PESHAWAR: The United States on Thursday decided to permanently close its consulate in Peshawar, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. officials said. As per details, the move, finalised this week by the US State Department, aims to reduce operational costs. Currently, 18 American diplomats are posted at the Peshawar consulate. The consulate’s annual operating expenses were reported at approximately […]
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ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s Information Minister Ataullah Tarar said the military has killed 461 militants during ongoing operations against armed groups based in Afghanistan. Tarar released details of Operation Ghazab-ul-Haq on Wednesday. He said Pakistani forces continue to target militant networks operating from Afghan territory. According to the minister, Pakistani forces have killed 461 militants and wounded
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ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif spoke with Masoud Pezeshkian, the president of Iran, by phone on Wednesday to discuss the rapidly evolving regional situation, officials said. The two leaders reviewed recent developments and exchanged views on maintaining regional stability. They also stressed the need for continued diplomatic engagement and closer coordination between Pakistan and Iran. A
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TEHRAN: Reports have surfaced that Mojtaba Khamenei, widely seen as a potential future supreme leader of Iran, was injured, though sources close to him say he remains safe. According to a foreign news agency, Yousef Pezeshkian, the son of Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian, said in a message posted on Telegram that he had received information
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MANAMA: Bahrain’s intelligence agencies arrested an Indian telecom engineer for providing sensitive data to Israel’s Mossad secret agency. Bahraini authorities detained Indian citizen Nitin Mohan, a telecommunications engineer. He transmitted sensitive geospatial data, photographs, and videos of strategic locations for reconnaissance purposes to Mossad, Israel’s external intelligence agency. He shared images of sites and operationally
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Karachi: The Sindh government has decided to keep schools closed until March 31. In view of the rising fuel prices following the war situation in the Middle East, educational institutions are now being closed in Sindh as well, after Punjab. Sindh Information Minister Sharjeel Memon stated that the Sindh government has decided to keep educational
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ISLAMABAD: Federal Law Minister Azam Nazir Tarrar, Information Minister Atta Tarar, and Minister of State for Interior Talal Chaudhry on Tuesday stressed that freedom of expression under the constitution carries legal limits, particularly when discussing Pakistan’s foreign policy. Speaking at a joint press conference in Islamabad, the ministers said citizens must exercise responsibility while commenting
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ISLAMABAD: Counterterror operations under Operation Ghazb-ul-Haq are ongoing against Afghan Taliban and Khawarij militants, Pakistani security sources said. During recent operations in the Arandu and Kurram sectors, key enemy posts and centers were destroyed, the sources said. Security officials reported that Taliban fighters abandoned their positions and fled during the attacks and subsequent counterstrikes. The Pakistan Army continues to target militant hideouts and
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UNITED NATIONS: Pakistan has warned the United Nations that terrorist groups operating from Afghanistan have become a serious threat not only to Pakistan but to global peace and security. The warning was issued by Pakistan’s Permanent Representative to the UN, Asim Iftikhar Ahmad, during a statement at the world body. It was said that terrorist
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WASHINGTON: The United States government has officially designated Afghanistan as a State Sponsor of Wrongful Detention, accusing the Taliban authorities of using detention of foreign nationals as a tactic to extract political concessions. The US officials said the decision indicates growing concern over what they described as the Taliban’s continued practice of unjustly detaining American
