<p>ISLAMABAD: The Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) has set up a dedicated dark web investigation unit to track and prosecute criminals operating in the shadowy realm, to effectively counter threats to the country’s interests emanating from encrypted online platforms, officials said on Saturday.</p> <p>Housed in the state-of-the-art National Command and Control Centre (NC3) at FIA headquarters, the unit will use modern technology to overcome obfuscation techniques employed by criminals to ide

<p>The United Nations General Assembly voted on Friday to renew Volker Turk’s mandate as high commissioner for human rights for four years despite strong opposition from the United States, Russia and Israel.</p> <p>By a vote of 144 in favour, 10 against, and 13 abstentions, the assembly approved the renewal, beginning October 12, 2026, as proposed by UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres.</p> <p>An alternative proposal from Russia to extend the mandate by only a few months, until December 31,

<p>Muttahida Qaumi Movement-Pakistan (MQM-P) leader Mustafa Kamal on Saturday announced that the party would take to the streets against the injustice being meted out to Karachi.</p> <p>Kamal, who is also the federal health minister, made the announcement while addressing a press conference in Karachi, where he railed against the Sindh government’s indifference towards the metropolis and its people.</p> <p>“MQM-P has decided that it will no longer stay quiet. We will adopt all the ways liste

<p>WASHINGTON: The US has <a rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" class="link--external" href="https://www.state.gov/releases/office-of-the-spokesperson/2026/07/new-visa-restriction-policy-to-deter-and-dismantle-cyberscams-and-sextortion/">announced</a> a new global visa restriction policy trageting foreign nationals involved in cybercrime and ​cyber-enabled crimes.</p> <p>Under the new policy, individuals engaged in online investment scams, sextortion and related offences — and their i

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<p>PML-N supremo and former prime minister Nawaz Sharif on Friday questioned the lack of development initiatives in Azad Jammu and Kashmir after his ouster from power.</p> <p>He, along with Punjab Chief Minister Maryam Nawaz, was addressing a public rally in Mirpur, AJK, ahead of the upcoming elections.</p> <p>Addressing the rally, he asked why there could be no development work in Mirpur or AJK after he had left the post of prime minister, criticising subsequent governments for not introducing

<p>Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Ishaq Dar said on Friday that durable peace and stability in the region can only be achieved by eliminating the threat of terrorism emanating from neighbouring Afghanistan.</p> <p>“Durable peace, stability and economic development can only be achieved with the eradication of the menace of terrorism emanating from Afghan soil,” he said while speaking at the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) Council of Foreign Ministers’ meeting.</p> <p>He

<p>A day after Israeli far-right National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir <a href="https://www.dawn.com/news/2017854">led hundreds of Israeli Jews into Jerusalem’s Al Aqsa mosque compound</a>, Pakistan and seven other countries on Friday issued a joint statement condemning the “provocative actions”.</p> <p>The joint statement, <a rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" class="link--external" href="https://mofa.gov.pk/press-releases/joint-statement-by-foreign-ministers-of-the-group-of-e

Middle East tensions are once again driving up global oil prices, with Brent crude climbing above $100 a barrel for the first time since May. While much of the focus has been on the strategic Strait of Hormuz, the alternative shipping route through the Red Sea is becoming increasingly dangerous after Yemen's Iran-backed Houthi rebels said they targeted two Saudi oil tankers. The escalation comes as US President Donald Trump said on Thursday he was considering a "massive attack" on Iran, prompti

<p>ISLAMABAD: As efforts continue to prevent the conflict in the Gulf from widening, Iran on Friday called for expanding strategic cooperation with Pakistan, describing Islamabad’s diplomatic engagement as an important contribution to regional peace and stability.</p> <p>“Pakistan has played a constructive diplomatic role in facilitating negotiations and advancing efforts towards regional peace and stability,” Iran’s Ambassador to Pakistan Reza Amiri Moghadam said while delivering the ke