/taxonomy/term/202431 en /node/2605891/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">Thu, 2025-06-26 13:59</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 has completed the baseline valuation of the Roosevelt Hotel in New York and is preparing to move forward with a transaction structure this month to privatize the state-owned property, the head of the Privatization Commission told Arab News this week.</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/2025/06/26/4615479-1209801245.jpg" width="1500" height="884" alt="" title="People stand outside the Roosevelt Hotel, which has acted as a makeshift shelter for arriving migrants since May, in the Midtown section of New York City, US, on October 24, 2023. (REUTERS/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="/tags/pia">PIA</a></div><div class="field-item odd"><a href="/category/tags/pakistan">Pakistan</a></div><div class="field-item even"><a href="/tags/pakistan-privatization-commission">Pakistan Privatization Commission</a></div><div class="field-item odd"><a href="/tags/muhammad-ali">Muhammad Ali</a></div><div class="field-item even"><a href="/tags/roosevelt-hotel">Roosevelt Hotel</a></div></div></div> <span class="label abs-el uppercase special"> Special </span> Thu, 26 Jun 2025 11:10:53 +0000 fatimah.amjad 2605891 at /node/2605594/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/ismail-dilawar">Ismail Dilawar</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, 2025-06-24 09:51</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/ KARACHI: Pakistan plans to hold final bidding to sell its loss-making national airline by October and complete the sale by the end of this year, the country’s privatization czar said in an interview this week, in what would be Islamabad’s most serious effort yet to sell off Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) after decades of repeated failures and costly government bailouts.</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/2025/06/24/4614687-718528496.png" width="1300" height="766" alt="" title="Muhammad Ali, chairman of the Privatization Commission of Pakistan speaks during an interview with Arab News on June 23, 2024, in Islamabad, Pakistan. (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="/tags/pakistan-international-airlines">Pakistan International Airlines</a></div></div></div> Tue, 24 Jun 2025 06:58:24 +0000 kashaf.rehman 2605594 at /node/2605277/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">Sat, 2025-06-21 15:17</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’s Defense Minister Khawaja Asif said this week it was “very normal” for Islamabad to share battlefield intelligence with close ally China in the aftermath of last month’s brief but intense military confrontation with India, though he downplayed suggestions Beijing played a direct operational role or provided decisive satellite support during the aerial fight.</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/2025/06/21/4613812-2035825068.jpg" width="1920" height="1080" alt="" title="Pakistan’s Defense Minister Khawaja Asif speaks with Arab News Pakistan in Islamabad, Pakistan, on June 17, 2025. (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="/tags/pakistan-india-standoff">Pakistan India standoff</a></div><div class="field-item odd"><a href="/tags/defense-minister-khawaja-asif">Defense Minister Khawaja Asif</a></div></div></div> <span class="label abs-el uppercase special"> Special </span> Sat, 21 Jun 2025 12:21:36 +0000 fatimah.amjad 2605277 at /node/2605113/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, 2025-06-20 06:07</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’s defense minister has described the country’s governance as a “hybrid model” in which military and civilian leaders share power — an open secret in political circles but a rare public admission by a serving official that has taken on added significance amid the army chief’s solo visit to the United States and an unprecedented meeting with President Donald Trump.</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/2025/06/20/4613359-1635570849.jpg" width="1300" height="766" alt="Pakistan’s Defense Minister Khawaja Asif speaks with Arab News Pakistan in Islamabad, Pakistan, on June 17, 2025. (AN photo)" title="Pakistan’s Defense Minister Khawaja Asif speaks with Arab News Pakistan in Islamabad, Pakistan, on June 17, 2025. (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="/tags/general-asim-munir">General Asim Munir</a></div><div class="field-item odd"><a href="/tags/pakistan-army-chief">Pakistan army chief</a></div><div class="field-item even"><a href="/tags/civil-military-ties">Civil military ties</a></div><div class="field-item odd"><a href="/category/tags/pakistan">Pakistan</a></div><div class="field-item even"><a href="/tags/defense-minister-khawaja-asif">Defense Minister Khawaja Asif</a></div></div></div> <span class="label abs-el uppercase special"> Special </span> Fri, 20 Jun 2025 03:20:08 +0000 fatimah.amjad 2605113 at /node/2605006/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">Thu, 2025-06-19 10:06</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 Chief of Army Staff, Field Marshal Syed Asim Munir, has held a rare and extended meeting with US President Donald Trump at the White House, the military said on Thursday, a high-level engagement that underscores Islamabad’s deepening security and economic dialogue with Washington.</p> <p> This was the first time in many years that a Pakistani army chief was hosted by a sitting US president at the White House, highlighting Washington’s renewed interest in maintaining influence in South Asia as regional tensions flare.</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/2025/06/19/4613088-828674887.jpg" width="1500" height="884" alt="" title="The collage of images created on June 18, 2025, shows US President Donald Trump (left) and Pakistan&#039;s Field Marshal General Syed Asim Munir. (AFP/ISPR/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="/tags/donald-trump-meets-asim-munir">Donald Trump meets Asim Munir</a></div></div></div> Thu, 19 Jun 2025 07:36:06 +0000 fatimah.amjad 2605006 at /node/2604952/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">Wed, 2025-06-18 21:00</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’s Defense Minister Khawaja Asif said on Monday that Islamabad had not engaged in any new military cooperation with Tehran since Israel launched attacks on Iran last week and had not held specific talks with the US over the escalating crisis in the Middle East.</p> <p> Iran, which borders Pakistan, has hit back with strikes against Israel after it unleashed waves of attacks on Friday at Iranian nuclear installations, missile stockpiles, scientists and military commanders, among other targets, sparking global alarm that the conflict could erupt into a regional war.</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/2025/06/18/4612931-815497826.jpg" width="1920" height="1080" alt="Pakistan’s Defense Minister Khawaja Asif speaks with Arab News Pakistan in Islamabad, Pakistan, on June 17, 2025. (AN photo)" title="Pakistan’s Defense Minister Khawaja Asif speaks with Arab News Pakistan in Islamabad, Pakistan, on June 17, 2025. (AN photo)" /></div><div class="field-item odd"><img src="/sites/default/files/2025/06/18/4612935-501620364.jpg" width="1920" height="1080" alt="Pakistan’s Defense Minister Khawaja Asif speaks with Arab News Pakistan in Islamabad, Pakistan, on June 17, 2025. (AN photo)" title="Pakistan’s Defense Minister Khawaja Asif speaks with Arab News Pakistan in Islamabad, Pakistan, on June 17, 2025. (AN photo)" /></div><div class="field-item even"><img src="/sites/default/files/2025/06/18/4612938-1096292372.jpg" width="1300" height="867" alt="Smoke rises following what Iran says was an Israeli attack on Sharan Oil depot in Tehran, Iran, June 16, 2025. (Reuters)" title="Smoke rises following what Iran says was an Israeli attack on Sharan Oil depot in Tehran, Iran, June 16, 2025. (Reuters)" /></div><div class="field-item odd"><img src="/sites/default/files/2025/06/18/4612939-371055999.jpg" width="1200" height="801" alt="Pakistani security personnel stand guard as pilgrims who evacuated from Iran walk at the Pakistan-Iran border in Taftan on June 16, 2025. (AFP)" /></div><div class="field-item even"><img src="/sites/default/files/2025/06/18/4612940-1878888586.jpg" width="1200" height="800" alt="" /></div><div class="field-item odd"><img src="/sites/default/files/2025/06/18/4612941-1735630776.jpg" width="1300" height="867" alt="" /></div><div class="field-item even"><img src="/sites/default/files/2025/06/18/4612944-1185973004.jpg" width="1200" height="800" alt="" /></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="/IranIsraelConflict">Iran-Israel Conflict</a></div><div class="field-item odd"><a href="/category/tags/pakistan">Pakistan</a></div><div class="field-item even"><a href="/tags/special-interview">Special interview</a></div><div class="field-item odd"><a href="/tags/editor%E2%80%99s-choice">Editor’s Choice</a></div></div></div> Wed, 18 Jun 2025 17:57:41 +0000 zaynab.khojji 2604952 at /node/2604865/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, 2025-06-18 06:17</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’s Defense Minister Khawaja Asif said on Monday Islamabad had not engaged in any new military cooperation with Tehran since Israel launched attacks on Iran last week and had not held specific talks with the United States over the escalating crisis in the Middle East.</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/2025/06/18/4612693-325393218.jpg" width="1500" height="884" alt="Pakistan’s Defense Minister Khawaja Asif speaks with Arab News Pakistan in Islamabad, Pakistan, on June 17, 2025. (AN photo)" title="Pakistan’s Defense Minister Khawaja Asif speaks with Arab News Pakistan in Islamabad, Pakistan, on June 17, 2025. (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="/tags/israel-iran-conflict-0">Israel Iran conflict</a></div><div class="field-item odd"><a href="/tags/pakistan-iran-ties">Pakistan Iran Ties</a></div><div class="field-item even"><a href="/tags/defense-minister-khawaja-asif">Defense Minister Khawaja Asif</a></div><div class="field-item odd"><a href="/category/tags/pakistan">Pakistan</a></div><div class="field-item even"><a href="/tags/arab-news-pakistan">Arab News Pakistan</a></div></div></div> <span class="label abs-el uppercase special"> Special </span> Wed, 18 Jun 2025 03:47:00 +0000 fatimah.amjad 2604865 at /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