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1 week ago | 
arab.news | Ismail Dilawar |Saima Shabbir |Uroosa Jadoon |Naimat Khan
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan has started evacuating families of its diplomats and staff, as well as members of some non-essential staff from Iran, a senior foreign ministry official confirmed on Tuesday as Tehran’s military conflict with Israel intensifies. Thousands of residents of Iran’s capital Tehran are reportedly fleeing their homes and stockpiling essential supplies out of fear that Israel will intensify its strikes against regional foe Iran in the coming days.
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1 week ago | 
arab.news | Ismail Dilawar |Uroosa Jadoon |Naimat Khan |Saima Shabbir
ISLAMABAD: The government in Pakistan’s militancy-hit Balochistan on Tuesday unveiled its $3.6 billion budget for fiscal year 2025-26, which provincial Finance Minister Mir Shoaib Nosherwani described as the “largest” one in the province’s history. Balochistan is Pakistan’s largest province by land size but its poorest by almost all social and economic indicators.
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1 week ago | 
arab.news | Ismail Dilawar |Uroosa Jadoon |Naimat Khan |Saima Shabbir
ISLAMABAD: A facilitation center set up by the Pakistani government in Makkah for this year’s Hajj resolved over 30,000 complaints filed by pilgrims, the religion ministry said on Tuesday. This year’s Hajj took place from June 4 to June 9, drawing millions of pilgrims to the holy cities in Saudi Arabia. Pakistan sent over 115,000 pilgrims under both the government and private schemes.
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1 week ago | 
arab.news | Ismail Dilawar |Uroosa Jadoon |Naimat Khan |Saima Shabbir
Pakistan’s militancy-hit Balochistan unveils ‘largest’ $3.6 billion annual budget /node/2604820/pakistan June 17, 2025 19:15 Pakistan’s militancy-hit Balochistan unveils ‘largest’ $3.6 billion annual budget Province earmarks $2.26 billion for non-development spending, $307 million for health and $423.5 million for schools Balochistan is Pakistan’s largest province by land yet its poorest by almost all social and economic indicators ISLAMABAD: The government in Pakistan’s militancy-hit...
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3 weeks ago | 
arab.news | Ismail Dilawar |Hasaan Ali Khan |Naimat Khan |Uroosa Jadoon
Pakistan PM orders tighter polio surveillance after northern Gilgit-Baltistan reports first case /node/2603454/pakistan June 05, 2025 11:13 Pakistan PM orders tighter polio surveillance after northern Gilgit-Baltistan reports first case Pakistan has confirmed 11 polio cases in 2025 compared to 74 last year Pakistan, Afghanistan are only countries where polio remains endemic ISLAMABAD: Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has ordered that polio immunization efforts be enhanced after the...
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3 weeks ago | 
arab.news | Hasaan Ali Khan |Naimat Khan |Uroosa Jadoon |Ismail Dilawar
ISLAMABAD: Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has ordered that polio immunization efforts be enhanced after the northern Gilgit-Baltistan region reported its first case of the virus in seven years this week, the premier’s office said on Thursday. Polio is a paralyzing disease that has no cure. Multiple doses of the oral polio vaccine and completion of the routine vaccination schedule for all children under the age of 5 are essential to provide children high immunity against the disease.
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3 weeks ago | 
arab.news | Naimat Khan |Uroosa Jadoon |Ismail Dilawar |Saima Shabbir
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan was appointed vice chair of the United Nations Security Council’s Counter-Terrorism Committee on Wednesday, a move its officials described as international recognition of the country’s efforts to combat militancy and engage constructively within the UN system. The committee, established in the aftermath of the September 11 attacks through Resolution 1373, monitors how UN member states implement counterterrorism measures.
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3 weeks ago | 
arab.news | Naimat Khan |Uroosa Jadoon |Ismail Dilawar |Saima Shabbir
ISLAMABAD: The United States on Wednesday praised Pakistan’s leadership for helping broker a ceasefire with India and deepening counterterrorism cooperation, saying such efforts had made both nations and the wider region more secure. The comments were made by US Chargé d’Affaires Natalie Baker at her country’s Independence Day reception in Islamabad.
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1 month ago | 
arab.news | Rehmat Mehsud |Uroosa Jadoon |Saima Shabbir |Hasaan Ali Khan
Six killed, one injured as family feud turns violent in Pakistan’s northwest — official /node/2601278/pakistan May 19, 2025 10:40 Six killed, one injured as family feud turns violent in Pakistan’s northwest — official The deceased persons included three men and three women Injured woman shifted to Peshawar’s Lady Reading Hospital PESHAWAR: At least six persons were killed and a woman sustained gunshot wounds in a violent altercation between two families in the northwestern Pakistani city of...
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1 month ago | 
arab.news | Uroosa Jadoon |Saima Shabbir |Hasaan Ali Khan |Saadullah Akhtar
LAHORE: Pakistani police stepped up their search Monday for the suspect in the killing of a doctor from the country’s Ahmadi minority, the latest in a string of deadly attacks targeting the community. The physician was gunned down at a private hospital where he worked in the eastern city of Sargodha on Friday. The gunman fled the scene. The Ahmadi faith was established in the Indian subcontinent in the 19th century by Mirza Ghulam Ahmad.
