Efforts are underway to repatriate the remains of three Pakistani sailors killed while recovering a hijacked tanker from Somali pirates earlier this week
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More than 110 days after their tanker was hijacked off Somalia, ten Pakistani sailors remain in pirate captivity. Deputy PM Ishaq Dar has now ordered intensified diplomatic efforts to bring them home.

Six Pakistani security personnel, including two army officers, are martyred and eight militants killed in an exchange of fire in Hangu.
Security forces say more than 71 militants were killed during 96 hours of operations across Balochistan, with clearance activity continuing.

Pakistan's military says security forces killed 21 militants in operations across North Waziristan, Kohat and Dera Ismail Khan between September 3 and 5.
Security forces killed seven suspected militants in two separate operations in Balochistan, Radio Pakistan reported on Friday, September 18, citing security sources. Five were killed in the Fateh Ali area of Panjgur…

Pakistan says 37 militants were killed in KP ground operations and Afghanistan airstrikes, while the UN confirms civilian casualties in Kunar.

Security forces reported killing 11 militants in intelligence-based operations in Bannu, South Waziristan and Khuzdar, according to Radio Pakistan.
Somali forces recover an oil tanker hijacked in April, carrying a Pakistani crew, as the families await news of casualties amid the rescue operation
A former British government adviser involved in the early 2000s search efforts for Peter Falconio’s remains says he has narrowed the possible burial site to an abandoned racetrack near Barrow Creek, adding a new…

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…
A 5.5-magnitude earthquake shook Peru's Andes region near Sicaya, killing at least six people and injuring more than 30, with around 300 people displaced after buildings collapsed.

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.
Security forces killed 12 suspected terrorists in two intelligence-based operations in Balochistan’s Washuk and Mastung districts, according to the military’s media wing, ISPR, on Thursday. Dawn reported that the raids…

An Israeli airstrike killed three Palestinians in Jenin as Palestinian medics reported being detained and prevented from recovering casualties at the scene.
Pakistan says its forces repelled an attempted cross-border infiltration in the Chaman sector after firing from the Afghan side.
A magnitude 7.4 earthquake centered near San Jose del Palmar has killed at least 111 people as Colombia expands rescue and recovery operations.

Pakistan told the Independent Monitoring Board in Geneva that polio eradication is now within reach, pointing to a steep decline in cases over recent years even as officials acknowledged that insecurity in southern…

A Russian drone strike on a warehouse in Myla triggered ammunition explosions that killed at least 37 people and forced hundreds to evacuate.

More than 21,000 Pakistani citizens were deported from Gulf countries between March 1 and July 13, 2026, according to figures shared in the National Assembly, raising fresh concern about immigration compliance, overseas…

Swiss police are searching for the person or people responsible for a shooting at an Aarau rave that killed a 22-year-old woman and injured five others.
Pakistan condemned a deadly attack on a commercial ship near the Bab el-Mandeb strait after three Pakistani citizens were reported among the dead, turning the Red Sea security crisis into a direct national concern for…

Pakistan's passport has slipped another position in the closely watched Henley Passport Index, dropping to 101st out of 199 travel documents ranked in the July 2026 update, and remaining the fourth weakest passport in…

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