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By Shakeel Ahmed UNITED NATIONS: Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Senator Mohammad Ishaq Dar has urged stronger ties between the United Nations and the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC), saying deeper cooperation is key to promoting peace, tackling religious hatred, and protecting the rights of vulnerable communities worldwide. Speaking in his capacity as President of the UN Security Council, Dar delivered Pakistan’s statement during a special briefing on “Cooperation between the United Nations and regional and sub-regional organizations in maintaining international peace and security: Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC)”.…

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan and Bangladesh have reached an understanding to allow visa-free entry for individuals holding diplomatic and official passports, marking a step forward in bilateral ties between the two nations. The agreement came during a high-level meeting between Interior Minister Mohsin Naqvi and Bangladesh’s Home Minister Lieutenant General (retd) Jahangir Alam Chowdhury in Dhaka. Minister Naqvi, who is on an official visit to Bangladesh, was warmly received by his counterpart upon arrival at the Ministry of Home Affairs. He was presented with a guard of honour before the two sides…

Rejecting Indian allegations of cross-border terrorism, Islamabad has asked New Delhi to change its behaviour, instead of resorting to its tired narrative of victimhood and blame-shifting. “It is India which actively sponsors, aids and abets terrorism in my country and beyond,” Ambassador Usman Jadoon, deputy permanent representative of Pakistan to the UN, told the 15-member body on Tuesday evening, while responding to the allegations made by India’s UN Ambassador Parvathaneni Harish. Speaking during a UNSC debate on “Promoting International Peace and Security through Multilateralism and Peaceful Settlement of Disputes,” Usman…

GLOFs; tourists advised to avoid GB By Nausheen Yusuf & Web Desk July 23, 2025 Representational image shows Badswat and Bilhanz villages in Immit Valley in Gilgit-Baltistan hit by a glacial lake outburst flood (GLOF) on July 17, 2018. — AKDN/File All 250 tourists stranded on Babusar Road have been rescued and relocated to Chilas, while a search operation is ongoing to locate those still missing, Gilgit-Baltistan government spokesperson Faizullah Firaq told Geo News on Wednesday. He confirmed that both the Silk Road and Babusar Road remain closed to traffic due to the…

ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif said on Tuesday that the government is actively working to ensure a secure and business-friendly environment for the Chinese community in Pakistan. “The confidence of Chinese companies in the Pakistani economy is extremely important for our economic future,” the prime minister said while chairing a meeting on security arrangements for Chinese citizens in Pakistan. He stated that multiple measures were being taken to enhance the security of Chinese nationals across the country, including in Islamabad. The prime minister said that the Safe City projects were…

WASHINGTON/ISLAMABAD: Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Ishaq Dar is scheduled to hold talks with US Secretary of State Marco Rubio in Washington on July 25 during his high-level visit to the United States, officials said Tuesday. According to sources familiar with the development, this will be Dar’s first official meeting with Secretary Rubio. While the detailed agenda has not yet been made public, diplomatic insiders believe that Dar is expected to convey Pakistan’s gratitude to US President Donald Trump for his role in helping de-escalate tensions between Pakistan and…

Mian Muhammad Azhar, a senior figure in Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) and a former governor of Punjab, passed away in Lahore on Tuesday after a long battle with illness. He was the father of PTI leader Hammad Azhar and had been seriously unwell for several months. Mian Azhar held important roles throughout his long political career. He served as Punjab’s governor during Nawaz Sharif’s first term as prime minister in the early 1990s and later became the federal commerce minister. After the 1999 military coup, he helped form the Pakistan Muslim…