17-06-2025 By SJA Jafri TEHRAN/ JERUSALEM/ WASHINGTON: Iranian missiles attacks on Israel have changed not only Americans, Britons, Germans, French, Russian, & Africans mindsets but Iranian military actions against Israel won the hearts of global masses except Pakistanis & Indians, sources told PMI. After taking the oath of office for …

03-06-2025 By SJA Jafri KARACHI: At least 45 to 50 inmates have escaped from the Malir Jail in Karachi in what appears to be one of the most serious jailbreaks in recent years, according to Sindh’s Home Minister, Zia-ul-Hasan Lanjar. During the earthquake tremors that rocked Karachi on Monday, inmates …

12-05-2025 By SJA Jafri ISLAMABAD/ NEW DELHI: Officially, no. Despite intense military exchanges, including missile strikes, drone attacks, and artillery shelling, neither government made an official declaration of war. India and Pakistan instead characterized their military actions as specific coordinated “military operations”. Pakistan on Saturday launched a retaliatory assault it …

21-04-2025 By SJA Jafri + Bureau Report ISLAMABAD/ QUETTA. KARACHI: Pakistan has deported more than 19,500 Afghans this month, among more than 80,000 who have left ahead of a 30 April deadline, according to the UN. Pakistan has accelerated its drive to expel undocumented Afghans and those who had temporary …

20-04-2025 By SJA Jafri KARACHI: Police in Pakistan have made dozens of arrests following a string of protests targeting KFC branches across the country which led to one man being killed. Protesters, angry at the war in Gaza, have been urging a boycott of the chain, claiming it’s a symbol …

15-04-2025 By SJA Jafri + Agencies NANKANA SAHIB: Thousands of Sikhs were in Pakistan to celebrate Vaisakhi, a harvest festival that marks the start of the Sikh New Year and is mostly observed in Punjab and northern India. Pakistani authorities this year granted more than 6,500 visas to Indian Sikhs, …

12-03-2025 By SJA Jafri + Bureau Report BOLAN PASS, BALOCHISTAN: Terrorists launched an attack on the Jaffar Express, a passenger train travelling through the Bolan Pass in Balochistan, holding several passengers hostage inside a tunnel, security sources reported on Tuesday. Security forces have successfully rescued 104 passengers from terrorists, including …

05-02-2025 By SJA Jafri + Agencies LISBON, PORTUGAL/ KARACHI: Billionaire philanthropist and spiritual leader Aga Khan has died at the age of 88, his charity the Aga Khan Development Network has announced. Prince Karim Aga Khan was the 49th hereditary imam of the Ismaili Muslims, who trace his lineage directly …

25-01-2025 By SJA Jafri + Bureau Report ISLAMABAD/ KARACHI: Former Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan’s party has decided to walk out of talks with the government aimed at defusing tensions that have dominated the country’s political landscape for the past three years, prompting fears of new street confrontations between the …

18-01-2025 By SJA Jafri + Bureau Report ISLAMABAD: A Pakistani court sentenced former Prime Minister Imran Khan to 14 years imprisonment on Friday in a land corruption case, a setback to nascent talks between his party and the government aimed at cooling political instability in the south Asian nation. The …