Women in Pakistan are slowly making inroads as they become firefighters and barriers slowly fall in this staunchly patriarchal and traditional Islamic nation

Afghanistan said Sunday it killed 58 Pakistani soldiers in overnight border operations, in response to what it called repeated violations of its territory and airspace.

PESHAWAR, Pakistan/KABUL (Reuters) -Pakistani troops were on high alert on the border with Afghanistan on Monday after fierce fighting between the two sides at the weekend left dozens dead and drew

Pakistani forces reportedly fired projectiles into Afghanistan on Thursday, even as delegations from both countries met in Turkey to resume peace talks aimed at stabilising their fragile ceasefire. The incident took place in the afternoon, with shelling reportedly lasting between 10 and 15 minutes.

Russian Embassy blasts Pakistani daily The Frontier Post for spreading anti-Russian propaganda and Western narratives from Washington-based editors. In a sharp statement, Moscow’s mission in Islamabad accused the English-language paper of political bias,

Shortly before a ceasefire brought an end to a week of violence along the Pakistan-Afghanistan border in which dozens of troops and civilians were killed, a video of a fire at a plaza in Peshawar was shared in posts falsely claiming it was the result of an Afghan drone attack.

The National Assembly was informed today that the ranking of the Pakistani passport has significantly improved and it now holds a position among the top one hundred globally. This was told by Minister for Parliamentary Affairs Dr Tariq Fazal Chaudhry, while responding to a question during Question Hour in the House.

Their demands centred on a 40 per cent rise in tuition fees, a burden made heavier by the current wave of inflation. Students also alleged that the grading process was being manipulated to benefit those from influential families.

A Pakistani smuggler was sentenced to 40 years for Iranian weapons trafficking to Houthis that led to two Navy SEALs' deaths during a boarding operation in the Arabian Sea.

New York City Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani has appointed Lina Khan, former FTC chair and legal scholar, to his transition team. Khan's expertise in antitrust and structural reform signals an administration focused on evidence-based policymaking and balancing economic vitality with public interest.

In the quarrel over building a gleaming "new Dubai" on two small islands off Pakistan's Arabian Sea coast, the voices of the fishermen who have plied these waters for centuries often go unheard.