Rising floodwaters in Pakistan’s Punjab province have forced thousands from their homes, as rescuers race to evacuate people and livestock from Kasur district near the Indian border.
Bangladesh and Pakistan have agreed to allow visa-free travel for holders of diplomatic and official passports, marking a major step in restoring relations after decades of restrictions.
A massive explosion at a fireworks warehouse in Karachi on Thursday injured at least 34 people, sparking fires and panic among residents in Pakistan’s largest city.
The sixth trilateral meeting of the Foreign Ministers of Pakistan, China and Afghanistan began in the Afghan capital, Kabul, on Tuesday.
Hundreds of Afghan refugees, including newborns and pregnant women, are living in Islamabad park under plastic sheets with nowhere to go. It's after landlords evicted them following pressure from Pakistan to expel documented, as well as undocumented, families ahead of a 1 September deadline.
Since January, more than 1.7 million Afghan citizens have returned from Iran and Pakistan, the United Nations said on Friday, warning of mounting humanitarian pressures.
The death toll from weeks of torrential rains and flooding in Pakistan has risen above 300, local officials said on Saturday.
Pakistan will create a new force in the military to supervise missile combat capabilities in a conventional conflict, apparently a move to match the neighbouring arch-rival India.
Pakistan has begun expelling documented Afghan refugees weeks before its 1 September deadline, the UN refugee agency says, warning that the early removals breach international law and could uproot more than one million people.
Rescue teams in northern Pakistan have ended a two-week search for 11 people who disappeared in last month’s flash floods, declaring them presumed dead, local authorities said Monday.
At least 299 people, including 140 children, have died in rain-related incidents across Pakistan during the ongoing monsoon season, the National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) reported on Sunday.
Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian arrived in Pakistan on Saturday, August 2, for his first official two-day visit since taking office, at the invitation of Pakistan’s Prime Minister.
At least 27 people have been injured after three cars of a passenger train derailed near Lahore in eastern Pakistan on Friday, officials said.
Iran’s President Masoud Pezeshkian is due to start his two-day state visit to Pakistan on Saturday while the relations of the two neighboring countries have gained new significance in terms of regional and international developments.
The U.S. and Pakistan have reached an agreement that includes reduced tariffs for Pakistan and a partnership in which the U.S. will assist in developing the country’s oil reserves, officials from both sides announced.
Pakistan is set to upgrade its national shipping fleet by 600% over the next three years, to improve efficiency, cut freight costs, and adopt cleaner maritime technologies. Pakistan’s Minister for Maritime Affairs, Muhammad Junaid Anwar Chaudhry, made the expansion announcement on Tuesday.
India’s defence minister has rejected U.S. President Donald Trump’s assertion that he brokered a ceasefire with Pakistan in May, insisting New Delhi halted fighting only after achieving its military and political objectives.
The recent trilateral summit in Lachin, Azerbaijan, has strengthened the growing diplomatic connections between three Muslim nations — Pakistan, Azerbaijan, and Türkiye
Pakistani FM Ishaq Dar said that Pakistan and the United States are 'very close' to finalising a trade agreement, suggesting the deal could be reached within days. However, U.S. officials made no mention of a specific timeline following Dar’s meeting with Secretary of State Marco Rubio.
U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio on Friday praised Pakistan's role in promoting regional stability and discussed deeper cooperation on counterterrorism, trade, and critical minerals during a meeting in Washington with Deputy Prime Minister Ishaq Dar.
Chinese electric vehicle giant BYD is set to begin local assembly operations in Pakistan by mid-2026, marking a significant step in the country’s transition toward electric mobility.
At least 21 people have died in the past 24 hours as monsoon-triggered flash floods and landslides swept across Pakistan, pushing this year’s rain-related death toll to 242.
Pakistan’s top diplomat Ishaq Dar met with United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres in New York to discuss key regional and global issues, including India’s suspension of the Indus Waters Treaty.
Severe flooding triggered by heavy monsoon rains has struck northern Pakistan, particularly in the Gilgit-Baltistan (GB) region, leaving at least three local tourists dead and 15 missing, according to authorities.
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