Pakistan

In a significant shift in visa policy aimed at attracting tourists and investors globally, Pakistan has eliminated the visa fee for citizens of 126 countries, according to the Pakistani newspaper ‘Dawn’. The prime minister of Pakistan called this move a…

Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) announced the provision of special flights to the holy city of Najaf, Pakistan Observer newspaper reported, confirming that this decision was taken to accommodate the increasing number of Pakistani citizens willing to visit the holy shrines…

In southern Pakistan, school summer holidays will be extended by two weeks due to soaring temperatures, impacting over 100,000 schools, Arab News reported yesterday. According to Sindh education department, the decision has been made for the children’s well-being amid rising…

According to Pakistani officials, unidentified gunmen blew up a government girls’ school in a tribal area of Pakistan’s troubled Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province on Monday, destroying seven rooms of the school, where 255 girls study, with no casualties recorded. Minister of…

Pakistan’s opposition party, led by imprisoned former Prime Minister Imran Khan, reported on Saturday that its foreign media coordinator and several social media activists were allegedly “abducted” and have gone missing, VOA reported yesterday. Relatives and Khan’s party, Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf…

Amnesty International has voiced serious concerns regarding the conduct of Pakistani forces during a recent protest in Bannu, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, highlighting violations of the right to peaceful assembly as outlined in both international human rights law and Pakistan’s Constitution, Amu…

Four Pakistanis killed in an attack on a Shiite mosque in Oman have been repatriated and returned to their families, the Associated Press reported yesterday. The bodies arrived on Pakistan International Airlines flights at Islamabad and Lahore airports, where relatives…

Amnesty International has urged the German government to ensure the safety of Afghan refugees in Pakistan, emphasizing the need for continued support amid growing concerns about their uncertain future, Khaama Press reported yesterday. In a statement released on July 17th,…

Pakistan witnessed the killing of its eighth journalist in 2024, Malik Hassan Zaib, raising concerns about the country’s free press environment, VOA reported in an article yesterday. According to the source, Zaib, a reporter in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, was shot…

Pakistani authorities announced the arrest of Amin ul Haq, an Al-Qaeda leader on the U.N. sanctions list, in a significant counter-terrorism operation, Reuters reported today. Described as a close associate of Osama Bin Laden, Haq’s arrest marks Pakistan’s first high-profile…