The Latest Breaking News from Islamabad

Xi Jinping assures Pakistan’s Sharif of China’s support

Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has held talks with top Chinese leaders during two-day visit in Beijing.

Al Jazeera · Nov 2, 2022

Pakistan slams ‘baseless’ claim from Russian senator of helping Ukraine develop nukes

Ukrainian specialists travelled to Pakistan to discuss nuke technologies, claimed a Russian senator

The Independent UK · Nov 2, 2022

'Yes, it was me': Imran Khan admits to advising slain journalist Arshad Sharif to flee Pakistan

ISLAMABAD: Responding to ruckus gaining traction over who had asked the hardcore critic, journalist Arshad Sharif to flee the country, Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) chief and former prime minister Imran Khan has record-breakingly exclaimed, "Yes, it was me!"

The Times of India · Oct 31, 2022

Pakistan's ex-premier Imran Khan set to march on Islamabad to demand snap polls

Pakistan's former prime minister Imran Khan gathered hundreds of supporters in the eastern city of Lahore on Friday to join a caravan of cars and trucks heading for the capital Islamabad to pressure the government into calling snap polls.

Reuters · Oct 28, 2022

Thousands attend Pakistani journalist Arshad Sharif’s funeral

At least 25,000 people pay their respects to the veteran journalist who was shot dead in Kenya on Sunday.

Al Jazeera · Oct 27, 2022

United States pledges further $30 million in aid to flood-hit Pakistan

The United States will give Pakistan a further $30 million in aid to help millions of people whose lives were disrupted by severe flooding in recent months, the U.S. Embassy in Islamabad said on Thursday.

Reuters · Oct 27, 2022

Pakistan PM Shehbaz Sharif to visit China next week to meet Chinese President Xi Jinping

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif will embark on a two-day visit to China next week and meet President Xi Jinping during which they will review the all-weather strategic cooperation partnership and exchange views on regional and global developments, the foreign ministry said on Wednesday.

The Times of India · Oct 26, 2022

Pakistan ex-PM Khan announces march on capital to call for early elections

Former Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan announced on Tuesday that he would begin a protest march with his supporters from the eastern city of Lahore to Pakistan's capital Islamabad on Friday to call for early elections.

Reuters · Oct 25, 2022

Pakistan bringing home body of journalist killed in Kenya

Pakistan's information minister says the body of an outspoken Pakistani journalist who was killed by police while living in hiding in Kenya is being repatriated home to Islamabad

The Independent UK · Oct 25, 2022

A Pakistani journalist living in hiding was killed by police at a roadblock in Kenya

Arshad Sharif, 50, had been in hiding since July after he fled Pakistan to avoid arrest. He had been critical of the country's military and the government of Prime Minister Shahbaz Sharif.

WEKU · Oct 24, 2022