used by Pak PM: Report

The list of potential targets of the Israeli-made Pegasus spyware programme included at least one number once used by Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan, according to Washington Post

US says Pakistan has made significant progress on FATF's first action plan

Pakistan has made significant progress on its first action plan of the Financial Action Task Force by largely addressing 26 of the 27 action items, US has said

US peace envoy Zalmay Khalilzad visits Pak as Islamabad-Kabul ties sour

Imran govt assures safety after Afghanistan pulls out envoy

Pak PM Imran Khan was potential target of Pegasus spyware programme: Report

Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan was a potential target of the Israeli-made Pegasus spyware programme by clients of the NSO Group cyberespionage firm, media reports claimed here on Monday. The collaborative efforts by an international media consortium on an investigation into a data leak showed that at least one number once used by Prime Minister Khan was on the list of people whose phones were targeted, Dawn newspaper reported. It was not clear if Prime Minister Khan's phone was actually hacked, it added. It was also not clear how many other people from Pakistan were on the list, which according to The Washington Post had more than hundred phone numbers from Pakistan. The report was published by some prominent international publications including The Washington Post, The Guardian and Le Monde, as media partners to an investigation conducted by Paris-based media non-profit organisation Forbidden Stories and rights group Amnesty International into a leaked list of more than 50,000

Will find out truth, bring perpetrators to justice, says China on Pak blast

China on Monday declined to comment on speculation that Pakistan's Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi visited Beijing for an emergency briefing on a recent bomb blast targeting Chinese workers

Pakistan's parliament passes bill to fulfil conditions set by FATF

Pakistan's parliament has passed a bill for providing legal assistance in international criminal matters as part of efforts to fulfil the conditions set by the global financial watchdog FATF

All border fencing gaps with Pak, B'desh to be filled by 2022: Amit Shah

Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Saturday asserted that all border fencing gaps with neighbouring Pakistan and Bangladesh will be filled till 2022

Pak currency falls by 64 paisa against US dollar on import payments' demand

Pakistan's currency has dropped by 64 paise against the dollar, owing to the high demand for import payments on the last day of the trading week

After petrol, Pakistan approves hike in flour, sugar, ghee prices

After petrol, now the price of food items including sugar, wheat flour has been increased in Pakistan, amid its worsening economic situation.The Economic Coordination Committee (ECC) of the cabinet on Friday approved an increase in rates of sugar, wheat flour and ghee (butter) at the Utility Stores Corporation (USC) of Pakistan, reported The News International.The price of sugar was jacked up from Rs 68 per kg to Rs 85 per kg, ghee (butter) from Rs 170 to Rs 260 per kg and wheat flour from Rs 850 per bag to Rs 950 per bag at the USC owing to the increasing gap between the subsidised prices offered by the Utility Stores Corporation and the prevailing market prices.The committee approved revision in the prices of three essential commodities to rationalise provision of subsidies by the USC.The News International further reported that the minister for finance and revenue Shaukat Tarin chaired the committee meeting. The committee also approved the import of 200,000 ton sugar, subsidy on ...