Pakistan

The EU is putting together a proposal to avoid a repeat of the 2015 migrant crises with a €600 million ($710 million) fund for Afghanistan's neighbours to help them host refugees fleeing the country...

Most Western media outlets are carrying headlines and hype about the return of the Taliban to Afghanistan after the fighting force swept through the country at a blistering pace...

Pakistan has a vital duty to bring peace and stability to Afghanistan, where conflicts have intensified recently, the Turkish president said on Sunday, reports Anadolu Agency. Speaking at a...

Fifteen Pakistani migrants have been injured on Friday in a racially-motivated attack on the Greek island of Crete. According to Greek media, a group of ten people armed with...

Envoys from the United States, China and other states yesterday called for an accelerated peace process for Afghanistan as a "matter of great urgency" and for an immediate halt...

Some 33 Afghan and Pakistani nationals have been held in different parts of Turkey, Anadolu reported. Border security teams in the Siverek district of the southeastern Sanliurfa province learned that some...

Saudi Arabia has released 28 Pakistani prisoners who were languishing in the kingdom's prison system, in a drive by Islamabad to free numerous Pakistani nationals detained over petty crimes....

Turkish, Azerbaijani and Pakistani parliament speakers accepted the Baku Declaration in a ceremony held at the Azerbaijani Parliament yesterday, Anadolu reports. Turkish Parliament Speaker Mustafa Sentop and his Pakistani and Azerbaijani...

Pakistan and Saudi Arabia on Tuesday discussed how to ease COVID-19 travel restrictions, which have stranded around 400,000 Pakistani workers back home, foreign ministers of the two countries told...

Over 600 people, including clergymen, MPs, political figures, and army officers, have attended the swearing-in ceremony of Bashar Al-Assad at the presidential palace in Damascus. He is now serving...

A minibus carrying undocumented Afghan, Pakistani and Bangladeshi migrants has crashed in Turkey's Van, killing at least 12 people and injuring 26 others, Reuters reports. The collision took place yesterday morning...

Taliban fighters yesterday seized control of a key district in western Afghanistan that includes a major border crossing with Iran, Reuters reported Afghan security officials saying. In the last week, the...

Iran and Turkey have closed their consulates in the Afghan city of Mazar-i-Sharif located in the Balk province amid growing security concerns about a resurgent Taliban. It has also...

Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan yesterday discussed with Iran's President-elect Ebrahim Raisi the "deteriorating" security situation in Afghanistan as a result of the US withdrawal from the country, Anadolu reported. Khan's...

Algerian researcher and adviser to the Afghanistan High Peace Council (HPC) Abdullah Anas confirmed that Turkey's proposal that its forces remain to secure Kabul International Airport after the departure of NATO forces...

The UAE is facing sharp criticism over its inhumane practice of the enforced disappearance of members of a minority religious group in the latest of a series of reports...

Saudi Arabia has agreed to restart oil aid to Pakistan to 'clear the air', according to a report by Financial Times today. The deal, worth at least $1.5 billion annually, is...

Egyptian President Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi yesterday discussed with Pakistan's Chief of Staff Lieutenant-General Nadeem Raza security and military cooperation between the two countries. This came during a meeting held...

The Egyptian Army announced on Friday the conclusion of the Sky Guardians 1 air manoeuvre, held in cooperation with Pakistan for the first time in the country. On 26...

Turkey supports the International Criminal Court (ICC)'s investigation into war crimes carried out by Israel in the occupied Palestinian territories, Parliament Speaker, Mustafa Sentop, announced yesterday. "We support...

Members of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Economic Cooperation Organization (PAECO) on Tuesday strongly condemned human rights violations in Indian-administered Kashmir, a statement by Pakistan's National Assembly said, Anadolu Agency reported....

Pakistan welcomed on Friday UNHRC's resolution to probe "grave violations of international law and human rights" by Israel in Palestine, according to a statement issued by the Foreign Office....

An international peacekeeping force must be deployed in the occupied Palestinian territories to protect civilians from repeated Israeli aggression, Pakistan's Minister of Information Chaudhry Fawad Hussain demanded yesterday. "If...

Some 94 irregular migrants who entered Turkey illegally were held across the country, security sources said on Sunday, reports Anadolu Agency. Some 20 Pakistani nationals were held by local...

At least six people were killed and several others injured in a bomb blast at a pro-Palestine rally today in Pakistan's southwestern Balochistan province, officials said, Anadolu Agency reports. The...

The United States has approved Turkey's decision to sell military helicopters to the Philippines in defiance of Congressional opposition, Turkish officials reportedly revealed yesterday. According to the news outlet Middle...

Pakistan's human rights minister on Saturday took exception to UN chief Antonio Guterres calling the current violence in the Mideast a "conflict," saying it is instead a "massacre." "With...

The United Arab Emirates will bar entry to non-UAE resident travellers from Bangladesh, Pakistan, Nepal and Sri Lanka starting Wednesday to try to contain the spread of the coronavirus, Reuters reported...

Israeli attacks on Palestinian worshippers at Al-Aqsa Mosque are a "blatant violation", Pakistani Prime Minister, Imran Khan, announced yesterday. "Strongly condemn Israeli Forces' attack esp during Ramazan on Palestinians...

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Pakistan's newly-appointed Air Force chief commended Turkey on Friday for its "ever-available" support to Islamabad on several key issues, Anadolu Agency reports. Air Chief Marshal Zaheer Ahmed Baber Sidhu...

Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan will embark on a three-day official visit to Saudi Arabia on Friday at the invitation of Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Salman, the Foreign Ministry...