WASHINGTON: A senior White House official on Thursday (Dec 19) said nuclear-armed Pakistan is developing long-range ballistic missile capabilities that eventually could allow it to strike targets well beyond South Asia, making it an "emerging threat" to the United States.
Deputy National Security Adviser Jon Finer's surprise revelation underscored how...
The Majlis Wahdat-i-Muslimeen (MWM) and Jafria Alliance on Tuesday highlighted the plight of the troubled region of Parachinar and said that a humanitarian crisis had been unfolding there, affecting not only Shias but people of all faiths.
They asked the federal and provincial governments and state institutions to solve the ongoing crisis...
Residents of the violence-marred Kurram district of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa continue to reel under the worsening crisis amid existing road closures which have led to a severe shortage of of food, medicine, fuel and other necessary items in the area.
The main Kurram-Peshawar road has been closed for 76 days leading to...
Pakistan ranks 198th globally in internet speed rankings, according to a report by the World Population Review.
According to the report, Pakistan ranks below Palestine, Bhutan, Ghana, Iraq, Iran, Lebanon, and Libya in internet speed.
The average mobile internet download speed in Pakistan is 19.59 Mbps, while broadband internet averages 15.52...
China has emerged as Pakistan’s biggest creditor with its “iron brother” accounting for nearly 22 per cent of the country’s external debt, totalling approximately $28.8 billion. The next two biggest lenders are the World Bank with $23.55 billion credit and the Asian Development Bank at $19.63 billion. Critics argue that Pakistan could soon be...
For over two years, Russia and Ukraine have been locked in a deadly conflict. During this period, the Russian military launched numerous attacks on Ukraine using various lethal weapons, culminating in widespread destruction. Recently, Russia demonstrated the MIRV (Multiple Independently Re-entry Vehicle) missile technology used in Intercontinental Ballistic Missiles...
ISLAMABAD: As global internet freedom declined for the 14th consecutive year, Pakistan has joined the ranks of almost two dozen countries that have been declared ‘not free’ for doling out harsh punishments and imposing curbs on the internet.
In its report Freedom on the Net 2024, Freedom House — a...
At the 5th Balochistan International Conference organised by the Baloch National Movement (BNM), Rahima Mahmut, a Uyghur human rights activist, highlighted the ongoing struggles of both the Baloch and Uyghur peoples.
She drew parallels between China’s genocide of the Uyghurs and the exploitation of Balochistan through the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor...
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ISLAMABAD: PTI founding chairman Imran Khan on Thursday ruled out any further talks with the military establishment, calling it a “futile...
Turkish Airlines (TK, Istanbul Airport) has firmly refuted claims by Pakistan's minister of state for finance that it is looking to acquire a stake in PIA - Pakistan International Airlines (PK, Islamabad International).
The minister, Ali Pervaiz Malik, told a local news outlet on September 24 that "a Turkish airline"...
