PM Shehbaz, CDF Asim Munir depart for Switzerland to attend Iran-US talks – Pakistan
Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif and Chief of Defence Forces Field Marshal Asim Munir departed early on Sunday morning for Switzerland to attend technical-level talks between Iran and the United States in Burgenstock on June 21. The development comes after the long-awaited peace deal was signed on Thursday, heralding an end to months of bitter animosity […]
PPP to lead GB govt under power-sharing deal with PML-N – Pakistan
GILGIT: The PPP on Saturday announced that it would form a government in Gilgit-Baltistan (GB) with the support of the PML-N, mirroring the arrangement at the federal level. After elections on June 7, the PPP emerged as the largest party, with 12 seats in the 24-member GB assembly. The decision was announced by PML-N GB […]
Pakistan fall short against Bangladesh
Pakistan women were restricted to 100 for eight in pursuit of 124 as Bangladesh secured a 23-run win in the 15th match of the ICC Women’s T20 World Cup 2026 at the Hampshire Bowl in Southampton on Saturday. Pakistan will now take on Australia on 23 June at the Headingley Cricket Ground in Leeds. Opting […]
Budget FY27 sets the foundation to accelerate sustainable growth seen in past 2 years: Aurangzeb – Pakistan
Finance Minister Muhammad Aurangzeb on Saturday asserted that the proposed budget for the next fiscal year (FY27) would set the foundation for “accelerating the sustainable growth” recorded in the past two years. He made the remarks on the floor of the National Assembly as he wound up the debate on the budget FY27, which was […]
7 dead, 3 injured in back-to-back blasts in KP’s Bannu – Pakistan
BANNU: Seven people were killed and three others injured in two explosions in Marka Bera, a semi-tribal mountainous area of Bannu’s Wazir sub-division. Bannu District Police Officer (DPO) Yasir Afridi confirmed that a total of seven people were martyred and three others were injured in the two blasts. He said security forces and law enforcement […]
QS university rankings expose regional disparities in Pakistan’s higher education – Pakistan
LAHORE: Eighteen Pakistani universities have secured places in the QS World University Rankings 2027, with Quaid-i-Azam University (QAU) retaining its status as the country’s highest-ranked institution despite slipping in the global standings but no university managed to break into the world’s top 350. The latest rankings, released by UK-based Quacquarelli Symonds (QS), showed mixed performance […]
Seven killed, five injured in twin blasts in K-P’s Bannu
DPO says private vehicle carrying passengers targeted by IED while second explosion struck motor car carrying wounded BANNU: Seven people were killed and five others injured in a twin blast in the Phang Musa Khel area within the jurisdiction of Ahmadzai Police Station in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa’s Bannu district on Saturday, District Police Officer (DPO) Bannu Yasir […]
FY2026-27: KP CM presents Rs2.17tr budget, with estimated fiscal deficit of Rs48bn – Pakistan
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Chief Minister Sohail Afridi is presenting the provincial budget for the fiscal year 2026-27 in the KP Assembly. The budget outlay is Rs2.17 trillion, with an estimated fiscal deficit of Rs48 billion, according to the budget documents. At the outset of his budget speech, he said all parliamentarians of the PTI from the […]
Info ministry refutes Afghan Taliban’s claim of strikes in border areas – Pakistan
The information ministry on Friday refuted Afghanistan’s claims of targeting alleged terrorist camps in the border areas of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Balochistan. In a statement on its fact check account, the ministry said, “The Afghan Taliban regime, through their various propaganda mouthpieces and official statements, is claiming to have targeted some alleged ISKP camps in […]
Pakistan pulls off ‘deal of the century’
• PM, US & Iran presidents sign ‘Islamabad MoU’ • Traffic flows through Hormuz as accord takes effect A win-win deal: (From left) Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif, US President Donald Trump and Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian display the signed Islamabad MoU. Photos: Reuters/Screengrab ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Thursday signed the historic ‘Islamabad Memorandum […]