/taxonomy/term/202431 en /node/2599852/world <div class="field field-name-field-rbitem-author field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">article author:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/taxonomy/term/202431">Mehreen Zahra-Malik</a></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-author field-type-text field-label-inline clearfix"><div class="field-label">Author:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-publication-date field-type-datestamp field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><span class="date-display-single">Wed, 2025-05-07 13:01</span></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p> Islamabad: Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif said on Wednesday the country’s top national security body had authorized its armed forces to take “corresponding actions” in response to Indian strikes inside Pakistani territory in which 26 civilians were killed overnight. </p></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-binary field-type-image field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><img src="/sites/default/files/2025/05/07/4599556-768003660.jpg" width="1100" height="733" alt="" title="New Delhi announced it had carried out “precision strikes at terrorist camps” at nine sites in Pakistan-administered Kashmir, days after it blamed Islamabad for a deadly attack on the Indian-run side of the disputed region. (AFP)" /></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-1 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Main category:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/world">World</a></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-9 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Tags:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/tags/india-pakistan-stand">India Pakistan stand off</a></div></div></div> Wed, 07 May 2025 10:29:07 +0000 Peter Harrison 2599852 at /node/2599818/pakistan <div class="field field-name-field-rbitem-author field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">article author:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/taxonomy/term/202431">Mehreen Zahra-Malik</a></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-publication-date field-type-datestamp field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><span class="date-display-single">Wed, 2025-05-07 07:54</span></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p> ISLAMABAD: Pakistan military spokesperson Lt. Gen. Ahmed Sharif Chaudhry said on Wednesday Pakistan had shot down five Indian fighter jets after New Delhi launched overnight strikes in which 26 civilians were killed.</p></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-binary field-type-image field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><img src="/sites/default/files/2025/05/07/4599474-1994539248.jpg" width="1300" height="766" alt="" title="Metal debris lies on the ground in Wuyan in India-administered Kashmir&#039;s Pulwama district May 7, 2025.(Reuters)" /></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-1 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Main category:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/Pakistan">Pakistan</a></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-9 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Tags:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/tags/pahalgam-attack">Pahalgam attack</a></div><div class="field-item odd"><a href="/tags/india-pakistan-ties">India Pakistan Ties</a></div><div class="field-item even"><a href="/tags/bhawalpur">Bhawalpur</a></div><div class="field-item odd"><a href="/tags/kotli">Kotli</a></div><div class="field-item even"><a href="/tags/azad-kashmir">azad kashmir</a></div><div class="field-item odd"><a href="/tags/pakistan-air-force">pakistan air force</a></div><div class="field-item even"><a href="/tags/pakistan-army">Pakistan Army</a></div></div></div> <span class="label abs-el uppercase developing"> Developing </span> Wed, 07 May 2025 05:06:01 +0000 fatimah.amjad 2599818 at /node/2599802/world <div class="field field-name-field-rbitem-author field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">article author:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/taxonomy/term/202431">Mehreen Zahra-Malik</a></div><div class="field-item odd"><a href="/rbitem-author">&amp;</a></div><div class="field-item even"><a href="/article-authors/muhammad-ibrahim">Muhammad Ibrahim</a></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-publication-date field-type-datestamp field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><span class="date-display-single">Wed, 2025-05-07 00:29</span></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p> ISLAMABAD: Pakistan military spokesperson Lt. Gen. Ahmed Sharif Chaudhry said on Wednesday eight civilians had been killed and 33 injured as India launched missile attacks at six locations in a sharp escalation of hostility between the two nuclear-armed rivals.</p></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-binary field-type-image field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><img src="/sites/default/files/2025/05/07/4599464-816123508.jpeg" width="1000" height="667" alt="" title="An army soldier stands guard on the rooftop of a mosque building damaged by a suspected Indian missile attack near Muzaffarabad. (AP)" /></div><div class="field-item odd"><img src="/sites/default/files/2025/05/07/4599466-1530326663.jpeg" width="1000" height="667" alt="" title="Smoke rises in the main town of Poonch district on May 7, 2025. (AFP)" /></div><div class="field-item even"><img src="/sites/default/files/2025/05/07/4599467-867473895.jpeg" width="1000" height="667" alt="" title="Debris of an aircraft lie at the backyard of a house at Pampore in Pulwama district of Indian controlled Kashmir. (AP)" /></div><div class="field-item odd"><img src="/sites/default/files/2025/05/07/4599468-575226237.jpeg" width="1000" height="667" alt="" title="Volunteers load a body into an ambulance after recovering it from the rubble of a mosque building damaged by a suspected Indian missile attack near Muzaffarabad. (AP)" /></div><div class="field-item even"><img src="/sites/default/files/2025/05/07/4599469-266671597.jpeg" width="1000" height="667" alt="" title="Rescuers move the dead body of a victim amid the debris of a damaged building of the Government Health and Educational complex after Indian strikes in Muridke, about 30 kilometres from Lahore. (AFP)" /></div><div class="field-item odd"><img src="/sites/default/files/2025/05/07/4599470-1553514333.jpeg" width="1000" height="667" alt="" title="People stand near a part of an aircraft in Wuyan near Indian-administered Kashmir&#039;s main city of Srinagar on May 7, 2025. (AFP)" /></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-1 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Main category:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/world">World</a></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-9 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Tags:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/category/tags/india">India</a></div><div class="field-item odd"><a href="/category/tags/pakistan">Pakistan</a></div><div class="field-item even"><a href="/tags/pahalgam-attack">Pahalgam attack</a></div></div></div> <span class="label abs-el uppercase update"> Update </span> Tue, 06 May 2025 21:38:24 +0000 Sajjadkk 2599802 at /node/2599801/pakistan <div class="field field-name-field-rbitem-author field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">article author:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/taxonomy/term/202431">Mehreen Zahra-Malik</a></div><div class="field-item odd"><a href="/rbitem-author">&amp;</a></div><div class="field-item even"><a href="/article-authors/muhammad-ibrahim">Muhammad Ibrahim</a></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-publication-date field-type-datestamp field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><span class="date-display-single">Wed, 2025-05-07 00:07</span></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p> ISLAMABAD: Pakistan military spokesperson Lieutenant General Ahmed Sharif Chaudhry said on Wednesday eight civilians had been killed and 33 injured as India launched missile attacks at six locations in a sharp escalation of hostility between the two nuclear-armed rivals.<br /></p></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-binary field-type-image field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><img src="/sites/default/files/2025/05/07/4599423-339105839.jpg" width="1300" height="766" alt="" title="This combination of screengrabs, taken from videos released by Pakistan’s Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) on May 7, 2025, shows smoke and fire after India attacked multiple locations in Pakistan, according to the Pakistan Army’s media wing. (Photo courtesy: Handout/Screengrab)" /></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-1 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Main category:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/Pakistan">Pakistan</a></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-9 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Tags:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/tags/pakistan-army">Pakistan Army</a></div><div class="field-item odd"><a href="/tags/ispr">ISPR</a></div><div class="field-item even"><a href="/tags/india-strikes-pakistan">India strikes Pakistan</a></div><div class="field-item odd"><a href="/tags/pahalgam-attack">Pahalgam attack</a></div><div class="field-item even"><a href="/tags/bhawalpur">Bhawalpur</a></div><div class="field-item odd"><a href="/tags/kotli">Kotli</a></div><div class="field-item even"><a href="/tags/muzaffarabad">Muzaffarabad</a></div></div></div> <span class="label abs-el uppercase update"> Update </span> Tue, 06 May 2025 21:09:26 +0000 muhammad.ibrahim 2599801 at /node/2582768/pakistan <div class="field field-name-field-rbitem-author field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">article author:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/rbitem-author/naimat-khan">NAIMAT KHAN</a></div><div class="field-item odd"><a href="/rbitem-author">&amp;</a></div><div class="field-item even"><a href="/taxonomy/term/202431">Mehreen Zahra-Malik</a></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-publication-date field-type-datestamp field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><span class="date-display-single">Thu, 2024-12-12 09:30</span></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p> KARACHI/ISLAMABAD: Legal and political analysts said this week the arraignment of former spymaster Lt. Gen. (retired) Faiz Hamid on a number of charges, including engaging in political activities, could be a “message” for ex-premier Imran Khan and a precursor to prosecuting the jailed leader before a military court.</p></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-binary field-type-image field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><img src="/sites/default/files/2024/12/12/4554020-1337952813.jpg" width="1300" height="766" alt="" title="Pakistan&#039;s former Prime Minister Imran Khan (left) and former Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) Lt. Gen. (retired) Faiz Hamid (second left) are pictured after attending a special meeting of “National Intelligence Coordination Committee” in Islamabad, Pakistan, on June 23, 2021. (@PakPMO/File)" /></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-1 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Main category:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/Pakistan">Pakistan</a></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-9 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Tags:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/category/tags/pakistan">Pakistan</a></div><div class="field-item odd"><a href="/tags/lt-gen-retired-faiz-hamid">Lt. Gen. (retired) Faiz Hamid</a></div><div class="field-item even"><a href="/tags/pakistan-army-act">Pakistan Army Act</a></div><div class="field-item odd"><a href="/tags/pti">PTI</a></div><div class="field-item even"><a href="/tags/arab-news-pakistan">Arab News Pakistan</a></div><div class="field-item odd"><a href="/tags/isi">ISI</a></div></div></div> <span class="label abs-el uppercase special"> Special </span> Thu, 12 Dec 2024 06:46:46 +0000 fatimah.amjad 2582768 at /node/2580866/pakistan <div class="field field-name-field-rbitem-author field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">article author:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/taxonomy/term/202431">Mehreen Zahra-Malik</a></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-publication-date field-type-datestamp field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><span class="date-display-single">Tue, 2024-11-26 22:24</span></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p> ISLAMABAD: A spokesperson for jailed ex-premier Imran Khan said on Tuesday Bushra Khan, the former PM’s wife, and key party leader Ali Amin Gandapur, who were leading demonstrations in Islamabad to demand Khan’s release, had left a protest caravan but were safe amid widespread media reports they had been arrested.</p></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-binary field-type-image field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><img src="/sites/default/files/2024/11/26/4548982-763244625.jpg" width="1300" height="766" alt="" title="Bushra Bibi, wife of jailed former Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan, and supporters of Khan&#039;s party Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) attend a rally demanding his release, in Islamabad, Pakistan, on November 26, 2024. (REUTERS)" /></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-1 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Main category:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/Pakistan">Pakistan</a></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-9 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Tags:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/tags/imran-khan">Imran Khan</a></div><div class="field-item odd"><a href="/tags/pti-protests">PTI protests</a></div><div class="field-item even"><a href="/tags/islamabad">Islamabad</a></div><div class="field-item odd"><a href="/category/tags/pakistan">Pakistan</a></div></div></div> <span class="label abs-el uppercase developing"> Developing </span> Tue, 26 Nov 2024 19:33:29 +0000 fatimah.amjad 2580866 at /node/2457271/world <div class="field field-name-field-rbitem-author field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">article author:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/taxonomy/term/252471">WAJAHAT ALI</a></div><div class="field-item odd"><a href="/rbitem-author/saima-shabbir">SAIMA SHABBIR</a></div><div class="field-item even"><a href="/taxonomy/term/202431">Mehreen Zahra-Malik</a></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-publication-date field-type-datestamp field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><span class="date-display-single">Fri, 2024-02-09 23:18</span></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p> LAHORE/ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) party of Imran Khan said on Friday it had “absolutely no interest” in an offer by prime ministerial hopeful Nawaz Sharif to form a coalition government after his party did not win enough seats to rule alone following general elections on Thursday.</p></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-binary field-type-image field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><img src="/sites/default/files/2024/02/09/4221301-1887265565.jpeg" width="1920" height="1280" alt="Picture Caption: Pakistan&#039;s former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif (C) and leader of the Pakistan Muslim League (PML) party, along with his younger brother and former prime minister Shehbaz Sharif (R) and his daughter Maryam Nawaz (L) speaks with supporters in Lahore on February 9, 2024, a day after Pakistan&#039;s national elections. (AFP)" title="Picture Caption: Pakistan&#039;s former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif (C) and leader of the Pakistan Muslim League (PML) party, along with his younger brother and former prime minister Shehbaz Sharif (R) and his daughter Maryam Nawaz (L) speaks with supporters in Lahore on February 9, 2024, a day after Pakistan&#039;s national elections. (AFP)" /></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-1 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Main category:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/world">World</a></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-9 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Tags:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/category/tags/pakistan">Pakistan</a></div><div class="field-item odd"><a href="/tags/pakistan-elections-2024">Pakistan elections 2024</a></div></div></div> Fri, 09 Feb 2024 20:21:20 +0000 daniel.fountain 2457271 at /node/2457151/pakistan <div class="field field-name-field-rbitem-author field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">article author:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/taxonomy/term/252471">WAJAHAT ALI</a></div><div class="field-item odd"><a href="/rbitem-author/saima-shabbir">SAIMA SHABBIR</a></div><div class="field-item even"><a href="/taxonomy/term/202431">Mehreen Zahra-Malik</a></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-publication-date field-type-datestamp field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><span class="date-display-single">Fri, 2024-02-09 19:44</span></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p> LAHORE/ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) party of Imran Khan said on Friday it had “absolutely no interest” in an offer by prime ministerial hopeful Nawaz Sharif to form a coalition government after his party did not win enough seats to rule alone following general elections on Thursday.</p></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-binary field-type-image field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><img src="/sites/default/files/2024/02/09/4220971-2119002005.jpg" width="1300" height="766" alt="" title="Pakistan&#039;s former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif (C) and leader of the Pakistan Muslim League (PML) party, along with his younger brother and former prime minister Shehbaz Sharif (R) and his daughter Maryam Nawaz (L) speaks with supporters in Lahore on February 9, 2024, a day after Pakistan&#039;s national elections. (AFP)" /></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-1 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Main category:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/Pakistan">Pakistan</a></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-9 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Tags:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/tags/elections-2024">elections 2024</a></div></div></div> Fri, 09 Feb 2024 16:57:17 +0000 kashaf.rehman 2457151 at /node/2456601/world <div class="field field-name-field-rbitem-author field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">article author:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/taxonomy/term/202431">Mehreen Zahra-Malik</a></div><div class="field-item odd"><a href="/rbitem-author/saima-shabbir">SAIMA SHABBIR</a></div><div class="field-item even"><a href="/article-authors/shahjahan-khurram">Shahjahan Khurram</a></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-publication-date field-type-datestamp field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><span class="date-display-single">Thu, 2024-02-08 21:17</span></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p> ISLAMABAD: Pakistan began counting votes after polling ended on Thursday in a closely watched general election that laid bare the turbulent state of the South Asian nation’s politics, with the vote tainted by militant attacks, suspended mobile phone services and allegations of rigging and disarray at polling booths.</p></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-binary field-type-image field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><img src="/sites/default/files/2024/02/08/4219341-921383877.jpg" width="1300" height="766" alt="Polling staff start counting votes as polls end during country&#039;s national elections in Karachi on February 8, 2024. (AFP)" title="Polling staff start counting votes as polls end during country&#039;s national elections in Karachi on February 8, 2024. (AFP)" /></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-1 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Main category:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/world">World</a></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-9 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Tags:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/category/tags/pakistan">Pakistan</a></div><div class="field-item odd"><a href="/tags/pakistan-elections-2024">Pakistan elections 2024</a></div></div></div> Thu, 08 Feb 2024 18:21:02 +0000 daniel.fountain 2456601 at /node/2456501/pakistan <div class="field field-name-field-rbitem-author field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">article author:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/taxonomy/term/202431">Mehreen Zahra-Malik</a></div><div class="field-item odd"><a href="/rbitem-author/saima-shabbir">SAIMA SHABBIR</a></div><div class="field-item even"><a href="/rbitem-author">&amp;</a></div><div class="field-item odd"><a href="/article-authors/shahjahan-khurram">Shahjahan Khurram</a></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-publication-date field-type-datestamp field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><span class="date-display-single">Thu, 2024-02-08 19:00</span></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p> ISLAMABAD: Pakistan began counting votes after polling ended on Thursday in a closely watched general election that laid bare the turbulent state of the South Asian nation’s politics, with the vote tainted by militant attacks, suspended mobile phone services and allegations of rigging and disarray at polling booths.</p></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-binary field-type-image field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><img src="/sites/default/files/2024/02/08/4219131-542601899.jpg" width="1300" height="766" alt="" title="Polling staff start counting votes as polls end during country&#039;s national elections in Karachi on February 8, 2024. (AFP)" /></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-1 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Main category:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/Pakistan">Pakistan</a></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-9 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Tags:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/tags/elections-2024">elections 2024</a></div></div></div> Thu, 08 Feb 2024 16:06:10 +0000 kashaf.rehman 2456501 at /node/2456191/pakistan <div class="field field-name-field-rbitem-author field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">article author:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/taxonomy/term/202431">Mehreen Zahra-Malik</a></div><div class="field-item odd"><a href="/rbitem-author/saima-shabbir">SAIMA SHABBIR</a></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-author field-type-text field-label-inline clearfix"><div class="field-label">Author:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even">AFP</div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-id field-type-text field-label-above"><div class="field-label">ID:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even">1707365937566881700</div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-publication-date field-type-datestamp field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><span class="date-display-single">Thu, 2024-02-08 03:19</span></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p> ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s government on Thursday cut mobile phone services across the country as millions voted in a closely watched general election amid multiple crises, including a surge in militancy, with at least nine people, including two children, killed in militant attacks on polling day.</p> <p> Thousands of troops were deployed on the streets and at polling booths across the country as voting started on Thursday morning. Pakistan also temporarily closed its borders with Iran and Afghanistan.</p></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-binary field-type-image field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><img src="/sites/default/files/2024/02/08/4218516-923552615.jpg" width="1000" height="589" alt="" title="Members of the polling staff set up a polling station for the parliamentary elections, in Karachi on Thursday morning. (AP)" /></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-1 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Main category:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/Pakistan">Pakistan</a></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-9 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Tags:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/category/tags/pakistan">Pakistan</a></div><div class="field-item odd"><a href="/tags/imran-khan">Imran Khan</a></div><div class="field-item even"><a href="/tags/nawaz-sharif">Nawaz Sharif</a></div></div></div> <span class="label abs-el uppercase update"> Update </span> Thu, 08 Feb 2024 04:23:36 +0000 rbksa 2456191 at /node/2456166/pakistan <div class="field field-name-field-rbitem-author field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">article author:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/taxonomy/term/202431">Mehreen Zahra-Malik</a></div><div class="field-item odd"><a href="/rbitem-author">&amp;</a></div><div class="field-item even"><a href="/rbitem-author/saima-shabbir">SAIMA SHABBIR</a></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-publication-date field-type-datestamp field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><span class="date-display-single">Thu, 2024-02-08 06:20</span></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p> ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s government on Thursday cut mobile phone services across the country as millions voted in a closely watched general election amid multiple crises, including a surge in militancy, with at least nine people, including two children, killed in militant attacks on polling day. </p> <p> Thousands of troops were deployed on the streets and at polling booths across the country as voting started on Thursday morning. Pakistan also temporarily closed its borders with Iran and Afghanistan.</p></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-binary field-type-image field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><img src="/sites/default/files/2024/02/08/4218211-250999243.jpg" width="1300" height="766" alt="" title="A Pakistan army personnel watches as election officials arrive at a polling station before the start of voting in Pakistan&#039;s national elections in Lahore on February 8, 2024. (AFP)" /></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-1 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Main category:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/Pakistan">Pakistan</a></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-9 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Tags:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/tags/elections-2024">elections 2024</a></div><div class="field-item odd"><a href="/tags/pakistan-elections-2024">Pakistan elections 2024</a></div><div class="field-item even"><a href="/tags/pakistan-elections">pakistan elections</a></div></div></div> <span class="label abs-el uppercase live"> <i class="circle blink"></i> Live </span> Thu, 08 Feb 2024 03:27:53 +0000 muhammad.ibrahim 2456166 at /node/2406746/world <div class="field field-name-field-rbitem-author field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">article author:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/taxonomy/term/202431">Mehreen Zahra-Malik</a></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-publication-date field-type-datestamp field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><span class="date-display-single">Fri, 2023-11-10 22:34</span></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p> ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Anwaar-ul-Haq Kakar said that the term of the head of Pakistan’s main intelligence agency, the Inter-Services Intelligence, has been extended to preserve “continuity” of policy at a time when the country is facing increasing militant attacks.</p> <p> This is the first time a Pakistani official has publicly commented on the extension of Lt. Gen. Nadeem Anjum, director-general of the ISI, who was due to retire late this month.</p></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-binary field-type-image field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><img src="/sites/default/files/2023/11/10/4089811-691185495.jpg" width="1200" height="700" alt="Pakistan’s Prime Minister Anwaar-ul- Haq Kakar arrived in Riyadh on Friday to hold key talks. (SPA)" title="Pakistan’s Prime Minister Anwaar-ul- Haq Kakar arrived in Riyadh on Friday to hold key talks. (SPA)" /></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-1 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Main category:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/world">World</a></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-9 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Tags:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/tags/pakistan-prime-minister-anwaar-ul-haq-kakar">Pakistan Prime Minister Anwaar-ul-Haq Kakar</a></div><div class="field-item odd"><a href="/tags/palestine">Palestine</a></div><div class="field-item even"><a href="/category/tags/gaza">Gaza</a></div><div class="field-item odd"><a href="/tags/israel">Israel</a></div><div class="field-item even"><a href="/category/tags/us">US</a></div><div class="field-item odd"><a href="/tags/afghanistan">Afghanistan</a></div><div class="field-item even"><a href="/category/tags/pakistan">Pakistan</a></div></div></div> Fri, 10 Nov 2023 19:47:59 +0000 malawi 2406746 at /node/2406151/pakistan <div class="field field-name-field-rbitem-author field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">article author:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/taxonomy/term/202431">Mehreen Zahra-Malik</a></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-publication-date field-type-datestamp field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><span class="date-display-single">Fri, 2023-11-10 06:30</span></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p> ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Anwar-ul-Haq Kakar has said the term of the head of Pakistan’s main intelligence agency, the Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI), had been extended to preserve “continuity” of policy at a time the country faces increasing militant attacks.</p></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-binary field-type-image field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><img src="/sites/default/files/2023/11/09/4088336-367633705.jpg" width="1300" height="766" alt="" title="Pakistani Caretaker Prime Minister Anwaar-ul-Haq Kakar (right) gestures during an interview with Arab News Pakistan Editor Mehreen Zahra-Malik in Islamabad on November 6, 2023. (AN Photo)" /></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-1 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Main category:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/Pakistan">Pakistan</a></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-9 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Tags:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/category/tags/pakistan">Pakistan</a></div><div class="field-item odd"><a href="/tags/dg-isi">DG ISI</a></div></div></div> <span class="label abs-el uppercase exclusive"> Exclusive </span> Fri, 10 Nov 2023 03:30:00 +0000 fatimah.amjad 2406151 at /node/2406161/world <div class="field field-name-field-rbitem-author field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">article author:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/taxonomy/term/202431">Mehreen Zahra-Malik</a></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-publication-date field-type-datestamp field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><span class="date-display-single">Thu, 2023-11-09 19:27</span></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p> ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Anwaar-ul-Haq Kakar has said Pakistan needs to engage with Western governments, particularly in the US and the UK, to convince Israel the war in Gaza could have a “spillover effect” beyond the Middle East, while also calling for introspection by Muslim countries.</p></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-binary field-type-image field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><img src="/sites/default/files/2023/11/09/4088331-81508372.jpg" width="750" height="442" alt="" title="A mother and child following an Israeli air strike, Gaza, Nov. 6, 2023, left, and Pakistan’s PM Anwaar-ul-Haq Kakar during an interview with Arab News, Nov. 8, 2023. (AFP/AN Photo)" /></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-1 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Main category:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/world">World</a></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-9 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Tags:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/SecondNakba">War on Gaza</a></div><div class="field-item odd"><a href="/category/tags/pakistan">Pakistan</a></div><div class="field-item even"><a href="/tags/anwaar-ul-haq-kakar">Anwaar-ul-Haq Kakar</a></div><div class="field-item odd"><a href="/tags/antonio-guterres">Antonio Guterres</a></div></div></div> <span class="label abs-el uppercase special"> Special </span> Thu, 09 Nov 2023 16:39:30 +0000 seamus.obuachalla 2406161 at