Azhar Javaid elected chairman of Pakistan Press Club UK as two journalists’ bodies unite
High Commissioner Tipu Usman welcomed the unified club at the Pakistan High Commission in London and stressed outreach to younger Pakistanis in Britain.
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Pakistani forces hit Afghan posts near Angoor Adda after unprovoked firing, Taliban personnel flee, South Waziristan DC says
No casualties have been reported on the Pakistani side, the deputy commissioner says, after a week of clashes along the South Waziristan border.
Pakistan’s embassy in Tehran rejects reports its ambassador was attacked as ‘baseless and factually incorrect’
The embassy later shared photographs of Ambassador Imran Ahmed Siddiqui at a meeting in Pardis Technology Park.
Terrorist attacks in Pakistan fall 37% in October and deaths 57%, but kidnappings hit a 12-month high, PICSS says
Balochistan and mainland KP led the decline with attacks down 46% and 31%, while 70 of the month’s 88 kidnappings were in Balochistan.
Pakistan confirms eighth polio case of 2026 in Khyber as drive to vaccinate 24 million children begins Monday
Six of this year’s cases are from Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and two from Sindh; a week-long campaign covers 97 districts from November 2.
Afghan Taliban cannot absorb the ‘punishment’ Pakistan can inflict, DG ISPR warns, calling India the ‘biggest terror sponsor’
Lt Gen Ahmed Sharif Chaudhry says Pakistan is ready for any drone threat from Afghanistan and that Afghanistan now produces “only two products: terrorism and drugs”.
Nuclear techniques give Pakistan a sharper view of its groundwater, IAEA says
Isotope methods built up with PINSTECH now show where Pakistan’s groundwater comes from, how old it is and how it gets polluted, the IAEA says.
‘No one should think foreigners will loot this province’: KP people have first right to its resources, Governor Kundi says
The governor, who runs KP under governor’s rule, dismissed claims the province’s minerals would be handed to outsiders.
Pakistan accuses Afghan Taliban of ‘shifting blame’ on terrorism, says its resolve ‘must never be mistaken for weakness’
Islamabad hit back after Taliban spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid claimed Pakistan did not want to resolve the conflict through talks.
‘First arrest, then decide the charges’: Khawaja Asif criticises political victimisation, says foreign bases exist to protect Israel
The defence minister recalled his own six months in NAB custody and said Pakistan was playing a historic role in ending the Iran-US conflict.
