26-01-2024 By SJA Jafri + Bureau Report + Agencies ISLAMABAD/ KARACHI: Journalist Amir Mehmood* was getting ready for work when his phone buzzed with a WhatsApp message. As a member of the top management at a private news channel in Pakistan’s second-largest city, Lahore, Mehmood was used to getting non-stop …

19-01-2024 By SJA Jafri + Bureau Report + Agencies ISLAMABAD/ QUETTA: Pakistan on Thursday morning struck terrorist hideouts in Iran’s Sistan-Baluchestan province, less than 48 hours after Iran violated its airspace. According to a statement issued by the military’s media affairs wing, “hideouts used by terrorist organizations namely Balochistan Liberation …

18-01-2024 By SJA Jafri + Bureau Report + Agencies ISLAMABAD/ TEHRAN: Pakistan foreign ministry said that the strike inside its territory was “illegal and unacceptable act” after Iran targeted two bases belonging to Jaish al-Adl militants in Balochistan province using drones and missiles leading to a diplomatic crisis between Tehran …

07-01-2024 By SJA Jafri + Bureau Report + Agencies KARACHI/ KABUL/ BAGHDAD/ TEHRAN: Islamic State, the Sunni Muslim militant group which claimed responsibility for two deadly blasts in predominantly Shi’ite Iran this week, has been operating in the shadows since it was allegedly largely crushed by a US-led coalition. Here …

25-12-2023 By SJA Jafri + Agencies LAHORE/ JARANWALA: Four months ago, the Christian community in the city of Jaranwala, in north-eastern Pakistan, saw nearly two dozen churches and tens of homes ransacked by hundreds of protestors. In the aftermath, the government promised money to help rebuild. As they prepare for …

24-12-2023 By SJA Jafri ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s Supreme Court on Friday granted former Prime Minister Imran Khan bail in a case related to a leak of state secrets, but it was not clear how he could be released while serving a three-year sentence for corruption and facing other charges. The 71-year-old …

22-12-2023 By SJA Jafri + Bureau Report ISLAMABAD/ QUETTA: “He was our pampered brother. He would come home at night and put his head in our mother’s lap … If you look at my mother’s condition, it is as if she is dead.” The death of Younus Baloch’s brother, Balaach …

22-12-2023 By SJA Jafri + Bureau Report OKLAHOMA CITY/ ISLAMABAD: The judiciary of United States of America (USA) is not more than Pakistani justice system while the judges are exactly equal as Pak judges’ ability, experts told PMI. An Oklahoma judge has exonerated a man who spent nearly 50 years …

19-12-2023 By SJA Jafri + Bureau Report KARACHI/ ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s jailed former Prime Minister, Imran Khan, whose party isn’t allowed to hold public rallies, used an audio clip generated by Artificial Intelligence (AI) late Sunday to address a virtual rally in the first event of its kind in the country. …

17-12-2023 By SJA Jafri + Bureau Report + Agencies ISLAMABAD/ TEHRAN: Pakistan’s foreign office on Sunday condemned an attack on a police station in Iran this week that killed 11 people, stressing the need to tackle “terrorism” through bilateral and regional cooperation. At least 11 Iranian security personnel were killed …