PM calls Pak-China ties key to regional stability, prosperity on December 27, 2024Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif emphasised the enduring and pivotal strategic partnership between Pakistan and China, calling it “an anchor of regional stability” and “a beacon of hope for global peace and prosperity.” Speaking at a ceremony in Islamabad to unveil sculptures of Pakistan’s founder Quaid-e-Azam Muhammad Ali Jinnah and Chinese leader Mao Zedong at the […]
Two new polio cases surface as tally hits 67 on December 27, 2024Pakistan has reported two new cases of polio, bringing the total number of cases in the country to 67 this year. According to authorities, one case was detected in Tank, Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa, and the other in Kashmore, Sindh. The cases have been confirmed by polio officials. This marks an ongoing rise in the number of children […]
Woman shot dead for ‘honour’ in Karachi’s Quaidabad on December 27, 2024A married woman was gunned down in a suspected honour-killing case in Karachi’s Quaidabad on Thursday, according to police. Razia Sanaullah, 40, was shot and killed inside a home in Gulshan-i-Buner, police said. Speaking to the media, Malir Superintendent of Police (SP) Saeed Rind said the police suspected involvement of close relatives behind the murder. […]
Pakistan, Turkiye to explore new opportunities in agriculture sector on December 27, 2024Pakistan and Turkiye have agreed to explore new opportunities for collaboration in agriculture under the Strategic Economic Framework (SEF), focusing on enhancing trade and technology transfer, Pakistan’s Ministry for National Food Security and Research said on Thursday. During a meeting with Turkish Ambassador to Pakistan Irfan Neziroglu, Minister for National Food Security Rana Tanveer highlighted […]
Initial probe confirms Russian missile shot down Azerbaijan plane on December 27, 2024Azerbaijan Airlines Flight 8432, which crashed while attempting an emergency landing near Aktau, Kazakhstan, on Wednesday, was hit by a Russian surface-to-air missile, Azerbaijani government sources confirmed on Thursday. The missile, fired during drone activity over Grozny, struck the aircraft mid-flight, causing shrapnel to hit passengers and cabin crew. Despite the pilots’ requests for an […]
Bangladesh to investigate 2009 mutiny massacre on December 27, 2024Bangladesh on Thursday ordered a commission to investigate a failed 2009 army mutiny and subsequent crackdown, including the role of alleged “foreign” backers, the inquiry chief said. The violent mutiny sent shock waves through the South Asian nation and ended with the army crushing the mutineers, with scores arrested and sentenced to death. A previous […]
13 terrorists killed in South Waziristan IBO on December 26, 2024Thirteen terrorists were killed during an intelligence-based operation (IBO) in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa’s South Waziristan district, the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) said on Wednesday. After the banned Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) broke a fragile ceasefire agreement with the government in 2022, the country witnessed a sharp uptick in the number of attacks targeting security forces and other […]
PM calls for end to bloodshed in Bethlehem on December 26, 2024Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Wednesday called for an end to violence in Bethlehem, the Palestinian city venerated by Christians as the birthplace of Jesus and which now sits in the Israeli-occupied West Bank. Since the 1967 war between Israel and neighboring Arab countries, Israel has occupied the West Bank, which Palestinians want as […]
Govt insists on military trials for May 9 rioters on December 26, 2024Information Minister Attaullah Tarar has stated that attacks on military installations will be tried in military courts and urged the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) to refrain from politicising or disputing the matter. During a press conference in Islamabad on Wednesday, he criticised PTI for using military courts as a political tool, aiming to create controversy around […]
29 survive, 38 killed as passenger plane crashes in Kazakhstan on December 26, 2024A passenger plane traveling from Azerbaijan to Russia crashed near the city of Aktau in Kazakhstan, according to the country’s Ministry of Emergency Situations. Flight J2-8243, an Embraer 190 aircraft, was carrying 62 passengers and five crew members when it was forced to make an emergency landing approximately 3 kilometers (1.8 miles) from Aktau. The […]