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1 week ago | 
arab.news | Saadullah Akhter |Naimat Khan |Ismail Dilawar
QUETTA: A blast triggered by an improvised explosive device (IED) killed two tribal leaders and injured seven others on Saturday in a remote mountainous town in Quetta district, located in Pakistan’s restive southwestern Balochistan province, a senior police official said. The roadside blast took place in Mangla, an area of the Hanna Urrak valley located some 35 kilometers from the provincial capital of Quetta, when a convoy of tribal leaders was passing through the area.
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2 weeks ago | 
arab.news | Saima Shabbir |Kashif Imran |Naimat Khan |Saadullah Akhter
Pakistan launches nationwide polio campaign to immunize over 45 million children /node/2602055/pakistan May 25, 2025 07:34 Pakistan launches nationwide polio campaign to immunize over 45 million children Pakistan, Afghanistan are only countries where polio remains an endemic Health officials have confirmed 10 polio cases in Pakistan so far this year ISLAMABAD: Pakistan has launched a third nationwide anti-polio vaccination campaign of this year that aims to inoculate 45 million children under...
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2 weeks ago | 
arab.news | Kashif Imran |Naimat Khan |Saadullah Akhter |Usama Iqbal Khawaja
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan has launched a third nationwide anti-polio vaccination campaign of this year that aims to inoculate 45 million children under five, the country’s polio program said on Sunday. The campaign was formally inaugurated by Ayesha Raza Farooq, the prime minister’s focal person for polio eradication, who administered oral polio vaccine and Vitamin A drops to children under five at the National Emergency Operations Center (NEOC) in Islamabad.
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2 weeks ago | 
arab.news | Saadullah Akhter |Naimat Khan |Usama Iqbal Khawaja
QUETTA: Unknown armed men stormed a house in Balochistan’s Awaran district in the early hours of Saturday and killed a journalist working for a mainstream news channel and a local newspaper, a Levies official said. The killing took place in Mashkay, a remote town in the mountainous Awaran district, regarded as a stronghold of Baloch separatist groups, particularly the Baloch Liberation Front (BLF).
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4 weeks ago | 
arab.news | Fatimah Amjad |Falak Khan |Saadullah Akhter |Hasaan Ali Khan
ISLAMABAD: Saudi Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Adel Al-Jubeir arrived in Islamabad on Friday after a visit to New Delhi, as tensions between nuclear-armed India and Pakistan continue to escalate. Al-Jubeir’s visit follows India’s military strikes inside Pakistan in response to a gun attack in the disputed region of Kashmir that left 26 tourists dead, with New Delhi blaming Islamabad for the incident, though Pakistani authorities repeatedly denied any involvement.
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4 weeks ago | 
arab.news | Hasaan Ali Khan |Falak Khan |Saadullah Akhter |Muhammad Ibrahim
India’s clash with Pakistan sees use of Chinese missiles, French jets, Israeli drones, and more /node/2600107/pakistan May 09, 2025 14:15 India’s clash with Pakistan sees use of Chinese missiles, French jets, Israeli drones, and more Claims on exactly what was hit in latest standoff and where have differed widely, with neither side releasing many specific details Making ongoing conflict even more confusing, the Internet has been “flooded with disinformation, false claims and multimedia...
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4 weeks ago | 
arab.news | Falak Khan |Saadullah Akhter |Hasaan Ali Khan |Muhammad Ibrahim
ISLAMABAD: The foreign office on Friday accused the Indian state of encouraging “disinformation” by its media to create a pretext for further aggression toward Pakistan and “exploit misinformation for political and military ends.” As hostilities rose this week between India and Pakistan and they engaged in the worst fighting in decades, a wave of online disinformation on both sides is risking further inflaming passions and escalating the conflict in an electronic fog of war.
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1 month ago | 
arab.news | Saadullah Akhter |Muhammad Ibrahim |Saima Shabbir |Naimat Khan
QUETTA: Three people were killed while five others were injured in southwestern Pakistan on Thursday after a vehicle was struck by a powerful roadside blast, a government official said. The blast took place in Balochistan’s Kalat district in a remote mountainous area known as Union Council Kaboto, located around 46 kilometers from Kalat city.
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1 month ago | 
arab.news | Ismail Dilawar |Usama Iqbal Khawaja |Saadullah Akhter |Naimat Khan
KARACHI: Pakistan plans to launch new maritime trade corridors to strengthen economic ties with the East African Community (EAC), Maritime Affairs Minister Junaid Anwar Chaudhry said on Saturday, describing the move as a strategic push to boost exports and regional connectivity. The initiative aims to establish direct sea links with EAC member states, which include Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania, Rwanda, Somalia, Burundi, South Sudan and the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
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1 month ago | 
arab.news | Usama Iqbal Khawaja |Saadullah Akhter |Naimat Khan |Shahjahan Khurram
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s cricket chief and interior minister Mohsin Naqvi said on Saturday the national women’s team would not travel to India for the 2025 ICC Women’s Cricket World Cup, reiterating Islamabad’s position that matches involving Pakistan should be held at a neutral venue under a hybrid model.
