Though a similar dynamic is seen in other cities of Pakistan, Karachi’s growth appears to be all-encompassing...
“A building can last for decades, and the land underneath it is practically indestructible...
MANSEHRA: The district administration of Kohistan has taken up the issue of ownership of disputed land with the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government as one-hour daily sit-in by the people of Harban and Shityal — boundary areas between KP and Gilgit-Baltistan — on the Karakoram Highway entered the seventh consecutive day on Friday...
“I have written a letter to the KP government through the Hazara commissioner, asking it to make public a...
ISLAMABAD: Deposed Lal Masjid cleric Maulana Abdul Aziz’ demand that the 20 kanals of land offered to him by the capital administration in negotiations on Sunday be located in one of three areas in the capital has been conveyed to the government for approval...
Senior capital administration officials told Dawn that during last week’s negotiations between the administration and Mr Aziz – mediated by a committee of eight Deoband...
WASHINGTON: If elected, the Trump administration in the US would continue to treat Pakistan as an important ally in a sensitive region, says the Republican election manifesto released at the party convention...
The manifesto, called the party platform in the United States, regards a working relationship with Pakistan as necessary for US interests and gives it a prominent position in its plans for the South Asian region...
An official with the Trump administration has hinted that the recent suspension imposed on travel from seven Muslim countries might be extended to other countries, including Pakistan...
“You can point to other countries that have similar problems like Pakistan and others - perhaps we need to take it further,” said Priebus...
The Trump administration's attempt at “humiliating and penalising” Pakistan for allegedly failing to take decisive action against militant groups hostile to the US is unlikely to work, former American ambassador to Pakistan Richard Olson has argued, warning that Islamabad has greater leverage over Washington than is usually perceived...
“Pakistan, like most countries, reacts very badly to public attempts to force its hand...
WASHINGTON: The Biden administration would like to rebuild America’s relationship with Pakistan and make it more productive than it has been during the recent past, says a senior US scholar...
At a recent briefing on the new US administration’s foreign policies, James M...
WASHINGTON: In its first budget, for fiscal year 2022, the Biden administration also seeks money for providing economic and social support to Pakistan and for training Pakistani military personnel...
Congress told funding for Pakistan will support governance and tackle extremismThe budget still asks for $3...
US Senator Chris Van Hollen said on Tuesday that the Trump administration had enabled the Taliban's takeover of Afghanistan, as he vindicated Pakistan, which he said had released three top Taliban commanders on the then US government's request to push forward the Afghan peace process...
The senator, a Maryland Democrat who was born in Karachi, argued at the first senate hearing on the US withdrawal from Afghanistan that it was in...
PESHAWAR: Three political administration officials were killed in a blast Monday in South Waziristan's Raghzai area...
South Waziristan is among Pakistan’s seven tribal districts near the Afghan border which are rife with homegrown insurgents and are alleged to be strongholds of Taliban and Al Qaeda operatives, among others...
PESHAWAR: The political administration of South Waziristan Agency acknowledged on Wednesday that unknown elements had circulated pamphlets late last month warning people against holding “cultural and social activities” like music and dance...
“A few ‘criminal-minded’ people who were not representing the tribes or will of the people in Wana held a meeting to ban certain social activities,” said an official statement issued by the...
The Hyderabad commissioner told the chief minister that the local administration of Thatta did not seal the Edhi centre; it was closed on the orders of the court...
“This is quite surprising and deplorable that the land mafia is grabbing the property of Edhi Foundation,” he said...
President Donald Trump's top military and diplomatic aides told US lawmakers on Monday that the administration was not seeking new authority for conducting military operations in the world's hot spots...
But he added that while the Trump administration was not seeking a new AUMF, it offered some suggestions in the event Congress went ahead anyway...
On the surface, not much has changed in Pakistan football during that time though...
But almost two years after the Executive Committee of the global football body gave a two-year mandate to Faisal Saleh Hayat as chief of the Pakistan Football Federation (PFF), its Council — which is now the top decision-making institution after FIFA went a makeover in wake of the worst crisis in its history — ratified a ban on Pakistan placed by its...
Cracking down on students protesting against the Quaid-e-Azam University (QAU) administration, Islamabad police arrested 70 students on Monday in a bid to reopen the university, which has remained closed for over two weeks due to a student-admin showdown...
Acting on request of the university administration, Islamabad police took action to ensure the university was reopened and arrested those who continued to protest...