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PM, CDF rub shoulders with world leaders on WEF sidelinesPublished on: January 23, 2026 8:44 AM

Pakistan, Jan. 23 -- Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif and Chief of Defence Forces Field Marshal Syed Asim Munir held cordial and informal interactions with several world leaders, including United States ... Read More


President confirms 27 judges of high courts as permanentPublished on: January 23, 2026 8:41 AM

Pakistan, Jan. 23 -- President Asif Ali Zardari on Thursday approved the confirmation of a total of 27 additional judges of the Sindh, Lahore, and Peshawar high courts. According to a statement issue... Read More


Death toll of deadly fire at Karachi mall jumps to 67Published on: January 23, 2026 8:34 AM

Pakistan, Jan. 23 -- The death toll of the deadly fire at Karachi's Gul Plaza reached 67 on Thursday as rescuers continued to comb through the wreckage of the gutted building. Police Surgeon Dr Summa... Read More


Trump warns of 'big retaliation' if Europeans dump US TreasuriesPublished on: January 23, 2026 8:21 AM

Pakistan, Jan. 23 -- President Donald Trump warned Thursday of major reprisals if European countries dumped key holdings of US Treasury bonds to pressure Washington, as temperatures fluctuated over th... Read More


Iran warns 'finger on trigger' as Trump says it wants talksPublished on: January 23, 2026 8:17 AM

Pakistan, Jan. 23 -- The commander of Iran's Revolutionary Guards on Thursday warned Israel and the United States against "miscalculations" in the wake of mass protests, saying the force had its "fing... Read More


Maryam Nawaz Sharif's Punjab Model: E-Governance and a Corruption-Free SystemPublished on: January 23, 2026 8:12 AM

Pakistan, Jan. 23 -- As the Punjab Government completes two years in office this February, the moment invites a measured assessment of governance under Chief Minister Maryam Nawaz Sharif-one grounded ... Read More


Pakistan-US Relations: Toward Strategic ConvergencePublished on: January 23, 2026 8:11 AM

Pakistan, Jan. 23 -- Pakistan-United States relations are quietly entering one of their more constructive and pragmatic phases in recent years. Moving beyond earlier cycles dominated by crisis-driven ... Read More


U-19 World CupPublished on: January 23, 2026 8:10 AM

Pakistan, Jan. 23 -- Pakistan's Under-19s did in Harare what competent sides are meant to do against weaker opposition: keep the game short, keep the chaos out. Zimbabwe were dismissed for 128 in 35.5... Read More


Weakened WHOPublished on: January 23, 2026 8:09 AM

Pakistan, Jan. 23 -- When the US walks out of the World Health Organisation this week, the paperwork will look tidy, and the politics will look triumphant. After all, a year's advance notice was provi... Read More


Hollow Case for "Genocide" and the Dangerous Drive for PartitionPublished on: January 23, 2026 8:07 AM

Pakistan, Jan. 23 -- For nearly four decades, the tragedy of 1990 has been repeatedly reframed as a singular, sanitised story: the "genocide" of Kashmiri Pandits and their forever-exile. That narrativ... Read More