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5 days 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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5 days 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.
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5 days ago | 
arab.news | Saadullah Akhter |Naimat Khan |Usama Iqbal Khawaja |Shahjahan Khurram
QUETTA: The Counter Terrorism Department (CTD) in southwestern Balochistan killed five suspected militants in an intelligence-based operation in the Duki district of the province on Saturday, confirmed one of its officials, as the region continues to witness a spike in separatist violence. The raid was conducted by CTD Balochistan with support from other law enforcement agencies in the Dhabar area of Duki.
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1 week ago | 
arab.news | Ismail Dilawar |Falak Khan |Saadullah Akhter |Hasaan Ali Khan
KARACHI: Pakistan’s Finance Minister Muhammad Aurangzeb on Friday hinted at the export of locally produced electric fans with new and improved technology to Gulf and African countries, saying it could potentially boost the country’s export economy. Pakistan’s fan industry is primarily concentrated in the Punjab cities of Gujranwala and Gujrat, both of which play a key role in domestic production through numerous small and medium enterprises.
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1 week ago | 
arab.news | Saadullah Akhter |Falak Khan |Hasaan Ali Khan |Usama Iqbal Khawaja
QUETTA: On Mar. 11, as the dawn light began to cast a soft golden glow over the sky, railways employee Assad Ali finished his suhoor morning meal and left for work as his family slept at their home in Quetta, the provincial capital of Pakistan’s remote southwestern province of Balochistan.
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1 week ago | 
arab.news | Falak Khan |Saadullah Akhter |Hasaan Ali Khan |Usama Iqbal Khawaja
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan and Belarus on Friday signed a series of agreements and memorandums of understanding (MoUs) aimed at enhancing cooperation across sectors such as defense, commerce and environmental protection, state-run APP news agency said. Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif is on an official visit to the Republic of Belarus during which he held talks with President Aleksandr Lukashenko on Friday to review progress on bilateral cooperation.
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2 weeks ago | 
arab.news | Shahjahan Khurram |Kashaf Rehman |Saadullah Akhter |Naimat Khan
ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) on Saturday condemned “abusive language” directed at Pakistan players by foreign spectators after the national side suffered a 3-0 loss against New Zealand in their one-day international (ODI) series. The PCB statement followed Pakistan all-rounder Khushdil Shah’s altercation with fans following Pakistan’s loss to New Zealand at Mount Maunganui. The board said foreign spectators hurled inappropriate remarks at cricketers present on the field.
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2 weeks ago | 
arab.news | Kashaf Rehman |Shahjahan Khurram |Saadullah Akhter |Naimat Khan
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s finance chief Muhammad Aurangzeb said on Saturday the government plans to send a high-level delegation to Washington to discuss the United States’ recent decision to impose a 29 percent tariff on Pakistani goods, describing the move as both a challenge and an opportunity to reset trade ties.
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2 weeks ago | 
arab.news | Saadullah Akhter |Naimat Khan |Usama Iqbal Khawaja
QUETTA: The provincial administration of Pakistan’s southwestern Balochistan on Saturday warned of strict action after a Baloch nationalist party announced to march to Quetta to pressure authorities for the release of activists from an ethnic rights group.
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2 weeks ago | 
arab.news | Kashif Imran |Hasaan Ali Khan |Shahjahan Khurram |Saadullah Akhter
ISLAMABAD: Trafficking and illegal sale of North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) and Soviet arms have continued in Afghanistan and Pakistan’s border regions more than three years after the Taliban’s takeover of Kabul and their seizure of the previous regime’s stockpiles, a Geneva-based monitor Small Arms Survey has said in its recent report.
