Police, terrorists trade heavy fire as clash continues in Upper Dir
Clash in Barikot Dubando enters second day; residents block road demanding hostage release Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa Police. File A clash between police and terrorists that erupted on Wednesday night in the mountainous Barikot Dubando area of Upper Dir district of Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa province continued into Thursday, with security forces and armed men taking positions at various points across […]
‘A service to the world’: Norwegian minister praises Pakistan’s leadership for US-Iran mediation efforts – Pakistan
Norwegian Foreign Minister Espen Barth Eide reiterated his country’s appreciation of Pakistan’s mediatory role in the ongoing US-Iran conflict on Thursday, saying it was a “service to the world and, hence, also to us”. Eide, who is on a two-day visit to Pakistan, expressed these views while addressing a press conference alongside Deputy Prime Minister […]
DPM Dar directs intensified diplomatic efforts for safe, early release of 10 Pakistani hostages
Expresses solidarity with families of Pakistanis, assures them that govt remained fully seized of the situation Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Ishaq Dar on Thursday chaired a high-level meeting to review Pakistan’s intensified efforts for the safe and early release of 10 Pakistani nationals held hostage aboard MT Honour 25, following the vessel’s hijacking […]
How Pakistan emerged as an indispensable actor in Middle Eastern security dynamics
For decades, the world assessed Pakistan through a narrow lens: a frontline state in the war on terror, a nuclear power locked in rivalry with India, a country defined by its instability rather than its influence. That lens was always too small, and the past year has proven it. The US-Iran war and its aftermath […]
PSX closes nearly flat above 180,100 points
PSX witnessed a strong trend-reversal session as the KSE-100 Index surged 1,836 points (+1.01%) to close at 184,175. Photo: Express KARACHI: The KSE-100 Index ended the session on Thursday almost flat, closing over 180,100 points after shedding over 200 points as the market remained range-bound in the absence of fresh positive triggers. The KSE-100 Index […]
Sports Writers thrash DG Sports XI by eight wickets
Independence Day Sports Festival kicks off with opening cricket clash in Peshawar PESHAWAR: The Independence Day Sports Festival, organised by the Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa Directorate General of Sports, got under way in fine style on Thursday as the Sports Writers Association comprehensively defeated the DG Sports XI by eight wickets in the opening cricket match at the […]
SHC orders formation of committee to probe HIV outbreak among children at Karachi hospital – Pakistan
KARACHI: The Sindh High Court (SHC) directed the provincial government on Thursday to constitute a committee for an “independent, impartial and comprehensive” inquiry into the HIV outbreak among children at Karachi’s Kulsum Bai Valika Hospital. A two-member SHC bench, headed by Justice Adnanul Karim Memon and comprising Justice Muhammad Jaffer Raza, issued the directive as […]
SHC orders formation of committee for probe into HIV outbreak among children at Karachi hospital – Pakistan
KARACHI: The Sindh High Court (SHC) directed the provincial government on Thursday to constitute a committee for an “independent, impartial and comprehensive” inquiry into the HIV outbreak among children at Karachi’s Kulsum Bai Valika Hospital. A two-member SHC bench, headed by Justice Adnanul Karim Memon and comprising Justice Muhammad Jaffer Raza, issued the directive as […]
Israel sends more troops to West Bank village besieged by Jewish settlers
Siege began at weekend when Jewish settlers closed off road to the three homes in the Palestinian village of Qusra Palestinians look at houses besieged by Israeli settlers in Qusra village in the Israeli-occupied West Bank, August 12,2026. PHOTO: REUTERS Israel’s military said on Thursday it had sent more troops to a West Bank village […]
The geopolitics behind Pakistan’s $10 billion US request – Pakistan
Emergency liquidity, rival currency networks, and regional diplomacy collide in the fight for economic survival. Pakistan has reportedly asked the United States for a $10 billion currency-swap facility from the US Treasury’s Exchange Stabilisation Fund. The request arrived at an extraordinary moment: the United States is at war with Iran, Pakistan has become an important […]