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Total of 16 international teams from different armies participated in annual event, military’s media wing says Pakistan Army team, represented by the Pakistan Military Academy (PMA), secured first place at the International Pacesticking Competition 2026 held at the Royal Military Academy (RMA) Sandhurst, United Kingdom (UK), the military’s media wing said on Friday. According to … Read more
. ISLAMABAD: Senior leader of the All Parties Hurriyat Conference (APHC) and Chairman of the Jammu Kashmir Salvation Movement (JKSM) Altaf Ahmed Bhat has paid “glowing tributes” to the martyrs of the Chota Bazar Massacre and Shaheed Tufail Ahmad Mattoo, reaffirming that the sacrifices rendered by the people of Jammu and Kashmir for freedom, justice, … Read more
. RAWALPINDI: Funeral prayers of those who embraced martyrdom in a MI-17 helicopter crash in Muzaffarabad were offered on Thursday at Chaklala Garrison. Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif, COAS & CDF Field Marshal Syed Asim Munir and other top civil and military officials attended the funeral prayers, said a press release issued by Inter-Services Public Relations … Read more
WASHINGTON: The phenomenon El Nino has arrived, the US weather agency said Thursday, and scientists expect the pattern synonymous with droughts, floods and soaring temperatures will intensify into the end of the year, potentially to historic strength. El Nino is a natural climate occurrence that warms surface temperatures in the central and eastern equatorial Pacific … Read more
Govt directs police, judiciary and administrative authorities to implement decision MUZAFFARABAD: The Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK) government on Thursday withdrew earlier concessions related to protest and agitation cases and reinstated 177 First Information Reports (FIRs) against members of the Joint Awami Action Committee (JAAC), citing violation of the October 4, 2025 agreement between the … Read more
ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court on Thursday restored former prime minister Imran Khan’s right to defend himself in a long-running Rs10 billion defamation suit filed by Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif, setting aside lower court orders that had barred him from contesting the case in a majority verdict. The apex court directed the trial court to provide … Read more
The Pakistan Economic Survey on Thursday showed that the government missed three major macroeconomic goals but it maintained the external sector stability and a broad-based recovery in the outgoing fiscal year despite adverse impacts of the Middle East war. According to Pakistan Economic Survey 2025-26, the government could not achieve the targets of 4.2% economic … Read more
US president hints at signing in Europe Believes supreme leader Mojtaba Khamenei personally approved deal Ira WASHINGTON: US President Donald Trump on Thursday announced a “great settlement” to end the war with Iran, saying he expected a deal to be signed in Europe as soon as this weekend. Trumpwho is hosting a … Read more
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan on Thursday warned that any deliberate attempt to block water essential to Pakistan’s survival and development would have “far-reaching consequences”. “Any such act would be treated with utmost seriousness and could possibly amount to an act of war under Article 51 of the UN Charter,” said Foreign Office spokesperson Tahir Andrabi during his … Read more
. QUETTA: The Pakistan Medical Association (PMA) Quetta Zone has strongly condemned the acid attack on Dr Mah Noor Naseer at Civil Hospital, demanding a judicial inquiry to bring the facts before the public. Addressing a press conference at the Quetta Press Club on Thursday, PMA Quetta Zone General Secretary Dr Shoaib Baloch, flanked by … Read more