Mirwaiz Umar Farooq urged Pakistan to defuse unrest in PoK through dialogue. He expressed anguish over civilian and police deaths in continuing unrest. Violence centers on a dispute over reserved seats for Kashmiri refugees in the assembly. Protesters want these seats scrapped, which Pakistan-based parties use for influence. Elections are scheduled for July 27, with a court ruling upholding the seats.

<p>THERE are many reasons to be bullish about Pakistan these days, not least the hard-fought stability in the external sector following a few years of near-catastrophic depletion of reserves. But there are now a growing number of reasons to be concerned about the underlying fragility of it all.</p> <p>The stability is real. There is no doubt about that. A wall of high repayment obligations that first loomed into view back in February 2021 and remained persistently high since then has finally sta

<p><strong>• Declares immunisation gap a national public health emergency<br>• Blames governance failures, corruption, weak immunisation system<br>• Calls for an immediate audit of provincial health funds</strong></p> <p>KARACHI: The Pakistan Medical Association has issued an urgent national red alert after clinical and epidemiological data revealed that Pakistan holds a catastrophically high volume of “zero-dose” children in the World Health Organisation’s Eastern Mediterranean Regi

<p>• FRLD board defers funding decisions till December, receives 176 requests from 119 states<br>• Pakistan submits three proposals on agriculture, health, flash flood losses<br>• Civil society concerned over ‘lack of transparency’, red tape</p> <p>ISLAMABAD: Pakistan and other climate-vulnerable countries will have to wait longer for disbursements from the Fund for Responding to Loss and Damage (FRLD) after its board decided to allow more time to assess an overwhelming number of fundi

<p>The Pakistan Stock Exchange’s benchmark index continued to recover on Thursday as it surged by around 2,600 points during early trade.</p> <p>The KSE-100 index gained 2,604.49 points (1.49 per cent) by 11:04am to stand at 177,890.27 points from the previous close of 175,285.78.</p> <p>The sustained positive momentum comes after the stock market witnessed val­ue-hunting by equity investors on Wednesday, partially <a href="https://www.dawn.com/news/2015739/equities-recover-1767-points-amid-c

<p>Iran reports explosions in several cities including capital while US military says it also hit and disabled tanker in strait of Hormuz </p><ul><li><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/jul/16/us-attacks-oil-tanker-strait-of-hormuz-iran-tehran-strikes">US attacks oil tanker in strait of Hormuz as strikes reported in Tehran</a></p></li></ul><p><strong>Pakistan has called on the US and Iran to end the violence and resume negotiations</strong> as stipulated in the memorandum of under

<p>The Pakistan Meteorological Department (PMD) on Friday predicted rain, windstorm and thundershowers in the upper parts of the country over the weekend.</p> <p>The department said that moist currents from the Arabian Sea were continuously penetrating the upper parts of the country, increasing in strength on Saturday (July 11) evening.</p> <p>“Meanwhile, a westerly wave is also likely to approach the upper parts on Saturday,” it said.</p> <figure class='media w-full w-full media-- m

Pakistan demands UK extradition of dissidents for deporting Shabir Ahmed. Ahmed, a grooming gang leader, faces deportation after his British citizenship was revoked. Pakistan states it will not accept him without reciprocal extradition agreements. Islamabad wants UK extradition of figures like Shahzad Akbar and Adil Raja. This creates a stalemate, with the UK unlikely to extradite dissidents.

The Pakistan Aviation Authority (PAA) said on Friday that the search for the crew of a cargo plane that crashed into the Arabian Sea was ongoing, adding that additional wreckage had been located. In a statement, the authority said the search and...

<p>LAHORE: Human rights defenders and activists gathered at the Human Rights Commission of Pakistan on Thursday to discuss the <a rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" class="link--external" href="https://www.pap.gov.pk/uploads/Agenda/42/08-06-26/9-the-punjab-control-of-habitual-offenders-and-anti-social-behaviour-bill-2026.pdf">Punjab Control of Habitual Offenders and Anti-Social Behaviour Bill, 2026</a>, raising concerns that, if implemented, the proposed law would turn the whole Punjab in