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US and UK issue travel warnings for Pakistan as Iran conflict widens

The US ordered consulate staff to leave Lahore and Karachi and Britain warned against travel to parts of KP and Balochistan after protests and border clashes.

The General Headquarters of the Pakistan Army in Rawalpindi, shown during a wreath-laying ceremony attended by US and Pakistani officials

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Pakistan court jails 47, including PTI leaders, for 10 years over 2023 GHQ attack

A Rawalpindi anti-terrorism court convicted 47 people, among them senior PTI figures, over the 9 May 2023 attack on army headquarters, imposing 10-year terms and fines.

A white camera quadcopter drone with four rotors hovering in a clear sky above a green field

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Punjab to set up anti-drone units in every district, home department says

The provincial home department said anti-drone units with surveillance drones and jammers will be created in all districts after Taliban forces used rudimentary drones.

A health worker in a cap holds a child and administers oral polio vaccine drops during an immunisation campaign

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Pakistan confirms first wild polio case of 2026 in Sindh's Sujawal district

The National Emergency Operations Centre said a four-year-old child in Bello Union Council tested positive, the first wild poliovirus case detected this year.

A wide view of the Chashma Barrage reservoir in Mianwali, Pakistan, with water and low hills under a hazy sky

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IAEA board approves safeguards for Chashma Unit-5 as Pakistan cites nuclear record

The IAEA board of governors unanimously approved a safeguards agreement for the 1,200 MW fifth unit at Chashma, which Pakistan says should be operational by 2030.

Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif seated at a long table during a formal meeting with officials and a foreign delegation.

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PM Shehbaz briefs all parties on Iran war and Afghanistan campaign

Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif convenes parliamentary leaders in Islamabad as the army chief visits South Waziristan and demands Kabul renounce terrorism.

A Pakistani official standing beside a biometric immigration counter at the Chaman border crossing with Afghanistan.

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Pakistan targets 50 sites in overnight strikes along Afghan border in Balochistan

Security sources say anti-tank missiles, artillery, tanks and swarm drones were used against alleged militant hideouts in sectors including Qila Saifullah and Chaman.

Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif standing in a hall in formal attire during an international summit, used here to illustrate the leader of Pakistan.

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Pakistan's PM Shehbaz, Turkey's Erdogan push to revive Pak-Afghan ceasefire

In a Tuesday phone call, Erdogan told PM Shehbaz Turkiye will help re-establish the Pakistan-Afghanistan ceasefire and stand by Pakistan against terror attacks.

A portrait-style photograph of Federal Information Minister Attaullah Tarar, a bearded man in a dark suit and tie, against a blue background.

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Pakistan says 464 Afghan Taliban fighters killed as Operation Ghazab lil-Haq continues

Information Minister Attaullah Tarar said Pakistani forces had killed 464 Afghan Taliban combatants and destroyed 188 posts since launching Operation Ghazab lil-Haq.

Imran Khan, wearing a blue waistcoat over a light shirt, seated at a table beside Bushra Bibi, who is in a black niqab and signing a document.

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Islamabad court grants Imran Khan and Bushra Bibi bail in Toshakhana fake receipt case

An Islamabad sessions court approved bail for Imran Khan and Bushra Bibi in the Toshakhana fake receipt case and granted the PTI founder relief in five more cases.

Portrait of Pakistan's Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Mohammad Ishaq Dar, photographed in 2024.

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Pakistan presses US-Iran diplomacy as Dar confirms citizen killed in Abu Dhabi attack

Deputy Prime Minister Ishaq Dar told envoys in Islamabad on 2 March that Pakistan was making full diplomatic efforts to de-escalate the US-Iran war.

An elevated view of Skardu city in Gilgit-Baltistan, with dense low-rise buildings set against bare mountains.

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Pakistan deploys army and imposes three-day curfew in Gilgit-Baltistan after deadly protests

A military-backed curfew took effect in Gilgit and Skardu from 2 March after protests over Iran's slain supreme leader turned violent and a UN office was burned.