/taxonomy/term/106591 en /node/2581805/pakistan <div class="field field-name-field-rbitem-author field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">article author:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/taxonomy/term/106591">Aamir Saeed</a></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-publication-date field-type-datestamp field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><span class="date-display-single">Wed, 2024-12-04 19:18</span></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p> ISLAMABAD: Pakistan and Russia signed eight memorandums of understanding (MoUs) in the fields of health, trade and education on Wednesday, the energy ministry said, as Islamabad eyes foreign investment and enhanced cooperation to stabilize its fragile economy. </p> <p> The agreements were signed during the 9th Inter-Governmental Commission meeting in Moscow between Pakistan and Russia. The Pakistani side is being led by Federal Minister for Energy Sardar Awais Leghari as Islamabad and Moscow discuss different bilateral trade options.</p></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-binary field-type-image field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><img src="/sites/default/files/2024/12/04/4551470-1709508468.jpg" width="1300" height="766" alt="" title="In this handout photograph released by Pakistan’s embassy in Moscow on December 4, 2024, Pakistani miniter for power, Sardar Awais Ahmed Khan Leghari, meets Russian minister for energy, Sergey Tsivilev, following the 9th Session of Pakistan-Russia Inter-Governmental Commission. (Photo Courtesy: X@PakinRussia)" /></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-1 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Main category:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/Pakistan">Pakistan</a></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-9 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Tags:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/tags/pakistan-russia-ties">Pakistan Russia Ties</a></div></div></div> Wed, 04 Dec 2024 16:30:55 +0000 fatimah.amjad 2581805 at /node/2581799/pakistan <div class="field field-name-field-rbitem-author field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">article author:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/taxonomy/term/106591">Aamir Saeed</a></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-publication-date field-type-datestamp field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><span class="date-display-single">Wed, 2024-12-04 17:30</span></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p> ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s Petroleum Minister Musadik Malik on Wednesday clarified that Islamabad had not reached any agreement with Moscow to import crude oil from Russia at a discounted rate. </p> <p> The minister was rebutting a report in The News, a Pakistani English-language daily, which claimed that Islamabad and Moscow have agreed to restart their crude oil trade from January 2025.</p></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-binary field-type-image field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><img src="/sites/default/files/2024/12/04/4551451-603986436.jpg" width="1300" height="766" alt="" title="Pakistan’s Petroleum Minister Musadik Malik speaks during a press conference in Islamabad, Pakistan on October 5, 2022. (PID/File)" /></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-1 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Main category:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/Pakistan">Pakistan</a></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-9 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Tags:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/tags/pakistan-russia-ties">Pakistan Russia Ties</a></div><div class="field-item odd"><a href="/tags/discounted-russian-crude-oil">discounted Russian crude oil</a></div></div></div> Wed, 04 Dec 2024 14:58:46 +0000 fatimah.amjad 2581799 at /node/2581674/pakistan <div class="field field-name-field-rbitem-author field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">article author:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/taxonomy/term/106591">Aamir Saeed</a></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-author field-type-text field-label-inline clearfix"><div class="field-label">Author:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-publication-date field-type-datestamp field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><span class="date-display-single">Tue, 2024-12-03 20:35</span></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p> ISLAMABAD: The Pakistani government on Tuesday extended its deadline for the submission of Hajj applications till December 10, a religious affairs ministry official said, hoping to receive applications for the remaining 21,171 seats to complete the quota.<br /> ��������Ƶ has allotted Pakistan a total quota of 179,210 pilgrims for the upcoming Hajj pilgrimage, which would be divided equally between the government and private schemes. On Nov. 18, around 15 designated Pakistani banks started receiving applications for Hajj 2025 from the intending pilgrims.<br /></p></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-binary field-type-image field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><img src="/sites/default/files/2024/12/03/4551112-2128765112.jpg" width="670" height="395" alt="" title="In this file photo, taken and released by the Saudi Press Agency on May 26, 2024, Saudi official handover passport to a Pakistani pilgrim at the Jinnah Internation Airport in Karachi. (SPA/File)" /></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-1 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Main category:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/Pakistan">Pakistan</a></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-9 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Tags:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/tags/pakistan-hajj">Pakistan Hajj</a></div><div class="field-item odd"><a href="/tags/pakistan-hajj-mission">Pakistan Hajj mission</a></div><div class="field-item even"><a href="/tags/hajj-2025">Hajj 2025</a></div><div class="field-item odd"><a href="/category/tags/hajj">hajj</a></div></div></div> Tue, 03 Dec 2024 17:38:21 +0000 fatimah.amjad 2581674 at /node/2581363/pakistan <div class="field field-name-field-rbitem-author field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">article author:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/taxonomy/term/106591">Aamir Saeed</a></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-author field-type-text field-label-inline clearfix"><div class="field-label">Author:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-publication-date field-type-datestamp field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><span class="date-display-single">Sun, 2024-12-01 08:33</span></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p> ISLAMABAD: Pakistan has increased the price of petrol for the next fortnight by Rs3.72 per liter due to varying prices of petroleum products in the international market, the Finance Division said this week. <br /> Pakistan revises petroleum prices every fortnight. Petrol is mostly used in private transport, small vehicles, rickshaws and two-wheelers in Pakistan while any increase in the price of diesel is considered highly inflationary as it is mostly used to power heavy transport vehicles and particularly adds to the prices of vegetables and other eatables.<br /></p></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-binary field-type-image field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><img src="/sites/default/files/2024/12/01/4550338-1243298141.jpg" width="1300" height="766" alt="" title="In this file photograph, taken on February 16, 2023, an employee of a petrol station updates the latest fuel prices on a board in Karachi. (AFP/File)" /></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-1 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Main category:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/Pakistan">Pakistan</a></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-9 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Tags:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/tags/pakistan-petrol">Pakistan petrol</a></div></div></div> Sun, 01 Dec 2024 05:35:17 +0000 muhammad.ibrahim 2581363 at /node/2581275/pakistan <div class="field field-name-field-rbitem-author field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">article author:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/taxonomy/term/106591">Aamir Saeed</a></div><div class="field-item odd"><a href="/rbitem-author">&amp;</a></div><div class="field-item even"><a href="/rbitem-author/naimat-khan">NAIMAT KHAN</a></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-publication-date field-type-datestamp field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><span class="date-display-single">Sat, 2024-11-30 12:03</span></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p> ISLAMABAD/KARACHI: A Pakistani journalist critical of the government and military on Saturday described his release from police custody as a “victory for journalists” after being granted bail in a terrorism and narcotics case, which his legal team called fake and fabricated.<br /> Matiullah Jan, a broadcaster working with Neo TV, was “picked up” from outside a hospital in Islamabad on Wednesday, where he was investigating alleged fatalities during recent protests in support of jailed ex-premier Imran Khan, according to his son.<br /></p></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-binary field-type-image field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><img src="/sites/default/files/2024/11/30/4550110-1228971931.jpg" width="1300" height="766" alt="" title="In this screengrab, taken from a video posted by Pakistani journalist Farhan Khan on social media platform X, police officials escort journalist Matiullah Jan (2L) after presenting him in an anti-terrorism court in Islamabad on November 30, 2024. (Photo courtesy: Screengrab/X/@TheFarhanAKhan)" /></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-1 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Main category:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/Pakistan">Pakistan</a></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-9 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Tags:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/tags/pakistan-tehreek-e-insaf-pti-party">Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) party</a></div><div class="field-item odd"><a href="/tags/matiullah-jan">matiullah jan</a></div><div class="field-item even"><a href="/tags/pakistani-journalists">Pakistani journalists</a></div><div class="field-item odd"><a href="/tags/pti-protest">PTI protest</a></div><div class="field-item even"><a href="/tags/islamabad-protest">Islamabad Protest</a></div></div></div> Sat, 30 Nov 2024 09:04:17 +0000 muhammad.ibrahim 2581275 at /node/2581274/pakistan <div class="field field-name-field-rbitem-author field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">article author:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/taxonomy/term/106591">Aamir Saeed</a></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-author field-type-text field-label-inline clearfix"><div class="field-label">Author:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-publication-date field-type-datestamp field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><span class="date-display-single">Sat, 2024-11-30 11:17</span></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p> ISLAMABAD: Jailed former prime minister Imran Khan’s Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) party on Saturday dared the federal government, led by Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif, to impose governor’s rule in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) province, which the PTI has been ruling for the last more than 10 years.<br /></p></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-binary field-type-image field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><img src="/sites/default/files/2024/11/30/4550108-1429365075.jpg" width="1300" height="766" alt="" title="A view of a convoy by supporters of the former Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan’s party Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI), as they head toward Islamabad, during an anti-government rally, in Peshawar on November 24, 2024. (REUTERS/File)" /></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-1 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Main category:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/Pakistan">Pakistan</a></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-9 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Tags:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/tags/pakistan-tehreek-e-insaf-pti-party">Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) party</a></div><div class="field-item odd"><a href="/tags/imran-khan">Imran Khan</a></div><div class="field-item even"><a href="/tags/ali-amin-khan-gandapur">Ali Amin Khan Gandapur</a></div><div class="field-item odd"><a href="/tags/khyber-pakhtunkhwa-assembly">Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Assembly</a></div><div class="field-item even"><a href="/tags/khyber-pakhtunkhwa-kp">Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP)</a></div></div></div> Sat, 30 Nov 2024 08:19:42 +0000 muhammad.ibrahim 2581274 at /node/2581198/pakistan <div class="field field-name-field-rbitem-author field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">article author:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/taxonomy/term/106591">Aamir Saeed</a></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-publication-date field-type-datestamp field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><span class="date-display-single">Fri, 2024-11-29 17:05</span></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p> ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s Ministry of Religious Affairs said on Friday that 38,000 Hajj applications had been received in the first 10 days of the submission period, 11,000 more than during the same period last year.<br /> The surge comes as Pakistan prepares to send 179,210 pilgrims for the annual Islamic pilgrimage in 2025, under a quota evenly divided between government and private Hajj schemes.<br /></p></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-binary field-type-image field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><img src="/sites/default/files/2024/11/29/4549889-722165958.jpg" width="670" height="395" alt="" title="Muslim pilgrims perform the farewell circumambulation or “tawaf,” circling seven times around the Kaaba, Islam’s holiest shrine, at the Grand Mosque in the holy city of Makkah on June 18, 2024 at the end of the annual Hajj pilgrimage. (AFP/File)" /></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-1 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Main category:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/Pakistan">Pakistan</a></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-9 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Tags:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/tags/hajj-2025">Hajj 2025</a></div><div class="field-item odd"><a href="/tags/pakistan-hajj">Pakistan Hajj</a></div><div class="field-item even"><a href="/tags/pakistan-hajj-mission">Pakistan Hajj mission</a></div><div class="field-item odd"><a href="/tags/hajj-applications">Hajj applications</a></div></div></div> Fri, 29 Nov 2024 14:07:58 +0000 fatimah.amjad 2581198 at /node/2581046/pakistan <div class="field field-name-field-rbitem-author field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">article author:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/taxonomy/term/106591">Aamir Saeed</a></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-publication-date field-type-datestamp field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><span class="date-display-single">Thu, 2024-11-28 11:43</span></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p> ISLAMABAD: Jailed former Prime Minister Imran Khan’s supporters had planned to “take over the capital through violent protests,” a Pakistan government spokesperson said on Thursday, a day after security forces dispersed marchers who had breached security barricades to reach the heart of Islamabad to demand Khan’s release.</p></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-binary field-type-image field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><img src="/sites/default/files/2024/11/28/4549540-1052038609.jpg" width="1300" height="766" alt="" title="Supporters of jailed former Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan’s party Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) attend a rally demanding his release, in Islamabad, Pakistan, on November 26, 2024. (REUTERS)" /></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-1 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Main category:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/Pakistan">Pakistan</a></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-9 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Tags:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/tags/imran-khan">Imran Khan</a></div><div class="field-item odd"><a href="/tags/tarar">Tarar</a></div></div></div> <span class="label abs-el uppercase special"> Special </span> Thu, 28 Nov 2024 08:52:40 +0000 fatimah.amjad 2581046 at /node/2581026/pakistan <div class="field field-name-field-rbitem-author field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">article author:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/taxonomy/term/106591">Aamir Saeed</a></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-publication-date field-type-datestamp field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><span class="date-display-single">Thu, 2024-11-28 08:09</span></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p> ISLAMABAD: Pakistani journalist Matiullah Jan, critical of authorities’ handling of recent anti-government protests, was booked in a terrorism and narcotics case and remanded to Islamabad Police’s custody for two days on Thursday after his son said he was “picked up” from outside a hospital in the federal capital a day earlier.<br /></p></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-binary field-type-image field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><img src="/sites/default/files/2024/11/28/4549421-1709026996.jpg" width="1500" height="884" alt="" title="Kaneez Sughra, wife of a seized Pakistani journalist Matiullah Jan, displays a photograph of her husband on her mobile phone in Islamabad on July 21, 2020. (AFP/File)" /></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-1 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Main category:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/Pakistan">Pakistan</a></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-9 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Tags:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/category/tags/pakistan">Pakistan</a></div><div class="field-item odd"><a href="/tags/amnesty">Amnesty</a></div><div class="field-item even"><a href="/tags/matiullah-jan">matiullah jan</a></div><div class="field-item odd"><a href="/tags/arab-news-pakistan">Arab News Pakistan</a></div></div></div> Thu, 28 Nov 2024 05:11:34 +0000 fatimah.amjad 2581026 at /node/2580895/pakistan <div class="field field-name-field-rbitem-author field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">article author:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/taxonomy/term/106591">Aamir Saeed</a></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-publication-date field-type-datestamp field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><span class="date-display-single">Wed, 2024-11-27 07:42</span></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p> ISLAMABAD: Ali Amin Gandapur, a close aide and senior leader of former prime minister Imran Khan’s Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) party, said on Wednesday an anti-government sit-in protest would continue even as thousands of Khan supporters dispersed from Islamabad following a sweeping midnight raid by security forces. </p></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-binary field-type-image field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><img src="/sites/default/files/2024/11/27/4549208-962884797.jpg" width="1800" height="1144" alt="" title="Ali Amin Gandapur, chief minister of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province and member of jailed former prime minister Imran Khan’s Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) party, speaks during a press conference in Mansehra on November 27, 2024. (AFP)" /></div><div class="field-item odd"><img src="/sites/default/files/2024/11/27/4549097-1447899483.jpg" width="1300" height="766" alt="" title="Municipal workers clean the street leading to Red Zone area next to damaged vehicles after an overnight security forces operation against the supporters of jailed former prime minister Imran Khan&#039;s Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) party in Islamabad on November 27, 2024. (AFP)" /></div><div class="field-item even"><img src="/sites/default/files/2024/11/27/4549099-1667328917.jpg" width="1300" height="766" alt="" title="A motorcyclist drives through the damaged vehicles left behind by supporters of imprisoned former Prime Minister Imran Khan&#039;s Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf party when security forces launched an operation Tuesday night to disperse them, in Islamabad, Pakistan, on November 27, 2024. (AP)" /></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-1 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Main category:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/Pakistan">Pakistan</a></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-9 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Tags:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/tags/pakistan-government">pakistan government</a></div><div class="field-item odd"><a href="/tags/pti">PTI</a></div><div class="field-item even"><a href="/tags/imran-khan">Imran Khan</a></div></div></div> <span class="label abs-el uppercase update"> Update </span> Wed, 27 Nov 2024 04:46:21 +0000 fatimah.amjad 2580895 at /node/2580835/pakistan <div class="field field-name-field-rbitem-author field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">article author:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/taxonomy/term/106591">Aamir Saeed</a></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-publication-date field-type-datestamp field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><span class="date-display-single">Tue, 2024-11-26 18:49</span></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p> ISLAMABAD: Interior Minister Mohsin Naqvi on Tuesday ruled out talks with protesters who are holding a sit-in in Islamabad to demand the release of jailed former Prime Minister Imran Khan after four security officials and two demonstrators were killed in clashes. </p></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-binary field-type-image field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><img src="/sites/default/files/2024/11/26/4548893-280481260.jpg" width="1300" height="766" alt="" title="Security force personnel fire tear gas shells to disperse the supporters of the former Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan&#039;s party, Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI), during a protest to demand the release of Khan, in Islamabad, Pakistan, on November 26, 2024. (REUTERS)" /></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-1 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Main category:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/Pakistan">Pakistan</a></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-9 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Tags:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/category/tags/pakistan">Pakistan</a></div><div class="field-item odd"><a href="/tags/imran-khan">Imran Khan</a></div><div class="field-item even"><a href="/tags/bushra-bibi">Bushra Bibi</a></div></div></div> Tue, 26 Nov 2024 15:56:42 +0000 fatimah.amjad 2580835 at /node/2580763/pakistan <div class="field field-name-field-rbitem-author field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">article author:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/taxonomy/term/106591">Aamir Saeed</a></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-publication-date field-type-datestamp field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><span class="date-display-single">Tue, 2024-11-26 07:14</span></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p> ISLAMABAD: Hundreds of supporters of jailed former prime minister Imran Khan on Tuesday reached a public square near Pakistan’s parliament that is a popular protest site, vowing to hold a “do or die” sit-in in the federal capital of Islamabad. </p></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-binary field-type-image field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><img src="/sites/default/files/2024/11/26/4548702-1354126868.jpg" width="1300" height="766" alt="" title="Members of jailed former prime minister Imran Khan’s Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) party attempt to throw back teargas shells fired by riot policemen as they protest during a march to Islamabad demanding Khan’s release in Hasan Abdal in Punjab province on November 25, 2024. (AFP)" /></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-1 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Main category:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/Pakistan">Pakistan</a></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-9 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Tags:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/tags/pti-protest">PTI protest</a></div><div class="field-item odd"><a href="/tags/islamabad-protest">Islamabad Protest</a></div><div class="field-item even"><a href="/tags/pakistan-tehreek-e-insaf-pti-party">Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) party</a></div><div class="field-item odd"><a href="/tags/imran-khan">Imran Khan</a></div><div class="field-item even"><a href="/tags/d-chowk">D-chowk</a></div></div></div> <span class="label abs-el uppercase developing"> Developing </span> Tue, 26 Nov 2024 04:25:35 +0000 muhammad.ibrahim 2580763 at /node/2580427/pakistan <div class="field field-name-field-rbitem-author field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">article author:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/taxonomy/term/106591">Aamir Saeed</a></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-author field-type-text field-label-inline clearfix"><div class="field-label">Author:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-publication-date field-type-datestamp field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><span class="date-display-single">Sat, 2024-11-23 07:29</span></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p> ISLAMABAD: The families of 13 Pakistani nationals allegedly taken hostage by job scammers in Myanmar have appealed to authorities this week to secure their release, saying their loved ones are being confined to a compound, subjected to torture and forced to lure customers online for cryptocurrency scams.<br /></p></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-binary field-type-image field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><img src="/sites/default/files/2024/11/23/4547793-754725634.jpg" width="1300" height="766" alt="" title="People make their way through a market in Pyin Oo Lwin in Myanmar’s Mandalay region on October 24, 2024. (AFP/File)" /></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-1 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Main category:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/Pakistan">Pakistan</a></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-9 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Tags:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/category/tags/myanmar">Myanmar</a></div><div class="field-item odd"><a href="/tags/pakistanis-myanmar">Pakistanis in Myanmar</a></div><div class="field-item even"><a href="/tags/forced-labor">Forced labor</a></div><div class="field-item odd"><a href="/tags/uyghur-forced-labor-prevention-act-uflpa">Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act (UFLPA)</a></div></div></div> Sat, 23 Nov 2024 04:32:03 +0000 muhammad.ibrahim 2580427 at /node/2580309/pakistan <div class="field field-name-field-rbitem-author field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">article author:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/taxonomy/term/106591">Aamir Saeed</a></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-publication-date field-type-datestamp field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><span class="date-display-single">Fri, 2024-11-22 07:03</span></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p> ISLAMABAD: The chairman of the Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA), Major General (r) Hafeezur Rehman, said this week the body would facilitate the “positive use” of virtual private network (VPN) services even as the government was determined to move ahead with plans to block unregistered VPNs by the end of this month.<br /></p></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-binary field-type-image field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><img src="/sites/default/files/2024/11/22/4547472-873506202.jpg" width="1300" height="766" alt="" title="Gardeners work near the Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) headquarters building in Islamabad on August 16, 2024. (AFP/File)" /></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-1 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Main category:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/Pakistan">Pakistan</a></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-9 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Tags:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/tags/pakistan-telecommunication-authority-pta">Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA)</a></div><div class="field-item odd"><a href="/tags/vpn-ban-pakistan">VPN Ban in Pakistan</a></div><div class="field-item even"><a href="/tags/vpn-ban">VPN Ban</a></div><div class="field-item odd"><a href="/tags/social-media-censorship">social media censorship</a></div><div class="field-item even"><a href="/tags/digital-pakistan">digital Pakistan</a></div><div class="field-item odd"><a href="/tags/twitter-down-pakistan">Twitter down in Pakistan</a></div></div></div> <span class="label abs-el uppercase special"> Special </span> Fri, 22 Nov 2024 04:08:21 +0000 muhammad.ibrahim 2580309 at /node/2580036/pakistan <div class="field field-name-field-rbitem-author field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">article author:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/taxonomy/term/106591">Aamir Saeed</a></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-publication-date field-type-datestamp field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><span class="date-display-single">Wed, 2024-11-20 09:31</span></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p> ISLAMABAD: Pakistani interior minister Mohsin Naqvi on Wednesday met Saudi Deputy Interior Minister Dr. Nasser bin Abdulaziz Al-Dawood in Islamabad and discussed the growing menace of Pakistanis traveling to the Kingdom on pilgrim and other visas and resorting to begging, the interior ministry said. </p></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-binary field-type-image field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><img src="/sites/default/files/2024/11/20/4546797-269841042.jpg" width="1500" height="884" alt="" title="A picture shows a general view of the Saudi capital Riyadh on October 31, 2023. (AFP/File)" /></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-1 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Main category:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/Pakistan">Pakistan</a></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-9 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Tags:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/tags/pakistan-saudi-ties">Pakistan Saudi Ties</a></div><div class="field-item odd"><a href="/tags/begger-mafia">Begger Mafia</a></div><div class="field-item even"><a href="/tags/saudi-visa-pakistan">Saudi visa for Pakistan</a></div><div class="field-item odd"><a href="/tags/fia">fia</a></div><div class="field-item even"><a href="/tags/arab-news-pakistan">Arab News Pakistan</a></div></div></div> Wed, 20 Nov 2024 06:44:05 +0000 fatimah.amjad 2580036 at