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Pakistan army enters Afghanistan

Pakistan army enters Afghanistan

The Pakistani military has entered the Taliban-controlled area in Kandahar province, Afghanistan TV channel RTA reports "The Pakistani troops are in areas controlled by the Taliban. Video from social networks shows how the …

Ex-Pakistani President Mamnoon Hussain passes away

Ex-Pakistani President Mamnoon Hussain passes away

Pakistan's former President Mamnoon Hussain died Wednesday in the southern port city of Karachi, his party confirmed. He was 80. "Deeply shocked and grieved to hear that President Mamnoon Hussain has passed away. What an …

Pakistan refuses to allow U.S. military to use its bases

Pakistan refuses to allow U.S. military to use its bases

Pakistan’s foreign minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi confirmed that his country refused to give any military base to the U.S. for monitoring Afghanistan after foreign forces’ withdrawal from Kabul, local media said on Tuesday. …

Pakistan Stream gas pipeline to be built before 2026

Pakistan Stream gas pipeline to be built before 2026

Completion of the Pakistan Stream gas pipeline construction is expected in 2025 in case of stable financing of the project, Energy Minister Nikolai Shulginov said on the sidelines of the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum on Friday. …

Pakistan-Uzbekistan transit trade marks historic launch

Pakistan-Uzbekistan transit trade marks historic launch

Project for Pakistan and Uzbekistan transit trade and export goods to Pakistan through the territory of Afghanistan launched on Tuesday in Islamabad, Associatd Press of Pakistan reports. According to the Press Release from Ministry of …

First-ever Shipment From Pakistan Under TIR Reaches Tashkent

First-ever Shipment From Pakistan Under TIR Reaches Tashkent

Adviser to Prime Minister for Commerce and Investment, Abdul Razak Dawood on Monday informed that first-ever shipment from Pakistan under Transports Internationaux Routiers (TIR) reached Tashkent, Uzbekistan in 48 hours from Torkham, Pakistan, …

Pakistan awaits Russian gas and military equipment

Pakistan awaits Russian gas and military equipment

Russia reaffirmed Wednesday it will enhance security cooperation with Pakistan by strengthening the South Asian nation's "potential" to fight terrorism, which is to include supplying Islamabad with the "relevant military" hardware, Voice of America writes

Pakistan's president tests positive for COVID-19

Pakistan's president tests positive for COVID-19

Pakistan’s President Arif Alvi has tested positive for COVID-19, he said on Twitter on Monday, after receiving his first dose of a vaccine. "Had (first) dose of vaccine, but antibodies start developing after (second) dose …

Pakistan bans TikTok

Pakistan bans TikTok

TikTok was banned in Pakistan, according to local media reports, in another blow to the viral video app’s ambitions in south Asia after it was shut down in India last summer. The Peshawar High Court ordered a ban on TikTok over …

The winners and losers from surging oil prices

The winners and losers from surging oil prices

Oil has climbed 75 per cent since the start of November as major economies vaccinate their populations and reopen after the pandemic shut down factories and grounded planes