Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Mohammad bin Salman and Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi convened in Riyadh on Wednesday to discuss pressing regional developments. Esmaeil Baghaei, spokesman for Iran’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs, shared on X that both sides expressed satisfaction with the positive progress in bilateral relations and emphasized the importance of further development. The More
A grand jirga venue in Khyber tribal district has come under attack from Pakistan army’s heavy machinery, the Pashtun Tahafuz Movement (PTM) leader said on Wednesday. The army was using the heavy machinery to dig deep ditches in the ground, where the grand assembly was to take place. Manzoor Ahmad Pashteen alleged. Scheduled for October More
Amnesty International (AI) has called on Pakistan to immediately revoke the ban on the Pashtun Tahafuz Movement (PTM). The Pakistan government’s ban on PTM and the use of anti-terrorism laws to target activists and peaceful protesters from minority groups was an affront to the rights to freedom of association and peaceful assembly, Amnesty International on More
A veteran Pakhtun nationalist leader has lashed out at the Pakistani government for banning the Pashtun Tahafuz Movement (PTM). Speaking at an event in Balochistan on Monday, Pashtunkhwa Milli Awami Party (PkMAP) Chairman Mahmood Khan Achakzai denounced the move as an unconstitutional decision. The ban on PTM was a brazen violation of the basic democratic More
At least two Chinese nationals have been killed and 10 Pakistanis wounded in an explosion in the port city of Karachi, a media report said on Monday. The explosion took place near the Jinnah International Airport in the metropolis on Sunday night at 10:00pm, the BBC reported. It said the blast targeted a convoy of More
Thirteen security personnel, including an army officer, have been killed in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa’s North Waziristan and Kurram districts. Eight terrorists, including a key militant ‘commander’ involved in a recent attack on a convoy of diplomats in Swat, were killed in clashes with security forces. A statement from the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) said that a More
Pakistan has banned the Pashtun Tahafuz Movement (PTM) due to threats to national peace and security, a media report said on Sunday. Pakistan’s interior ministry has issued a notification declaring the movement “unlawful” under Section 11B of the Anti-Terrorism Act of 1997, Express News reported. The move comes at a critical time when PTM Leader More
Amid heightened tensions in the Middle East, Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi has arrived in Damascus, the capital of Syria. Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Esmaeil Baghaei wrote his X handle: “FM Araghchi and the delegation accompanying him arrived in Damascus for an official visit on Saturday morning.” He said Arachchi would meet high-level Syrian officials More
A gang named ‘Gran Grif’ has killed 70 people and forced over 6,000 to flee in western Haiti, says a media report. Gang members brandishing automatic rifles stormed through a town in Haiti’s main breadbasket region, killing at least 70 and forcing over 6,000 to flee, Reuters reported. More people were severely injured in the More
Hezbollah Secretary-General (SG) Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah has been killed in an Israeli strike, the group said on Saturday. Earlier the Israeli military had stated that it had killed Hezbollah leader Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah in an airstrike on the group’s central headquarters in the southern suburbs of Beirut a day earlier. Hezbollah’s Al-Manar TV began airing verses from the Holy Quran More
