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Pakistan vows to rebuild Muridke JuD mosques hit by Indian strike

May 18, 2025, at 08:37 pm

Islamabad: The Pakistan Markazi Muslim League (PMML), widely recognised as the political face of the banned Jamaat-ud-Dawah (JuD) and a front for the terror group Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT), said on Saturday that the Pakistan government has promised to reconstruct the mosques at Muridke, which functioned as JuD’s headquarters, destroyed during India’s recent military action.

Pakistani investigators take help of FBI, Dutch Police to bust global cybercrime network

May 18, 2025, at 04:20 pm

The National Cyber Crime Investigation Agency (NCCIA), in coordination with the US Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and Dutch police, have arrested 21 people suspected of being involved in cybercrime operations and digital fraud in Pakistan's Multan and Lahore cities.

IMF hits Pakistan with 11 fresh demands, warns standoff with India threatens reform goals

May 18, 2025, at 03:17 pm

Islamabad: The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has imposed 11 additional conditions on Pakistan for the release of the next tranche under its bailout programme and cautioned that escalating tensions with India could threaten the scheme’s fiscal, external, and reform objectives, The Express Tribune reported on Sunday.

PoJK activist Jamil Maqsood says India's Operation SIndoor was a bold response to Pahalgam attack

May 17, 2025, at 05:29 pm

UK-based activist and native of Pakistan-occupied Jammu and Kashmir (PoJK), Jamil Maqsood has described Operation Sindoor, which was launched by India against terror hubs located in Pakistan and PoK on May 7, as a "bold and precise" response to the Pahalgam terror attack.

Pakistan PM Shehbaz Sharif admits India's missile launch on Nur Khan airbase

May 17, 2025, at 11:29 am

Islamabad/IBNS: Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has admitted India had launched "ballistic missile" on Nur Khan airbase and some other locations on the intervening night of May 9 and 10.

Pakistan: BLA men attack government-organised rally in Quetta, one killed

May 16, 2025, at 05:57 pm

At least one person died and ten others were injured after an explosion and gunfire targeted a government-organized rally in Quetta city in Pakistan on Wednesday, media reports said.

Military aviation analyst Tom Cooper says Pakistan is massively misusing religion

May 16, 2025, at 03:21 pm

Military aviation analyst and historian Tom Cooper feels that Pakistan is 'massively misusing religion' and breeding jihadism, a situation that is not expected to change.

'We are not Pakistani, we are Balochistani': Baloch leaders claim independence; urge India, UN for recognition

May 14, 2025, at 11:35 pm

Baloch leaders have issued a symbolic declaration of independence from Pakistan, paving the way for renewed tension in the southwestern province of Balochistan.

IMF disburses $1.02 bn to Pakistan as virtual budget talks begin

May 14, 2025, at 09:14 pm

Islamabad: The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has released a second tranche of $1.023 billion to Pakistan under its Extended Fund Facility (EFF), the State Bank of Pakistan announced on Wednesday.

Taiwan detects 35 sorties of PLA aircraft, 8 PLAN vessels around its territory

May 14, 2025, at 06:47 pm

Taiwan on Wednesday said it detected 35 sorties of People's Liberation Army (PLA) aircraft, eight People's Liberation Army Navy (PLAN) vessels, and two official ships operating around its region.

Ousted ex-PM Hasina's Awami League barred from contesting Bangladesh polls after EC suspends registration

May 13, 2025, at 03:19 pm

Bangladesh Election Commission has suspended the registration of ousted PM Sheikh Hasina's Awami League, effectively barring the longest ruling political outfit in the country's history from contesting the next general polls.

No Indian pilot in custody: Pakistan

May 12, 2025, at 10:45 am

The Pakistani Army on Sunday dismissed all media reports and confirmed that no Indian pilot was in their custody.

Pakistan: Suicide attack in Peshawar leaves two cops killed

May 12, 2025, at 12:34 am

A suicide attack in Pakistan's Peshawar city on Sunday left at least two policemen killed, media reports said.

Pakistan: Cop killed in Gwadar

May 12, 2025, at 12:22 am

A policeman died during an exchange of fire after attackers hurled a grenade near a mosque in Pakistan's Gwadar region on Sunday.

Bangladesh's interim government bans ousted former PM Sheikh Hasina's Awami League

May 11, 2025, at 02:25 pm

Bangladesh's interim government on Saturday banned ousted former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina's Awami League under the Anti-Terrorism Act.

IMF approves $1 billion loan to Pakistan, India abstains from voting

May 10, 2025, at 02:03 pm

Washington DC/IBNS: The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has approved a loan of $1 billion to Pakistan, which is currently engaged in an unprovoked conflict with India in the wake of the Pahalgam terror attack, media reports said.

Balochi writer claims Balochistan's independence from Pakistan, urges UN for recognition

May 09, 2025, at 04:00 pm

A prominent Balochi writer Mir Yar Baloch has claimed that Balochistan's independence from Pakistan amid the ongoing conflict between India and Pakistan which spiralled following the Pahalgam terror attack on April 22.

It's on social media: Pakistani Defence Minister Khawaja Asif on proof of downing Indian fighter jets

May 08, 2025, at 01:42 pm

Islamabad/IBNS: Pakistani Defence Minister Khawaja Asif has failed to provide any concrete evidence to back his claim of downing five Indian fighter jets which were used during Operation Sindoor and instead turned to social media posts for citation.

Multiple blasts heard in Pakistan's Lahore a day after India's Operation Sindoor: Reports

May 08, 2025, at 12:28 pm

Lahore/IBNS: Multiple blasts were heard in Pakistan's Lahore a day after the Indian Army avenged the Pahalgam terror attack with Operation Sindoor that decimated nine terrorist camps in Pak-occupied Kashmir (PoK) and beyond, media reports said.

Pakistan shuts down airspace completely after India's precision strikes

May 07, 2025, at 08:53 pm

Islamabad/IBNS: Following the Indian armed forces' missile strikes in Pakistan and Pakistan-Occupied Kashmir (POK), Islamabad and Rawalpindi have decided to shut down their airspace completely.

Operation Sindoor: BJP leader shares video of 'demolished' Jaish-e-Mohammad HQ in Pakistan

May 07, 2025, at 06:10 pm

The Bharatiya Janata Party on Wednesday shared a video which showed the Markaz Subhan Allah camp in Pakistan's Bahawalpur, the headquarters of terror outfit Jaish-e-Mohammed, was reportedly turned into rubble after India conducted Operation Sindoor against terrorist camps located across the border.

If India backs down, we will definitely wrap up, says Pakistan Defence Minister Khawaja Asif after India conducts Operation Sindoor

May 07, 2025, at 05:41 pm

Pakistan Defence Minister Khawaja Asif struck a conciliatory note hours after India conducted Operation Sindoor and targeted terror camps located across the border, when he said his nation is ready to 'wrap up' the tension if India backs down.

Jaish chief Masood Azhar's 10 family members, four aides killed in Indian strikes: Reports

May 07, 2025, at 02:18 pm

At least 10 family members and four aides of Jaish-e-Mohammad chief Masood Azhar, a UN-designated global terrorist, were killed in the military action conducted by the Indian Armed Forces in the Bahawalpur region of Pakistan.

Operation Sindoor: China calls India's military action 'regrettable', expresses concern over ongoing situation

May 07, 2025, at 11:41 am

China on Wednesday called India's military operation, named Operation Sindoor' that targeted terrorist camps at various locations inside Pakistan and Pakistan Occupied Kashmir (POK) 'regrettable'.

7 Pakistani soldiers killed, 5 injured in bomb attack on military convoy in southwestern Balochistan

May 07, 2025, at 12:55 am

At least seven Pakistani paramilitary soldiers were killed and five others injured in a homemade bomb attack on a convoy in southwestern Balochistan province on Wednesday, media reports said.

China: Four tourist boats capsize in Guizhou, 10 die

May 06, 2025, at 07:20 pm

At least 10 people died after four tourist boats capsized in China's Guizhou Province on Sunday.

Bangladesh Hindu leader Chinmoy Krishna Das shown arrested in four more cases

May 06, 2025, at 06:49 pm

Hindu leader Chinmoy Krishna Das has been shown arrested by a Chittagong court in four more cases filed with Kotwali Police Station over clashes, vandalism and attacks on cops on the court building premises last year.

Sheikh Hasina's lifelong political rival Khaleda Zia returns to Dhaka

May 06, 2025, at 06:30 pm

Former Prime Minister and Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) Chairperson Begum Khaleda Zia, a political rival of ousted PM Sheikh Hasina, on Tuesday arrived in Dhaka city after undergoing treatment in the UK.

Pakistan grilled at UNSC amid rising tension with India after Pahalgam terror attack

May 06, 2025, at 11:06 am

New York/IBNS: The United Nations Security Council (UNSC) members grilled Islamabad over the Pahalgam terror attack, nuclear rhetoric and missile tests amid the simmering tension between India and Pakistan, media reports said.

Pakistan's controversial cleric urges followers not to support Islamabad if war against India breaks out

May 06, 2025, at 09:55 am

Maulana Abdul Aziz Ghazi, a controversial cleric of Islamabad's Lal Masjid, recently criticised the Pakistani administration and military and accused them of bombing their countrymen, as he cited the situation in  Balochistan and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.