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In a rare conciliatory note, General Bajwa calls for peaceful resolution of Kashmir dispute and talks with arch rival India.Pakistan’s powerful army chief has called on arch rivals India and Pakistan to “bury the past” and move towards cooperation, an overture towards New Delhi that follows an unexpected joint ...

Second donation of Sinopharm coronavirus vaccines brings the country’s total supply to one million shots.Pakistan has received a Chinese donation of 500,000 doses of Sinopharm vaccine, bringing the country’s total supply to one million shots, Health Minister Dr Faisal Sultan said. The South Asian nation of 220 million people ...

Countrywide cases rise by 22,018 in last 10 days, a 68-percent increase from the preceding 10 days, according to official data.Islamabad, Pakistan – Pakistani authorities have sealed sections of the capital Islamabad, officials say, as the third wave of the coronavirus pandemic caused a spike in cases and hospital ...

Sadiq Sanjrani, the incumbent whose candidacy was supported by Prime Minister Imran Khan, received 48 votes, with the opposition’s Yusuf Raza Gilani receiving 42 votes in the election on Friday.Islamabad, Pakistan – Pakistan’s Senate elected ruling alliance candidate Sadiq Sanjrani as chairman of the upper house of parliament, after ...

Islamabad, Pakistan – Pakistan has begun vaccinating citizens over the age of 60 against the coronavirus, officials say, kicking off the second phase of a countrywide campaign that has seen a slow start so far. Senior citizens across the country began to receive the first dose of the vaccine ...

Pakistan Super League suspended after seven players test positive for the coronavirus, the country’s cricket board says.Pakistan has suspended its flagship Twenty20 (T20) cricket tournament that started last month after seven team personnel tested positive for COVID-19, the cricket board said. Teams competing in the country’s highest profile sporting ...

Verdict seen as a blow to the government, which had attempted to change the process for elections scheduled this week.Islamabad, Pakistan – The Supreme Court in Pakistan has ruled that elections to the country’s upper house of parliament, due this week, must be held under a secret ballot, effectively ...

The two countries also agree to increase intelligence sharing and cooperation on security issues, including ‘terrorism’ and crime.Islamabad, Pakistan – Pakistan has extended a $50m line of credit for defence purchases to Sri Lanka, its foreign ministry says as Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan concludes a landmark visit to ...

Pakistani foreign minister criticises Indian military expansion, as his country holds naval drills with 45 countries in the Arabian Sea.Islamabad, Pakistan – Pakistan’s foreign minister has accused eastern neighbour India of adopting “belligerent and aggressive policies” to raise the chances of conflict in the Indian Ocean, the Pakistani state ...

Foreign ministry says report ‘vindicates’ Pakistan’s position that it is facing threats from armed groups based in neighbouring Afghanistan.Islamabad, Pakistan – Pakistan’s foreign ministry has hailed a counterterrorism report by the UN Security Council’s sanctions monitoring team that identifies an increased threat from fighters based in neighbouring Afghanistan. In ...