ISLAMABAD – Pakistani Interior Minister Sheikh Rashid Ahmed has said the Pakistan Day parade on March 23 next year will feature a fly-past by Chinese multirole J-10C fighter jets. The statement put to rest longtime rumours of Islamabad having purchased the planes from its longtime ally. The ...

Pakistan Air Force (PAF) has acquired 25 Chengdu J-10 (J-10C) multirole fighter jets from China in response to India’s purchase of the Dassault Rafale. This was revealed by Interior Minister, Sheikh Rashid Ahmed, in a press talk on Wednesday. The minister said that the first batch of ...

Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas made a rare visit to Israel for talks on economic and security issues with Israel's defence minister aimed to resolve the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. In a statement, the Israeli Defence Ministry described it confidence-building measures, saying talks will ...

ISLAMABAD – Prime Minister Imran Khan will chair a meeting of the National Security Committee tomorrow Monday to discuss the evolving situation in Afghanistan and other issues. According to PM Office, the internal and external security situation of Pakistan, including Pakistan’s management of ...

RAWALPINDI – Chief of Army Staff (COAS) General Qamar Javed Bajwa emphasized that for regional peace and stability there is a need for global convergence on Afghanistan with coordinated efforts for economic uplift of the Afghan people. He stated this during a meeting with Major General Sheikh ...

Prime Minister (PM) Imran Khan inaugurated the academic blocks of Al-Qadir University in Jhelum today. While speaking at the inaugural ceremony, he highlighted that the university will revive the concept of Riaysat-e-Madina. The premier said that he always aimed to establish institutions that ...

LARKANA – A local leader of Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI), Rana Sakhawat, was killed in a daylight ambush in the Qambar Shahdadkot area of Sindh. Reports in local media said unidentified attackers targeted Sakhawat inside his own rice mill and he received several shots. The ruling party ...

Pakistan and Oman want to launch a ferry service between the two countries to promote trade and tourism. According to reports, Oman’s Ambassador to Pakistan Omar Ahmed Al-Marhoon called on the Interior Minister Sheikh Rashid Ahmed on Wednesday and discussed bilateral relations, trade, and ...

ISLAMABAD – Federal authorities are set to issue e-passports from next year under digital transformation stride, local media reported quoting sources. Interior Minister Sheikh Rasheed chaired a meeting in the country’s federal capital which was attended by the secretary of the interior, ...

SHEIKHUPURA – Three students died and nine others sustained injuries after a train crashed into a college van in Sheikhupura on Tuesday. The train was on its way from Jaranwala to Lahore. It collided with the college van as there was no railway crossing near Bahrianwala. District ...