ISLAMABAD (PNP) – Pakistan’s Foreign Office on Thursday outlined the government’s ongoing diplomatic engagement on a range of regional and international issues, including efforts to secure the release of Pakistani hostages held by Somali pirates, mediation initiatives in the Middle East, concerns over India’s statements on water resources and internal situation of Azad Kashmir, and…
ISLAMABAD (Sabahuddin Qazi) Foreign Office Spokesperson Tahir Andrabi, during the weekly media briefing held on April 30, 2026, presented a detailed account of significant diplomatic, security, and geopolitical developments over the past two weeks. According to him, due to traffic restrictions in Islamabad’s Red Zone, the previous week’s briefing could not be held, prompting a…
Lahore: The person who set himself on fire in front of the IG office, Lahore, died in the hospital today. According to Express News, a few days ago Asghar tried to commit self-immolation in front of IG office Lahore because his problems were not resolved. According to the police, the upper part of the deceased’s…
Lahore: When the problem was not resolved, the citizen set himself on fire by sprinkling oil outside the IG office. According to Express News, a man named Asghar had been sitting since seven in the morning to meet with the IG Punjab regarding his problem, but the meeting could not take place due to the…
Fierce battles have intensified between the Myanmar military and the Arakan Army, an ethnic armed group, displacing tens of thousands of people in Buthidaung and Maungdaw townships in recent days. An estimated 45,000 Rohingya have reportedly fled to an area on the Naf River near the border with Bangladesh, seeking protection. Over one million Rohingya…
The call accompanies the launch of a key report by OHCHR, highlighting also the need for the Government to acknowledge the involvement of State security forces and to issue a public apology. From the 1970s to 2009, Sri Lanka witnessed widespread enforced disappearances, predominantly carried out by the national army and associated paramilitary groups. …
This time it was an “arson attempt by Israeli children and young people on UNRWA”, Commissioner-General Philippe Lazzarini said in a social media post on Tuesday. “This has got to stop,” he said. Last Thursday evening, Mr. Lazzarini said Israeli residents had set fire twice to the perimeter of the UNRWA headquarters when staff from several…
A very important person was removed from office Chairman Federal Education Board Qaiser Alam has been removed from the post. According to the sources, after removing Qaiser Alam from the post, the cabinet has issued a notification approving the appointment of Syed Junaid Akhlaq as acting chairman of the Federal Education Board. On the other…
According to media reports, over 220 civilians – including 56 children – were killed in attacks reportedly carried out by the military in two villages on a single day in late February. Furthermore, at least two international media outlets – the BBC and Voice of America – have been “temporarily suspended” in the past few…
The development follows the recovery of hundreds of bodies “buried deep in the ground and covered with waste” over the weekend at Nasser Hospital in Khan Younis, central Gaza, and at Al-Shifa Hospital in Gaza City in the north. A total of 283 bodies were recovered at Nasser Hospital, of which 42 were identified. “Among…
