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ISLAMABAD —  Pakistan’s decision earlier this week to extend the term of a key document that allows Afghans to live in the country legally has created some breathing room for refugees who fear they would be sent back to Afghanistan. However, concerns remain about Pakistan’s controversial moves in recent ...

Islamabad —  Pakistan and Iran pledged Wednesday they would increase joint efforts against Afghanistan’s terrorism threat and urged Afghanistan’s hardline Taliban government to involve all Afghans in “basic decision-making.”The two neighboring countries, which share long, porous borders with Afghanistan, made the promise in a joint statement released at the ...

Islamabad —  Pakistan criticized the United States on Saturday for penalizing four international companies on charges they are aiding its ballistic missile program. “Pakistan rejects political use of export controls,” said Foreign Ministry spokesperson Mumtaz Zahra Baloch. The reaction came a day after Washington imposed sanctions on three Chinese ...

ISLAMABAD —  Pakistan said Wednesday that its border security forces killed a group of seven "terrorists," who were attempting to cross over from Afghanistan. A military statement said the overnight infiltration occurred in North Waziristan, a volatile Pakistani district on the Afghan border. It stated that “the infiltrators were ...

LAHORE, Pakistan —  Pakistani authorities are investigating the shooting death of a man who had been acquitted of killing accused Indian spy Sarabjit Singh in a Lahore prison in 2013, a police official said Sunday. Pakistan has previously accused India’s intelligence agency of being involved in killings inside Pakistan, ...

ISLAMABAD —  Pakistan on Saturday denounced Indian Defense Minister Rajnath Singh’s “provocative remarks” threatening to enter Pakistan and kill suspects who escape over its border after carrying out terrorist attacks in India. Singh made the controversial remarks in an interview with an Indian TV news channel that aired Friday ...

Counterterrorism police in Pakistan are investigating a series of mysterious letters sent to at least 18 superior judges this week, along with a suspicious powder. No trace of those behind it was immediately identified. Police officials reported Friday that they had increased scrutiny and surveillance of visitors and roads ...

Islamabad —  Pakistan’s government announced Thursday that it will set up a special commission to investigate allegations the military-run spy agency has been subjecting federal judges to intimidation, torture and other abuses to secure favorable judicial rulings in political cases. The charges were listed in a letter written by ...

Pakistan officials said Monday that security forces killed at least four insurgents trying to infiltrate a naval air base in southwestern Baluchistan province. A security official told VOA that the late-night insurgent attack in Turbat, a turbulent district in the sparsely populated province, was quickly intercepted and thwarted. "The ...

Islamabad —  Free speech advocates are urging Pakistan authorities Friday to unconditionally release an independent journalist and remove a month-long blockade of X, the social media platform formerly known as Twitter. Journalist Asad Ali Toor, who has nearly 300,000 followers on X and more than 160,000 subscribers to his ...