Border & counterterrorism
Pakistan–Afghanistan Border Conflict
Follow Pakistan’s operations along the Pakistan-Afghanistan border, including airstrikes in Kunar, Helmand and Paktika, ground firing exchanges, and the diplomatic track with Kabul.
The reporting trail
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Pakistan / Politics & GovernancePakistan 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.
Pakistan / Politics & GovernancePunjab 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.
Pakistan / Business & FinancePakistan raises petrol and diesel prices by Rs55 a litre as war disrupts oil supply
The government lifted petrol and high-speed diesel by Rs55 a litre from 7 March and ordered a crackdown on hoarding as the Strait of Hormuz crisis pushed global crude higher.
Pakistan / Business & FinancePakistan plans work-from-home and distance learning to save fuel in Hormuz crisis
A cabinet committee approved in principle weekly petrol price revisions from 8 March and work-from-home and distance-learning measures as war disrupts oil shipping.
Pakistan / Politics & GovernancePakistan 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.
Pakistan / Politics & GovernanceIAEA 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.
Pakistan / Politics & GovernancePM 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.
Pakistan / Business & FinancePakistan seeks Yanbu oil route and emergency fuel measures as Hormuz closure bites
Petroleum minister Ali Pervaiz Malik asks Saudi Arabia to route crude through Yanbu, while Islamabad plans weekly fuel pricing and conservation measures.
Pakistan / Politics & GovernancePakistan 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.
Pakistan / Politics & GovernancePakistan'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.
Pakistan / Politics & GovernancePakistan 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.
Pakistan / Politics & GovernanceIslamabad 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.