January 2024

Pakistani forces thwarted 3 terrorist attacks in Balochistan’s Mach

Earlier reports mentioned a few rockets fired from the hilly areas of Mach. Provincial interim information minister Jan Achakzai announced that security forces successfully foiled three coordinated attacks by terrorists in Balochistan’s Mach area on Monday night, Dawn reported. In a social media post on X, Achakzai revealed that the militants belonged to the Aslam

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Mental health patients ‘raped and sexually assaulted’ in National health care

Had it been in Pakistan, the Western media and our own national media would have injured their throats by shouting about it. But when it comes to the famous country where most of the Indian and Pakistani fugitives live, they keep mum. Mental health patients have alleged they were raped and sexually assaulted while being

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Former Pakistan PM Imran Khan, Shah Mahmood Qureshi get 10-year jail term in cipher case

A Pakistani court sentenced former prime minister Imran Khan to 10 years in jail after finding him guilty of violating the nation’s Official Secrets Act by making a diplomatic cable public when he was in power. A special court judge Abual Hasnat Muhammad Zulqarnain handed down the order on Tuesday, Imran Khan’s lawyer Shoaib Shaheen

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Thailand and China agree mutual visa waivers from March 1

China and Thailand signed a mutual visa exemption agreement on Sunday, which will come into effect from March 1, according to the Chinese foreign ministry. By then, Chinese holders of ordinary official passports and ordinary passports and Thai holders of ordinary passports will be allowed to enter and stay in each other’s country visa-free for

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SC orders FIA to withdraw summons issued to journalists

The Supreme Court (SC) on Monday ordered the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) to withdraw notices issued to journalists for criticism on the judiciary. Last week, the FIA issued summons notices to 65 individuals including 47 journalists from mainstream media and social media over a ‘malicious anti-judiciary campaign’. The orders were passed by a three-member bench

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Pakistani artistes, poets and writers grace the stage during two-day ‘Jashn-e-Rekhta’ festival in Dubai

Jashn-e-Rekhta is touted to be the world’s largest Urdu-language literary festival organized by the Rekhta Foundation, a non-profit organization dedicated to the preservation and promotion of the Urdu literature, in India. Prominent Pakistani artistes, poets and authors graced the stage at the ongoing ‘Jashn-e-Rekhta’ festival in Dubai this weekend, aimed at celebrating the Urdu language’s

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