Pakistans civilian and military leadership has stressed the need for unity and reforms as the nation celebrates 79 years of independence today. According to state-run Radio Pakistan, the day dawned with a 31-gun salute in Islamabad and a 21-gun...

Happy Independence Day, Pakistan! 🇵🇰 On this 14th August, pk-news.com proudly celebrates the spirit of freedom, unity, and progress that defines our beloved Pakistan. This Independence Day...

Norwegian Foreign Minister Espen Barth Eide expressed his countrys appreciation of Pakistans mediatory role in the ongoing US-Iran conflict on Thursday, saying it was a service to the world and, hence, also to us. Eide, who is on a two-day visit to...

Taliban chief reportedly warned outfit to halt attacks or risk losing support UN report points to training links involving TTP, BLA, Al Qaeda ISIL-K attacks decline in Afghanistan, but increase in Pakistan ISLAMABAD: The Afghan Talibans continued...

The Foreign Office (FO) said on Wednesday that Pakistan, as a signatory to the recently announced multinational maritime defence coalition, would implement its commitments in full earnest. The statement comes following the deaths of three Pakistani...

Pakistan, Saudi Arabia and Turkiye on Friday signed a joint defence pact in Makkah that empowers member states to treat an attack against one of them as an attack against all of them. The Makkah Jo...

<p><strong>• Says Oman, other ‘brotherly states’ leading different aspects of diplomacy<br>• Insists Islamabad is focused on settlement rather than ‘individual symptoms of crisis’<br>• Pakistan examining TORs, operational modalities of Saudi-led maritime coalition<br>• Govt will decide on Gaza stabilisation force after formal proposal</strong></p> <p>ISLAMABAD: The Foreign Office on Thursday insisted that Pakistan remained actively engaged in efforts to defuse the Strait of Hormu

<p><strong>• Naqvi says centre in Islamabad will combine detention, investigation and summary trial facilities under one roof<br>• Initiative aims to speed up disposal of minor offence cases, reduce procedural delays</strong></p> <p>ISLAMABAD: Pakistan is set to embark on a major transformation of its policing system, with Interior Minister Mohsin Naqvi announcing a series of reforms inspired by successful international law enforcement models, including the establishment of a China-style Law

<p>EVERY discussion about data protection in Pakistan reaches the same conclusion: we still don’t have a comprehensive data privacy law.</p> <p>Technically, that’s true. The Personal Data Protection Bill has sat in draft form since 2018, and after years of delay it’s easy to assume Pakistan’s approach to data governance is on hold.</p> <p>That assumption can now be challenged.</p> <figure class='media w-full sm:w-1/2 media--right media--embed media--uneven' data-original-src='htt

<p>UNITED NATIONS: The United Nations Security Council (UNSC) on Thursday strongly condemned the <a href="https://www.dawn.com/news/2020154">suicide bombing </a>in Swat last week, calling it a “heinous and cowardly” terrorist attack after Pakistan warned the body that multiple terrorist groups continue to operate from safe havens inside Afghanistan.</p> <p>In a press statement issued by the Office of the UN secretary general’s spokesperson, the council said it condemned “in the strongest