The United States has announced the phased closure of its Consulate General in Peshawar, with diplomatic engagement for Khyber Pakhtunkhwa now shifting to the US Embassy in Islamabad. The decision does not end US engagement with Pakistan, but it places renewed focus on KP’s security situation and the provincial government’s ability to reassure foreign missions.
امریکی کانگریس مین رایان زِنکے نے دعویٰ کیا ہے کہ پاکستان میں طالبان جنگجو امریکی ساز و سامان استعمال کر رہے ہیں۔ سی این این کی سیریل نمبر چیکس تفصیلات اور پاکستانی رپورٹس بھی بلوچستان اور خیبرپختونخوا میں امریکی ہتھیاروں کے استعمال کی نشاندہی کرتی ہیں۔
A claim by US Congressman Ryan Zinke that Taliban fighters in Pakistan are using American Humvees and M16s has revived Pakistan’s long-running warning about post-2021 weapons spillover, as Pakistani reporting cites CNN-linked serial checks and alleged recoveries of US-origin kit in KP and Balochistan.
وادی تیراہ سے متعلق سوشل میڈیا پر ریاست مخالف مہم حقائق کے برعکس اور گمراہ کن ہے۔ مفاد پرست عناصر نے مشاورتی عمل سے طے پانے والے معاملات کو متنازع بنانے کی کوشش کی جبکہ انتظامی امور میں مجرمانہ غفلت نے بھی منفی کردار ادا کیا۔
آج سائفر کیس تو وڑ گیا، ہم عمران خان کے خلاف مقدمات بنانے والوں سے حساب لیں گے اور انہیں سزا دیں گے، ہماری برداشت ختم ہو چکی ہے، اب ہم نکلیں گے تو حقیقی آزادی لے کر رہیں گے، وفاق اب ہمارے لیے تیار رہے۔
Lahore has been designated the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation's Tourism and Cultural Capital for 2026-2027, under a resolution signed at the same Bishkek summit where Pakistan assumed the SCO chairmanship, with four flagship cultural events planned in the city.
Pakistan formally assumed the chairmanship of the SCO Council of Heads of State on September 1, taking over from Kyrgyzstan at the conclusion of the Bishkek summit. It's Pakistan's first time holding the role since joining as a full member in 2017, and Islamabad will host the organisation's 2027 summit.
The defence pact signed by Pakistan, Saudi Arabia and Türkiye three weeks ago will be known as the Makkah Defence Alliance, its secretariat has been established in Riyadh, and its first secretary general will be appointed from among Pakistanis, Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan announced in Istanbul on Monday.
The Court of Arbitration in The Hague has issued its Award on the Status of the Indus Waters Treaty and its Decision on Interim Measures, finding that India's decision to place the treaty in abeyance is not permissible and that the accord remains fully in force, according to Pakistan's Ministry of Information and Broadcasting. Neither text has been published yet, with publication expected within about a week.
Pakistan, Saudi Arabia and Türkiye convene the first session of the committee created under the Makkah Joint Defence Agreement in Istanbul on Monday, each sending their foreign minister, defence minister and military chief. It is the first institutional step since the pact was signed three weeks ago, and the agenda covers defence capabilities, interoperability and, according to Pakistani reporting, joint production.