ISLAMABAD (Kashmir English): Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Thursday sent a summary of the appointment of Chief of the Army Staff (COAS) Field Marshal Asim Munir as Pakistan’s first Chief of Defence Forces (CDF) to President Asif Ali Zardari for approval. According to a press release by the PM Office, the prime minister approved the
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ISLAMABAD (Kashmir English): Defence Minister Khawaja Asif strongly reacted to Imran Khan’s sister Aleema Khan’s interview published in the Indian media, calling Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) “desperate for power”. During her interview with journalist Yalda Hakim at Sky News, Aleem Khan termed COAS Field Marshal Asim Munir a radicalised Islamist, an Islamic conservative. “This is the
MUZAFFARABAD (Kashmir English): The Speaker of the Azad Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly on Monday formally appointed Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) MLA Shah Ghulam Qadir as the Leader of the Opposition. The AJK Legislative Assembly Secretariat issued a notification in this regard. As per the notification, Speaker Chaudhry Latif Akbar approved the appointment of Shah Ghulam
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AUSTIN, USA (Kashmir English): The Texas Department of Public Safety and the FBI arrested Mohammad Dawood Alokozai, another Afghan national, on terrorism charges, American media reported on Saturday. The arrested Afghan citizen claimed in a video message that he was making bombs to target the Fort Worth area of Texas. American media said Mohammad
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ISLAMABAD (Kashmir English): Pakistan has been elected to assume the Chairmanship of the Economic Cooperation Organization (ECO) Council of Ministers (COM) for the 2026-2027 term. The decision was taken at the 29th ECO-COM meeting, virtually held today. The Foreign Ministers of the ECO member countries congratulated Pakistan on assuming the presidency. Pakistan’s Deputy Prime Minister
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ISLAMABAD (Kashmir English): Afghan and Indian social media has alleged that Chairman PTI Imran Khan has been “killed in jail by ISI”. Anonymous Afghan accounts posted an unverified claim that Imran Khan had been mysteriously killed inside prison and that his body had been moved elsewhere. Indian media amplified the rumour using two old
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ISLAMABAD (Kashmir English): The unemployment rate in Pakistan has increased to 7.1% that was recorded at 6.3% in 2020-21. This was reflected in results of the National Labour Force Survey 2024-25. The survey stated that unemployment increased by 0.8% in the last 5 years, and currently, approximately 5.9 million people in Pakistan are unemployed.
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GILGIT (Kashmir English): Justice (R) Yar Muhammad Khan has been appointed caretaker Chief Minister of Gilgit-Baltistan as the elected government completed its 5-year constitutional term at midnight on Monday. According to a notification issued with the approval of Prime Minister Mian Shehbaz Sharif, Justice (R) Yar Muhammad Khan’s appointment has been made under Article
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LAHORE (Kashmir English): The Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) has swept the by-elections held on 6 National Assembly seats and 7 Provincial Assembly seats. The biggest upset in the by-elections took place in Haripur constituency NA-18, where PTI-backed independent candidate Shahrnaz was defeated by 43,776 votes. According to the unconfirmed unofficial results, PML-N’s Babar Nawaz Khan
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LAHORE (Kashmir English): Counting of votes in by-elections on 13 National Assembly and Punjab Assembly seats is underway as the polling time ended at 5:00pm today. Polling started at 8am amid tight security in high-stake elections. Most seats had fallen vacant after the disqualification of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) lawmakers convicted for their alleged role
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