Chief of Defence Forces (CDF) and Chief of Army Staff (COAS) Field Marshal Syed Asim Munir paid a visit to the Pakistan Ordnance Factory in Wah, where he examined the facility’s manufacturing output and its push toward greater self-reliance in weapons production. The Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) confirmed the visit in a statement issued on Saturday. According to the military’s media wing, the trip centered on assessing the factory’s production strength, its potential for export growth, and its broader role in supporting Pakistan’s defence industrial base. While on site, Asim Munir received briefings covering multiple facets of the Pakistan Ordnance…
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Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Chief Minister Sohail Afridi traveled to Haripur to visit the family of Ayat Noor, offering his condolences to her father and joining relatives in prayer for the young girl. The chief minister was joined during the visit by Shafi Jan, the province’s Information Minister and the local MPA representing the area. During the meeting, Ayat Noor’s father expressed gratitude to the residents of Haripur for standing beside his family throughout this painful period. He urged authorities to hand down the strongest possible punishment to those involved and specifically demanded a public execution for the individual responsible for the…
An International Monetary Fund team is preparing to travel to Pakistan next month to carry out the fourth assessment under the country’s $7 billion Extended Fund Facility, according to a report. Among the key items on the agenda, the IMF review mission will examine the government’s proposed changes to Sovereign Wealth Fund governance. Islamabad has already tabled the Pakistan Sovereign Wealth Fund (Amendment) Bill, 2026 before the Senate, aiming to tighten oversight and build in stronger fiscal protections as part of its commitments to the Fund. Timeline Still Being Finalized A senior Finance Division official told media on Thursday that…
MUZAFFARABAD — Barrister Iftikhar Gilani has been sworn in as the 17th Prime Minister of Azad Jammu and Kashmir, winning Friday’s legislative assembly vote with a comfortable 30-14 margin. The Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) lawmaker secured his victory over Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) nominee Sardar Mukhtar Khan, who managed to gather only 14 votes from assembly members. Background of the New AJK Premier Gilani is no newcomer to AJK politics. He entered the AJK Legislative Assembly for the first time in 2011 and later took charge as the region’s education minister. His current term in the assembly comes through a…
Chief of Defence Forces (CDF) and Chief of Army Staff (COAS) Field Marshal Asim Munir met with a group of visiting Harvard Business School students and urged young people to base their thinking on facts rather than assumptions if they want to make a real difference in society. The Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) shared details of the meeting in a statement issued on Friday. The Asim Munir Harvard delegation interaction took place during the students’ visit to Pakistan, according to the military’s media wing. The group included participants from several different countries studying at the prestigious business school. What the…
Barrister Syed Iftikhar Ali Gilani, representing the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N), filed his nomination papers on Friday to contest the AJK prime minister election in Muzaffarabad. His filing follows a day after PML-N President Nawaz Sharif formally picked Gilani to represent the party in the race for the top office in Azad Jammu and Kashmir. Gilani currently holds a reserved technocrat seat in the AJK Legislative Assembly. He was not the only PML-N figure to step forward. Col (retd) Waqar Noor, Dr Mustafa Bashir Abbasi, Raja Saqib Majeed and Mir Akbar, all PML-N candidates, also filed their nomination papers for…
Heavy machinery cut through layers of mud and wreckage in flood-ravaged towns across Nepal on Friday, as crews raced to locate survivors two days after a glacier collapse triggered one of the region’s deadliest disasters in recent memory. Officials are now also scrambling to prevent a second wave of destruction. The Nepal flash flood death toll reached 469 early Friday, with nearly 1,000 people still unaccounted for across Nepal and neighboring Tibet. The catastrophe began Wednesday morning when a glacier gave way, unleashing a massive surge of rock, ice, mud and debris down through river systems in the Himalayas. The…
Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has called on Pakistan and Saudi Arabia to build on their status as strategic partners by expanding cooperation in trade and farming. He made these remarks during a meeting with Saudi Arabia’s Minister for Environment, Water and Agriculture, Engineer Abdulrahman bin Abdulmohsen Al-Fadley, who visited the Prime Minister’s House in Islamabad on Friday. According to an official statement from the Prime Minister’s Office, Shehbaz welcomed the visiting Saudi official and reaffirmed the long-standing, brotherly relationship shared by the two nations. He also passed on his heartfelt greetings to King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, Custodian of…
Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Thursday underscored the strength of Pakistan Saudi Arabia relations, praising the Kingdom’s consistent support and generous assistance to Pakistan over the years, along with its influential role in fostering regional peace and stability. The prime minister’s remarks came during a farewell meeting at the PM House with Saudi Arabia’s outgoing ambassador to Pakistan, Nawaf bin Said Al-Malki, who called on him following the conclusion of his official posting in the country. Shehbaz Sharif Lauds Outgoing Saudi Envoy Sharif congratulated Al-Malki on successfully completing his diplomatic assignment, commending the ambassador’s efforts in deepening the historic and…
Punjab Chief Minister Maryam Nawaz Sharif has instructed the provincial administration and hospital management to carry out an urgent audit of public sector health facilities, giving them just 24 hours to complete the review and submit their findings. The Punjab hospital fire safety audit was ordered in direct response to the recent tragedy at Islamabad’s PIMS hospital, where at least 14 infants lost their lives in a fire that broke out in the gynecology ward. A letter issued by the Chief Minister’s Office confirmed that priority instructions have been sent to public health facilities across the province, requiring an immediate…
