Pakistan has long been struggling with the gradual disappearance of its rare wildlife species due to a lethal mix of environmental and human-induced factors, including habitat destruction, dwindling water resources, pollution, and poaching. Among these vanishing species is the endangered Indus fishing cat, found mostly in the Indus River Delta and surrounding buffer areas, where […]
New frontier: Pakistan’s space ambitions accelerate with China manned mission deal
Pakistan has initiated the process to select astronauts for its inaugural manned mission to China’s space station, marking a significant step towards Islamabad’s ambitions in human spaceflight. “We have already started the selection of astronauts in Pakistan, which will culminate by the last quarter of 2025,” Amer Ahsan Gilani, secretary of the Pakistan Human Spaceflight […]
Turkish state aid agency trains Pakistani scouts on disaster response
The Turkish state aid agency held a week-long disaster response training for Pakistani scouts in the southern port city of Karachi, said an official statement on Tuesday. The Turkish Cooperation and Coordination Agency (TIKA), in collaboration with the IHH Humanitarian Relief Foundation Disaster Management department, organized advanced urban search and rescue training under its ongoing […]
Türkiye helps Pakistan mitigate food security challenges
Türkiye’s state-run aid agency is assisting flood-battered farmers in Pakistan to mitigate a looming threat to food security caused by recent super floods and rains that inundated millions of acres of croplands across the South Asian country. The Turkish Cooperation and Coordination Agency (TIKA) has launched a program to provide wheat seeds to thousands of […]
Pakistan faces fresh inflows of Afghan asylum seekers
Pakistan is facing new inflows of asylum seekers from neighboring Afghanistan, following the Taliban’s takeover of Kabul, according to the UN refugee agency. Speaking to Anadolu Agency on the eve of World Refugees Day, observed on June 20 every year, the spokesperson for the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) Pakistan, Qaiser Khan Afridi, said […]
Taliban hopeful for airport deal with Turkey, Qatar
While attending the Antalya Diplomacy Forum, Afghanistan’s acting foreign minister told Anadolu Agency on Saturday that he is “hopeful” on reaching an agreement with Turkey and Qatar on operating the airport servicing the Afghan capital. Noting that agreement had been secured on “a number of issues regarding Kabul Airport” with these two countries, Amir Khan […]
Wildlife in Pakistan showing signs of recovery
Massive destruction and alteration of natural habitats, water dispersion, deforestation and illegal hunting and trade have taken a toll on Pakistan’s struggling wildlife over the past decade, posing serious threats to several rare species, according to experts and government officials. Nevertheless, they said some “balancing” conservation efforts by the government and wildlife groups in collaboration […]
Masood Khan calls UN role in disputed region ‘disappointing’
The president of Pakistan-administered Kashmir deplores the role of the international community, mainly the UN, in the long-standing Kashmir dispute, calling it “conspicuously disappointing.” “The UN role in Kashmir has been conspicuously disappointing because practically it has taken a hands-off approach, though they realize Kashmir is the elephant in the room,” Masood Khan said in […]
Pakistani family awaits return of oldest Guantanamo prisoner
The family of a Pakistani businessman, who is the oldest prisoner at the notorious Guantanamo Bay jail, excitedly awaits his return after more than 17 years as the US government approved his release earlier this week. The family which lives at a high-end locality of the southern port city of Karachi received the news with […]
Indian gov’t website declares 97% Muslim Kashmir ‘predominantly Hindu’
At a time when fears of a demographic invasion are running rife in Indian administered Kashmir, a government website has declared the conflict-ridden Muslim majority region a Hindu majority. The InvestJK website, run by the Industries and Commerce Department, describes under its heading on Temples that, “be it Kashmir or Jammu, the population is predominantly […]