By Farzana Chaudhry | Lahore, PakistanLahore: The President of the Pakistan Medical Association (PMA), Prof. Shahid Malik, has called upon the Chief Secretary Punjab to immediately conduct a comprehensive safety audit of rooftops of all government hospitals, medical colleges, hostels, and other public buildings across the province.In a formal appeal, Prof. Shahid Malik highlighted serious…
Islamabad Federal Minister for Parliamentary Affairs Tariq Fazal Chaudhry has hailed Pakistan Air Force’s strikes against militant hideouts in Afghanistan, declaring that Pakistan has sent an unambiguous message to those plotting against the country.In a post on X (formerly Twitter), the minister stated that the Pakistan Air Force successfully targeted strongholds of the Fitna-al-Khawarij group,…
Smethwick, Birmingham — A murder investigation has been launched in the West Midlands after an 18-year-old British Pakistani teenager was fatally stabbed outside a mosque in Smethwick, near Birmingham, on Friday night.Zeshan Afzal was found with serious injuries outside the Jamia Masjid mosque on Oldbury Road and later died. Two other men, aged 19 and…
New Delhi, February 22, 2026 — The Indian Air Force (IAF) has suffered yet another blow to its indigenous fighter programme as a Tejas Light Combat Aircraft (LCA) crashed during landing at a key air base. The aircraft went down following a routine training sortie, with the pilot ejecting safely and escaping serious injury. The…
RAWALPINDI — Pakistan’s military media wing, Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR), has declared it will conduct operations against terrorists “regardless of their location,” signalling a potential escalation toward cross-border strikes, following a suicide bombing in Bannu that claimed the lives of two soldiers.ISPR directly blamed the Hafiz Gul Bahadur Group, operating from Afghan soil, for orchestrating…
NEW YORK — The United Nations has expressed serious concern over the rapidly escalating tensions between the United States and Iran, calling on both sides to step back from confrontation and resolve their differences through diplomatic channels.A spokesperson for UN Secretary-General António Guterres warned of growing alarm over the surge in military movements, naval deployments,…
RIYADH/ISLAMABAD — Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, Turkey, the United Arab Emirates, and Jordan, along with several other Muslim-majority nations, have collectively rejected statements made by U.S. Ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee, in which he suggested Israel has the right to control territories stretching from the Nile River to the Euphrates — a vision aligned with the…
WASHINGTON — NASA has postponed its Artemis 2 mission, which was set to send four astronauts on a historic 10-day journey around the Moon, citing unresolved fuel supply issues. NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman confirmed the delay, though no new launch date has yet been announced.Artemis 2 was to be the first crewed mission to fly…
ISLAMABAD — Pakistan’s armed forces have carried out large-scale precision airstrikes against seven terrorist camps and hideouts along the Pakistan-Afghanistan border, the Ministry of Information confirmed on Sunday. The operation targeted infrastructure belonging to Fitna al-Khwarij (TTP), its allied factions, and Islamic State Khorasan Province (ISKP).Strikes were confirmed in the Afghan provinces of Kunar, Paktia,…
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s total external debt and liabilities have exceeded $138 billion, while interest payments on foreign loans have surged by 84 percent over the past three years, according to an official government document.A report by the Economic Affairs Division revealed that Pakistan paid $3.59 billion in interest on external debt last year alone — an…
