Showing posts from May, 2025
KP Chief Minister Ali Amin Gandapur speaks to the media persons during a press conference on September 19, 2024. — Screengrab via Facebook@Ali Amin Khan Gandapur PESHAWAR: Chief Minister Ali Amin Gandapur on Saturday took serious notice of the reporte…
https://www.thenews.com.pk/assets/uploads/updates/2025-05-31/l_1317254_115216_updates.jpg{FeedTitle}} Pakistani Muslim pilgrims walk towards a waiting plane at Lahore International airport bound for Saudi Arabia to perform the annual Hajj pilgrimage.…
https://www.thenews.com.pk/assets/uploads/updates/2025-05-31/l_1317254_115216_updates.jpg{FeedTitle}} Pakistani Muslim pilgrims walk towards a waiting plane at Lahore International airport bound for Saudi Arabia to perform the annual Hajj pilgrimage.…
https://www.thenews.com.pk/assets/uploads/updates/2025-05-31/l_1317250_112057_updates.jpg{FeedTitle}} Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf founder Imran Khan speaks during an interview with AFP at his residence in Lahore on March 15, 2023. — AFPJailed PTI founde…
A representational image of driving licences. — Pakwheels/FileLAHORE: In a major traffic enforcement drive across the province over the past week, traffic authorities issued over 159,000 driving licences and handed out more than 278,000 challans for t…
https://www.thenews.com.pk/assets/uploads/updates/2025-05-30/l_1316892_113230_updates.jpg{FeedTitle}} Police officers stand behind crime scene police tape. — AFP/FileQUETTA: Additional Deputy Commissioner Hidayat Buledi was martyred in a terrorist at…
This image shows local officials and elders during a jirga in KP on January 10, 2024. — Facebook@AssistantCommissionerUpperKurramBARA: The district administration organized a public forum on Thursday at the Tehsil Jirga Hall in Tirah valley to address…
Vice-chancellor of Women University Mardan Prof Dr Razia Sultana seen in this image released on May 28, 2025. — Facebook@mianmuhammad.shafiqPESHAWAR: Prof Dr Razia Sultana, a distinguished historian and seasoned academic administrator, officially assu…
https://www.thenews.com.pk/assets/uploads/updates/2025-05-30/l_1316601_010715_updates.jpg{FeedTitle}} Traffic moves during heavy rain at the Islamabad Expressway in the federal capital. — APP/FileISLAMABAD: The National Emergencies Operations Centre …
Representational image show a rescue worker waves to make way for an ambulance. — Reuters/FilePESHAWAR: A trader was shot and injured by robbers after they snatched Rs 800,000 from him in busy Chowk Nasir Khan on Wednesday.Police officials said the wo…
This representational image shows local officials and elders during a jirga in KP on January 10, 2024. — Facebook@AssistantCommissionerUpperKurramTAKHTBHAI: A grand jirga of all political parties and civil society organisations on Wednesday announced …
https://www.thenews.com.pk/assets/uploads/updates/2025-05-28/l_1316191_114830_updates.jpg{FeedTitle}} Interior Minister Mohsin Naqvi arrives at shrine of Hazrat Imam Reza , Mashhad, Iran, May 27, 2025. — Screengrab via PTVIn a move to facilitate reli…
This representational image shows a protest on June 21, 2024. — Facebook@PCRPressMIRANSHAH: The sit-in that had continued for eight days in Mir Ali, North Waziristan, ended on Tuesday after successful negotiations between the local administration and …
https://www.thenews.com.pk/assets/uploads/updates/2025-05-27/l_1315889_120100_updates.jpg{FeedTitle}} Defence Minister Khawaja Asif. — Reuters/File In a positive development on the country's political landscape, Defence Minister Khawaja Asif on T…
https://www.thenews.com.pk/assets/uploads/updates/2025-05-27/l_1315886_114722_updates.jpg{FeedTitle}} A vehicle passes through stagnant rainwater, causing inconvenience for commuters on Saddar Road, Peshawar, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, May 27, 2025. — APPIS…
Adviser to the Chief Minister on Information and Public Relations, Barrister Muhammad Ali Saif gestures during a meeting. — APP File PESHAWAR: Adviser to the Chief Minister on Information and Public Relations, Barrister Muhammad Ali Saif on Monday cal…
https://www.thenews.com.pk/assets/uploads/updates/2025-05-27/l_1315741_045807_updates.jpg{FeedTitle}} The office of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Islamabad. — Radio Pakistan/FileIslamabad has strongly censured New Delhi over the “reckless” and “ha…
https://www.thenews.com.pk/assets/uploads/updates/2025-05-26/l_1315556_120601_updates.jpg{FeedTitle}} Pakistani skilled labours work at a construction site. — AFP/FileKuwait has lifted a visa ban on Pakistani citizens after a gap of 19 years, Mustafa…
A representational image of a police tape restricting an incident scene. — Reuters/FilePESHAWAR: A man and his mother were shot dead in Palosai here on Sunday. Police officials said that one Khayam allegedly opened fire on Uzair his mother Noor over a…
https://www.thenews.com.pk/assets/uploads/updates/2025-05-25/l_1315230_113108_updates.jpg{FeedTitle}} Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif and Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan hold delegation-level talk in Istanbul, Turkiye on May 25, 2025. — PIDPrime Minis…
Foreign tourists and porters rest at a camping site above Baltoro glacier in the Karakoram range of Pakistan’s mountain northern Gilgit region. — AFP/FileGILGIT: In a move aimed at boosting adventure tourism in the region, the Gilgit-Baltistan governm…
This image shows school students sitting in a class. — AFP/FilePESHAWAR: The civil society organizations working on education rights and child protection have lauded the proactive and oversight role of the Standing Committee on Elementary and Secondar…
https://www.thenews.com.pk/assets/uploads/updates/2025-05-23/l_1314567_112204_updates.jpg{FeedTitle}} Federal Minister for Religious Affairs Sardar Muhammad Yousaf addresses press conference at state-news TV headquarter, Islamabad, May 23, 2025. — PI…
This representational image shows a man casting his vote in the ballot box. — AFP/FileABBOTTABAD: Malik Saeed Akhtar Advocate has been appointed as president while Qasim Sajjad Abbasi Advocate as secretary general of People’s Lawyer Forum Abbottabad d…
Police officers stand behind a police tape at an incident site. — AFP/FileMARDAN: A man and his two sons were killed over a land dispute at Galyara village in the limits of Shahbaz Garhi police station, police sources saidThe sources added that Faroq …
Representational image of a kidnapped person with his hands tied to a chair. — Unsplash/FilePESHAWAR: An official of the Anti-Narcotics Force was kidnapped from N Waziristan on Wednesday.Reports said Hanif, an official of ANF, was on his way for duty …
https://www.thenews.com.pk/assets/uploads/updates/2025-05-21/l_1313867_105408_updates.jpg{FeedTitle}} Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif visits Combined Military Hospital Quetta to meet the injured children and other victims of Khuzdar explosion, Quetta, …
Punjab Minister for Health and Population Welfare Khawaja Imran Nazir cuts a ribbon during an inauguration ceremony on May 19, 2025. — Screengrab via Facebook@Khawaja Imran Nazir FAISALABAD: Under Chief Minister Maryam Nawaz Sharif’s flagship Skilled …
https://www.thenews.com.pk/assets/uploads/updates/2025-05-20/l_1313539_112901_updates.jpg{FeedTitle}} Protesters set ablaze Sindh Home Minister Zia Lanjar's residence in Moro, Naushahro Feroze, May 20, 2025. — Screengrab via Geo News Demonstrator…
A representational image of a police tape restricting an incident scene. — Reuters/FilePESHAWAR: Six members of a family were shot dead and a woman was wounded when relatives opened fire inside a house in Urmar village in rural Peshawar early Monday.T…
https://www.thenews.com.pk/assets/uploads/updates/2025-05-19/l_1313184_115533_updates.jpg{FeedTitle}} Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif visits Pakistan Navy Dockyard to pay tribute to Pakistan Navy personnel, Karachi, May 19, 2025. — ISPRPrime Minister S…
Pakistan Air Force fighter jet F-16 performs during an air show in Karachi, Pakistan February 27, 2020. — ReutersCHUNIAN: Pakistani armed forces have given a befitting reply to Indian aggression, sending a clear message that the Pakistan Air Force is …
A representational image showing a person sitting at the beach. — Canva/FilePESHAWAR: Years of exposure to terrorism, displacement, and economic hardships have left millions in Pakistan vulnerable to mental illnesses, said a senior psychiatrist during…
https://www.thenews.com.pk/assets/uploads/updates/2025-05-18/l_1312833_112635_updates.jpg{FeedTitle}} DG ISPR Lt Gen Ahmad Sharif Chaudhry briefs media at the GHQ in Rawalpindi on August 5, 2024. — Screengrab/YouTube/GeoNewsInter-Services Public Rela…
Representational image shows students planting saplings on October 21, 2023. —Facebook/@alkhidmat.orgPESHAWAR: The government of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa has announced a province-wide initiative to plant fruit-bearing and indigenous trees as part of a large…
Ghulam Ishaq Khan Institute of Engineering Sciences and Technology building. — GIKIET websiteSWABI: The Ghulam Ishaq Khan Institute of Engineering Sciences and Technology and Capital Smart City have signed a memorandum of understanding aimed at foster…
https://www.thenews.com.pk/assets/uploads/updates/2025-05-17/l_1312557_112207_updates.jpg{FeedTitle}} Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif is presiding a meeting in Islamabad on April 3, 2024. —Facebook/ Mian Shehbaz Sharif The government is determined to c…
Security personnel stand guard at the headquarters of Election Commission of Pakistan in Islamabad on September 21, 2023. — AFPPESHAWAR: The Election Commission of Pakistan organised a workshop for journalists and Civil Society Organisations here on F…
https://www.thenews.com.pk/assets/uploads/updates/2025-05-16/l_1312229_114315_updates.jpg{FeedTitle}} Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif addresses ceremony related to Youm-e-Tashakur in Islamabad, May 16, 2025. — Screengrab via YouTube/Geo NewsISLAMABAD: …
This image shows JUIF workers during a protest on November 30, 2023. — Facebook@Jamiat Ulama-e-Islam PakistanWANA: The Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam-Fazl leader remained unharmed in an explosion near a madrassa in Azam Warsak Bazaar of Birmal Tehsil in Lower W…
Representational image shows students planting saplings on October 21, 2023. —Facebook@alkhidmat.org PESHAWAR: On the directive of Chief Minister Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Ali Amin Gandapuron, a province-wide campaign to plant fruit-bearing trees has been of…
https://www.thenews.com.pk/assets/uploads/updates/2025-05-16/l_1312099_062730_updates.jpg{FeedTitle}} Large number of students and teachers including Vice Chancellors and Deans of various public and private universities of city are celebrating the re…
https://www.thenews.com.pk/assets/uploads/updates/2025-05-15/l_1311868_105650_updates.jpg{FeedTitle}} PM Shehbaz Sharif addresses the PAF officers, pilots and techincal staff at PAF's operational base at Kamra on May 15, 2025. — Screengrab via Ge…
Pakistan People's Party supporters wave flags in a rally on January 21, 2024. — AFPMULTAN: Pakistan People’s Party South Punjab President Syed Ahmed Mahmood, along with Senior Vice President Khawaja Rizwan Alam and Chief Coordinator Abdul Qadir Sh…
https://www.thenews.com.pk/assets/uploads/updates/2025-05-14/l_1311563_112246_updates.jpg{FeedTitle}} A man cools down with water in this undated image. — Reuters/FileThe first heatwave of May will grip most parts of the country today and continue to…
Participants attend the event organised by the Global Neighbourhood for Media Innovation in collaboration with the United States Department of State on April 1, 2024. — Facebook/Global Neighbourhood For Media InnovationPESHAWAR: A training workshop wa…
Army officers paying tribute to a martyr. — APP/FileLALAMUSA: Lieutenant Colonel Akbar of the Pakistan Army, Deputy Commissioner Gujrat Safdar Hussain, and District Police Officer Mustansir Atta Bajwa visited Barila Sharif on Tuesday.The high-level de…
A representational image of candles at a funeral. — Pexels/FileSWABI: Liaqat Yousafzai, a prominent leader of farmers, passed away due to cardiac arrest here on Monday, said his family and leaders of the farming community.He suffered a heart attack an…
https://www.thenews.com.pk/assets/uploads/updates/2025-05-12/l_1310920_113533_updates.jpg{FeedTitle}} An Indian soldier can be seen standing alongside a barbed wire on the Line of Control. —Reuters/FileTwo days after US-brokered ceasefire, the direct…
Police officials collecting evidence from the spot after suicide bomb blast on police van near Ring Road, Cattle Market on May 11, 2025. — APPPESHAWAR: A sub-inspector and a constable were martyred and three others were wounded in a suspected suicide …
https://www.thenews.com.pk/assets/uploads/updates/2025-05-11/l_1310606_113138_updates.jpg{FeedTitle}} This photograph taken on April 28, 2025 shows Shabbir Awan with his relatives clearing a wooden log from an underground bunker in the Chakothi villa…
https://www.thenews.com.pk/assets/uploads/updates/2025-05-11/l_1310604_110028_updates.jpg{FeedTitle}} Air Marshal AK Bharti speaks during a press briefing at the National Media Centre in New Delhi, India, May 11, 2025. — Reuters Without divulging the…
A representational image showing Punjab police personnel at an undisclosed location. — AFP/FileBUREWALA: The Federal Investigation Agency has registered a case against 11 police personnel, including the former SHO of Model Town police station, Burewal…
https://www.thenews.com.pk/assets/uploads/updates/2025-05-11/l_1310429_014548_updates.jpg{FeedTitle}} Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif addresses nation following ceasefire with India, Islamabad, May 11, 2025. — X/@GovtofPakistanFollowing the ceasefire b…
https://www.thenews.com.pk/assets/uploads/updates/2025-05-11/l_1310427_013018_updates.jpg{FeedTitle}} Defence Minister Khawaja Asif gestures during an interview. — Reuters/FileDefence Minister Khawaja Asif on Saturday said that the myth of India’s su…
A general view of a neighbourhood in Pakistan. — AFP/FilePESHAWAR: The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government has decided to launch a crackdown on illegal housing societies.According to a press release, societies without valid no-objection certificates will be…
https://www.thenews.com.pk/assets/uploads/updates/2025-05-10/l_1310137_034100_updates.jpg{FeedTitle}} DG ISPR Lieutenant General Ahmed Sharif Chaudhry addressing a press conference in Rawalpindi, on July 22, 2024. — Screengrab/Geo NewsIndia has launc…
https://www.thenews.com.pk/assets/uploads/updates/2025-05-09/l_1310000_111453_updates.jpg{FeedTitle}} Military personnel with Indian Army stand guard at India Gate in New Delhi, India, May 8, 2025. — Reuters Amid rising tensions between the nuclear-a…
https://www.thenews.com.pk/assets/uploads/updates/2025-05-09/l_1309850_061649_updates.jpg{FeedTitle}} The Ministry of Foreign Affairs building in Islamabad can be seen. — APP/FileIslamabad has strongly denied the Indian claims that Pakistan launched …
https://www.thenews.com.pk/assets/uploads/updates/2025-05-09/l_1309786_024803_updates.jpg{FeedTitle}} Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan speaks during a joint statement to the media in Baghdad, Iraq April 22, 2024. — Reuters ANKARA: Turkish …
https://www.thenews.com.pk/assets/uploads/updates/2025-05-09/l_1309643_120307_updates.jpg{FeedTitle}} Director General of Inter-Services Public Relations Lieutenant General Ahmed Sharif Chaudhry addresses a press conference in Islamabad, May 8, 2025.…
https://www.thenews.com.pk/assets/uploads/updates/2025-05-08/l_1309511_054600_updates.jpg{FeedTitle}} Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Ishaq Dar attends the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation meeting in Jeddah on August 7, 2024. — AFPIn a …
https://www.thenews.com.pk/assets/uploads/updates/2025-05-08/l_1309459_030445_updates.jpg{FeedTitle}} A car seen through a windscreen with raindrops. — APP/FileThe Pakistan Meteorological Department has predicted widespread rain, wind, and thundersto…
https://www.thenews.com.pk/assets/uploads/updates/2025-05-08/l_1309455_023402_updates.jpg{FeedTitle}} Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif addresses the nation on May 7, 2025. — PID Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Wednesday pledged that every drop of marty…
https://www.thenews.com.pk/assets/uploads/updates/2025-05-07/l_1309295_114559_updates.jpg{FeedTitle}} Director General Inter-Services Public Relations Lt Gen Ahmed Sharif Chaudhry addresses a press conference. — Radio Pakistan/File Director General I…
https://www.thenews.com.pk/assets/uploads/updates/2025-05-07/l_1309153_053334_updates.jpg{FeedTitle}} United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres, Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif and Punjab Chief Minister Maryam Nawaz. — APP/ReutersPrime Minister…
https://www.thenews.com.pk/assets/uploads/updates/2025-05-07/l_1309123_043947_updates.jpg{FeedTitle}} A Pakistani police officer stands guard outside the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Islamabad on January 18, 2024. — AFPStrongly condemning New Delhi…
https://www.thenews.com.pk/assets/uploads/updates/2025-05-07/l_1309099_021932_updates.jpg{FeedTitle}} Pakistan has shot down Indian Rafale fighter jets and Indian brigade headquarters in retaliatory strikes after at least three people were martyred a…
https://www.thenews.com.pk/assets/uploads/updates/2025-05-06/l_1308975_112605_updates.jpg{FeedTitle}} Defence Minister Khawaja Asif. — AFP/FileAmid escalating tensions between the two nuclear-armed neighbours following the recent attack on tourists i…
Chairman of the Qaumi Watan Party Aftab Ahmad Khan Sherpao in a meeting with a delegation of Pakhtun leaders at Watan Kor on May 5, 2025. — Facebook@QWPPKPESHAWAR: A delegation of Pakhtun leaders, including Khushal Khan Kakar, Chairman of the Pakhtunk…
https://www.thenews.com.pk/assets/uploads/updates/2025-05-06/l_1308840_044930_updates.jpg{FeedTitle}} Pakistan’s Permanent Representative to the United Nations, Ambassador Asim Iftikhar speaking to the media on May 3, 2025. — X@PakistanUN_NYPakistan’…
A representational image of an ambulance. — State Media/FileHARIPUR: Two persons, including a local cricketer from Havelian, were killed while another family member seriously injured when a car fell off the Hazara Motorway bridge near Sera-e-Saleh, po…
https://www.thenews.com.pk/assets/uploads/updates/2025-05-04/l_1308261_111151_updates.jpg{FeedTitle}} A paramilitary soldier stands guard as a truck carrying wheat crosses into Pakistan from India, at the Wagah border. — Reuters/File ISLAMABAD: In th…
A representational image of a chess match.— Reuters/File MINGORA: The scenic valley of Swat played host to a thrilling display of intellect and strategy as the Swat Open Chess Championship 2025 concluded successfully on Saturday at a hotel here on Sat…
This image shows the enternace of the Bahauddin Zakariya University in Multan. — multan.punjab.gov.pk/File MULTAN: Marking International Labor Day, a seminar hosted by Bahauddin Zakariya University’s School of Economics on Friday, featured financial e…
MPA Sheikh Muhammad Akram. — pap.gov.pk/File JHANG: MPA Sheikh Muhammad Akram on Friday expressed reservations regarding outsourcing of public health outlets and schools.He extended his support to the protesting employees and urged the government to r…
https://www.thenews.com.pk/assets/uploads/updates/2025-05-03/l_1307742_023351_updates.jpg{FeedTitle}} Ambassador Asim Iftikhar, the permanent representative of Pakistan to the United Nations. — X@PakistanUN_NYUNITED NATIONS: Pakistan is monitoring th…
Awami National Party provincial president Mian Iftikhar Hussain addressing a meeting of Malgari Ustazan on May 1, 2025. — Screengrab via Facebook@ANPMarkazPESHAWAR: Awami National Party provincial president Mian Iftikhar Hussain on Thursday rejected t…
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Chief Minister’s Advisor for Prisons, Humayun Khan looks on in this image released on April 26, 2025. — Facebook@HumayunKhanMPAPESHAWAR: Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Chief Minister’s Advisor for Prisons, Humayun Khan, on Thursday, said that t…
https://www.thenews.com.pk/assets/uploads/updates/2025-05-01/l_1307235_115430_updates.jpg{FeedTitle}} PPP Chairman Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari is addressing a rally in Sindh's Mirpur Khas district on May 1, 2025. — Facebook/BilawalhouseAmid escalating…
