In a display of outrage following the Pahalgam terror attack, thousands from the Indian community gathered at Melbourne’s Federation Square on Saturday to protest against Pakistan-backed terrorism. The demonstrators held placards and chanted slogans such as “Pakistan Stop Terrorism,” “Pakistan Army Terrorist Army,” and “Hindu Lives Matter.” Meanwhile, people also held...
The truth about Pakistan is out of the bag, with its defence minister admitting that Pakistan has been funding and backing terrorist groups. In a video clip that has now gone viral, Pakistan’s defence minister is in conversation with Sky News’s Yalda Hakim, when she asks him, ” But you...
Following the deadly terror attack in Pahalgam, tensions between India and Pakistan have further escalated and the official X account of the Government of Pakistan has been withheld in India. Users attempting to access @GovtofPakistan on ‘X’ in India see a message stating that the account has been withheld in...
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has lowered Pakistan’s GDP growth forecast for fiscal year 2025 to 2.6 percent. In its April 2025 World Economic Outlook report, the IMF reduced Pakistan’s growth estimate from 3% to 2.6%, becoming the second major international financial institution to cut the country’s growth outlook for...
A planned joint naval exercise between Pakistan and Sri Lanka near the strategically vital Trincomalee harbour was quietly called off weeks ago after India raised objections, PTI reported, citing sources. The drills, part of routine military ties between Colombo and Islamabad, were shelved following New Delhi’s intervention. Trincomalee, on Sri Lanka’s...
More than 172,000 Pakistanis left their homeland in the first quarter of 2025 to seek job opportunities abroad, with nearly 100,000 individuals categorised as general labourers, according to official data. The Bureau of Immigration and Overseas Employment (BI&OE) updated on its website the details of Pakistanis who went out of...
The Maryam Nawaz government of Punjab province in Pakistan on Thursday issued an advertisement for auction of commercial plots categorically disallowing Ahmadis to take part in it evoking a strong condemnation from the community’s umbrella organisation. The advertisement in multiple national dailies invites the public for auction of commercial plots...
In a sharp rebuttal to Pakistan Army Chief General Asim Munir’s remarks calling Kashmir Pakistan’s “jugular vein”, India asserted that the only link between Kashmir and Pakistan is Islamabad’s illegal occupation of part of the region that must be vacated. “How can anything foreign be in a jugular vein? This...
The Baloch Human Rights Council of Canada recently demonstrated in the Canadian city of Toronto, demanding the immediate release of Mahrang Baloch and other leaders of the Baloch Yakjehti Committee (BYC). Organisers told ANI news agency that the protest marked the beginning of a wider solidarity campaign calling for their...
The US Government’s Global Undergraduate Exchange Programme (Global UGRAD) for Pakistani students has been discontinued after 15 years, Dawn reported on Tuesday, citing a statement released by the United States Educational Foundation in Pakistan (USEFP). According to Dawn, the semester-long exchange program, managed by USEFP, offered Pakistani students the chance...