21-12-2025 By SJA Jafri + Bureau Report ISLAMABAD: Former Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan and his wife Bushra Bibi have been sentenced to further jail terms following a fraud case involving state gifts. They were convicted of breaking Pakistan’s rules on gifts after Bibi was given a luxury jewelry set …

13-12-2025 By SJA Jafri + Agencies SYDNEY: The number of Indigenous people who have died in custody in Australia has hit the highest level since records began in 1980. New data from the Australian Institute of Criminology showed 33 of the 113 people who died in custody in the 12 …

06-12-2025 By SJA Jafri + Agencies RAWALPINDI/ ISLAMABAD: For nearly a month, family members of Pakistan’s jailed former Prime Minister (PM), Imran Khan, 73, say they were barred from seeing him, prompting protests and causing concerns about his health. After his sister, Uzma Khanum, finally visited him at Adiala jail, …

30-11-2025 By SJA Jafri + PR KARACHI:  The Aga Khan University’s (AKU) Institute for Global Health and Development (IGHD) brought together Pakistan’s leading architects, planners, public health experts, development specialists, and government representatives to address one of the country’s most pressing national challenges: how to redesign homes, neighborhoods, and public …

27-11-2025 By SJA Jafri ISLAMABAD/ PESHAWAR: At least three security personnel have been killed when a suicide bomber and gunmen attacked the Federal Constabulary (FC) headquarters in Pakistan’s northwestern city of Peshawar. “Three FC personnel deployed at the gate were martyred and four others were wounded,” said Peshawar Capital City …

25-11-2025 By SJA Jafri + Bureau Report KABUL/ ISLAMABAD: At least nine children and a woman have been killed after Pakistani forces bombed a house in the country’s southeastern Khost province, according to Afghan authorities. Zabihullah Mujahid, the spokesman for the Taliban administration, said on Tuesday that the attack took …

25-11-2025 By SJA Jafri ISLAMABAD: When the United Nations Security Council on Monday adopted a United States-authored resolution that paves the way for a transitional administration and an International Stabilization Force (ISF) in Gaza, Pakistan which was presiding over the council had a seemingly contradictory response. Asim Iftikhar Ahmed, Pakistan’s …

17-11-2025 By SJA Jafri + Bureau Reports + Agencies NEW DELHI/ DHAKA/ KARACHI: Bangladesh International Crimes Tribunal has sentenced former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina to death for crimes against humanity over her government’s violent crackdown on student-led protests last year. The 78-year-old fugitive politician was on trial in absentia for …

16-11-2025 By SJA Jafri ISLAMABAD: Pakistan has arrested four members of an Afghan cell over their alleged involvement in a deadly suicide bombing in its capital Islamabad earlier this week, as tensions heighten further between the neighboring foes. Tuesday’s attack outside a district court was claimed by a faction of …

15-11-2025 By SJA Jafri ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s Interior Minister Mohsin Naqvi has said both suicide bombers involved in the two attacks in the country this week were Afghan nationals, as authorities announced having made several arrests. Naqvi made the remarks in parliament on Thursday during a session carried live on television. …