Pakistan

France has permanently closed its Consulate General in Karachi after five decades, while retaining diplomatic, business and cultural links in Pakistan.

Police sources say investigators have identified an alleged Islamabad-based supplier in a narcotics network serving several areas of Lahore.

Field Marshal Asim Munir reviewed production, export potential and modernisation at Pakistan Ordnance Factories in Wah, including two planned industrial plants.

Protests and restrictions in Azad Jammu and Kashmir have kept attention on political representation, economic demands, public safety and the need for credible dialogue.

Barrister Syed Iftikhar Ali Gilani has been elected AJK prime minister, completing a swift comeback through the assembly's technocrat seat.

Pakistan and Kuwait have signed Protocol Agreement 2026 to expand military cooperation in training, capacity building and border management.

Security forces reported killing 11 militants in intelligence-based operations in Bannu, South Waziristan and Khuzdar, according to Radio Pakistan.

Pakistan's Foreign Office says Field Marshal Asim Munir travelled to Tehran as part of Islamabad's mediation efforts, not as an envoy for Washington.

Pakistan says high-level talks in Tehran produced progress toward reviving Iran-US dialogue and reducing the risk of wider regional escalation.

Every monsoon, the same sentence appears across Pakistani media: the Chenab is at medium flood level, the Ravi at low. Millions of people read it, and very few know what it means — whether it is a reason to move

On Monday, a small group of legislators in Muzaffarabad elected eight of their own colleagues to seats no voter had cast a ballot for. The PML-N took six of them, the PPP two, and a party that had held 25 seats found

The new AJK Assembly opened with 46 lawmakers taking oath as PML-N entered the house with the strongest numbers after direct and reserved-seat contests.

PML-N nominees Chaudhry Tariq Farooq and Ahmed Raza Qadri won the AJK Assembly speaker and deputy speaker elections in Muzaffarabad.

President Asif Ali Zardari has urged an integrated development plan for Keti Bunder Port, including road, power, water and local livelihood protections.

Pakistan's renewed emphasis on dialogue in Balochistan has created a political opening, but turning that opening into sustainable peace will require more than fresh statements. It will require implementation, public

Pakistan's Chief of Defence Forces and Army Chief Field Marshal Syed Asim Munir has arrived in Tehran with Interior Minister Mohsin Naqvi, placing Islamabad's regional peace diplomacy back at the centre of a tense Iran

ECNEC reviewed major road, energy, water, education and poverty-reduction schemes as revised costs and project delays sharpen scrutiny of public investment.

Eight members of the Pakistan Bar Council have criticised the federal government over the handling of former prime minister Imran Khan's hospital transfer, saying the Supreme Court's direction for his examination at