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Minister of State for Interior Talal Chaudhry speaking to reporters outside Parliament House in Islamabad on October 9, 2025. SCREENGRAB ISLAMABAD: Minister of State for Interior Talal Chaudhry on Saturday revealed that India’s intelligence agency had attempted to recruit a Pakistani fisherman for espionage by offering him money. Addressing a joint press conference in Islamabad alongside Minister for Information and Broadcasting Attaullah Tarar, Chaudhry said the incident was “India’s new propaganda operation, which has now been fully exposed”. He said the fisherman, identified as Ijaz Mallah, had been detained by the Indian Coast Guard in September and was subsequently coerced…
CM inducts Shafi Ullah Jan as Special Assistant, Meena Khan Afridi takes charge of Local Government portfolio The Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa government has formally assigned portfolios to the newly formed 13-member cabinet, which took oath a day earlier. According to an official notification issued by the Administration Department following the chief minister’s approval, ten members of the provincial cabinet have been assigned new departmental roles. Shafi Ullah Jan from Kohat has been inducted as Special Assistant for Information, Broadcasting and Public Relations. Meena Khan Afridi of Peshawar has been given charge of the Local Government Department, a portfolio that was previously held…
Information ministry clarifies that Islamabad proposed to handover individuals operating from Afghanistan to PakistanDefence Minister Khawaja Muhammad Asif and Afghan Defence Minister Mullah Mohammad Yaqoob Mujahid shake hands following the signing of a ceasefire agreement mediated by Qatar and Turkey in Doha on October 19. Photo: Reuters Pakistan dismissed claims reportedly made by the Afghan government suggesting that Islamabad had turned down Kabul’s proposal to repatriate Pakistani nationals. In a post on X, the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting said, Pakistan ‘rejects the deliberate twisting of facts’ attributed to the Afghan spokesperson regarding the recent Istanbul talks. The ministry clarified…
China’s President Xi Jinping speaks during the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) summit in Gyeongju, South Korea. Source: Reuters GYEONGJU, SOUTH KOREA: After a successful summit with US President Donald Trump, Chinese President Xi Jinping said has urged Asia Pacific economies to enhance mutually beneficial cooperation, make good use of new opportunities, stand up to new challenges, and forge a sustainable and brighter future together. Xi said this in his speech, titled “Jointly Forging a Sustainable and Brighter Future”, at the second session of the 32nd APEC Economic Leaders’ Meeting in Gyeongju, where he also met with South Korean President Lee…
Afghan refugees along with their belongings on trucks await deportation to Afghanistan near the Chaman border crossing. Photo: AFP TORKHAM: Pakistan on Saturday reopened the Torkham border crossing in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa for Afghan refugees returning to their country, ending a nearly two-week closure following deadly clashes between border forces last month. Meanwhile, nearly 10,700 individuals returned through the Chaman border in a single day as authorities expanded the process to the crossing. The repatriation of Afghan families with or without any travel or identity documents was abruptly suspended on October 11 following border clashes between Pakistan and Afghanistan, which continued for…
Project aims to provide quality education, modern facilities for students in Pakistan’s remote northern region Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif laid the foundation stone for a new Daanish School in Chitral on October 31, marking a major step toward improving access to quality education in one of Pakistan’s most remote areas. The school will offer free boarding and lodging to deserving students and will include modern facilities such as digital classrooms, libraries, and playgrounds. Speaking at the ceremony, the prime minister said the Chitral Daanish School would be built on the same model as Aitchison College in Lahore, ensuring that children…
Says Gilgit-Baltistan is Pakistan’s crown, northern gateway, and symbol of lasting friendship with ChinaPresident Asif Ali Zardari addresses the central ceremony marking the 78th Independence Day of Gilgit-Baltistan. Photo: PID President Asif Ali Zardari has said that the freedom enjoyed by the people of Gilgit-Baltistan serves as a reminder of the unfinished struggle of their ‘brothers and sisters’ in Indian Illegally Occupied Jammu and Kashmir (IIOJK). The president was addressing the 78th Independence Day ceremony on Saturday. The ceremony commemorated the region’s liberation from Dogra rule. The president reaffirmed Pakistan’s support for Kashmiris’ right to self-determination and highlighted G-B’s role…
Trade activity, general cross-border movement, remains suspended until further notice Afghan refugees wait in a queue to cross the Pakistan-Afghanistan border in Torkham on October 27, 2023. PHOTO: AFP PAKISTAN: The Torkham border has been reopened for the deportation of Afghan nationals residing illegally in Pakistan. The border remained completely closed since October 11 due to heightened tensions between Pakistan and Afghanistan, said Deputy Commissioner Khyber Bilal Shahid. However, it has now been partially reopened, after 21 days, solely to allow for the ongoing repatriation of illegally residing Afghan nationals in Pakistan. Read: Explained: Pakistan-Afghanistan border conflict Deputy Commissioner Shahid…
US President Donald Trump speaks to reporters as he arrives at Palm Beach International Airport on Oct. 31, 2025 in West Palm Beach, Florida.Samuel Corum | Getty ImagesU.S. President Donald Trump on Saturday said he’s ordered the Pentagon to begin planning for potential military action in Nigeria as he stepped up his criticism that the government is failing to rein in the persecution of Christians in the West African country.”If the Nigerian Government continues to allow the killing of Christians, the U.S.A. will immediately stop all aid and assistance to Nigeria, and may very well go into that now disgraced…
‘It’s my first time working with assistants, as I usually travel and paint alone’ Swedish mural artist Domi Forrest has brought her unique fusion of mythology, nature, and human connection to Pakistan, where she is creating two large-scale murals for the World Culture Festival in Karachi. “This is my first time working with assistants, as I usually travel and paint alone,” she told The Express Tribune, smiling as she looked over her unfinished sketches. On her first visit to Pakistan, Forrest described her experience as “an amazing one full of positive energy and kindness”. Internationally known for her symbolic and…