/taxonomy/term/124566 en /node/2621273/pakistan <div class="field field-name-field-rbitem-author field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">article author:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/taxonomy/term/124566">Arab News Pakistan</a></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-author field-type-text field-label-inline clearfix"><div class="field-label">Author:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-publication-date field-type-datestamp field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><span class="date-display-single">Mon, 2025-11-03 13:05</span></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p> ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s President Asif Ali Zardari will outline his country’s plan to expand social protection and promote green employment at the Second World Summit for Social Development in Doha this week, state broadcaster Radio Pakistan reported on Monday.</p> <p> The three-day summit from Nov. 4-6, organized under the auspices of the United Nations General Assembly, brings together world leaders and policymakers to discuss strategies for advancing social development, promoting decent work, and strengthening inclusive safety nets.</p></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-binary field-type-image field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><img src="/sites/default/files/2025/11/03/4654643-203821102.jpg" width="1300" height="766" alt="" title="In this file photo, taken on September 13, 2025, Pakistan President Asif Ali Zardari speaks during the Golden Panda International Cultural Forum in Chengdu, China. (Handout/Presidency/File)" /></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-1 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Main category:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/Pakistan">Pakistan</a></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-9 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Tags:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/tags/asif-ali-zardari">Asif Ali Zardari</a></div></div></div> Mon, 03 Nov 2025 10:06:43 +0000 fatimah.amjad 2621273 at /node/2621256/pakistan <div class="field field-name-field-rbitem-author field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">article author:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/taxonomy/term/124566">Arab News Pakistan</a></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-author field-type-text field-label-inline clearfix"><div class="field-label">Author:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-publication-date field-type-datestamp field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><span class="date-display-single">Mon, 2025-11-03 08:38</span></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p> ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s Lahore once again topped global pollution charts on Monday, with toxic smog in the eastern Punjab province showing no signs of letting up.</p> <p> Lahore and other plane areas of Pakistan’s Punjab province are prone to thick smog every winter as cold, heavy air traps construction dust, vehicle emissions and smoke. The smog crisis, which is spurred by crop burning, vehicle emissions and industrial pollution every winter, threatens public health and daily life.</p></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-binary field-type-image field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><img src="/sites/default/files/2025/11/03/4654599-1193374690.jpg" width="1500" height="884" alt="Commuters ride along a street amid dense smog in Lahore on November 1, 2025. (AFP)" title="Commuters ride along a street amid dense smog in Lahore on November 1, 2025. (AFP)" /></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-1 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Main category:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/Pakistan">Pakistan</a></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-9 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Tags:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/tags/lahore">Lahore</a></div><div class="field-item odd"><a href="/tags/smog">smog</a></div><div class="field-item even"><a href="/tags/who">WHO</a></div></div></div> Mon, 03 Nov 2025 05:44:58 +0000 fatimah.amjad 2621256 at /node/2621252/pakistan <div class="field field-name-field-rbitem-author field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">article author:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/taxonomy/term/124566">Arab News Pakistan</a></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-publication-date field-type-datestamp field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><span class="date-display-single">Mon, 2025-11-03 08:09</span></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p> ISLAMABAD: The four-day Pakistan International Maritime Expo and Conference (PIMEC) 2025 kicked off in Pakistan’s southern port city of Karachi on Monday, with over 133 delegates from 44 countries attending as Islamabad aims to attract international investment in its maritime sector. </p> <p> The global exhibition’s second edition will run from Nov. 3 to 6 and will feature 178 exhibitors — including 28 international firms and 150 local organizations — as well as 133 delegates from Europe, Asia, the Middle East, North and South America. </p></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-binary field-type-image field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><img src="/sites/default/files/2025/11/03/4654590-510963578.jpg" width="1300" height="766" alt="Winged Innovative Solutions (WIS) is setting up at the 2nd Pakistan International Maritime Exhibition &amp; Conference (PIMEC 2025) in Karachi, Pakistan, on November 2, 2025. (Global Defense Insight)" title="Winged Innovative Solutions (WIS) is setting up at the 2nd Pakistan International Maritime Exhibition &amp; Conference (PIMEC 2025) in Karachi, Pakistan, on November 2, 2025. (Global Defense Insight)" /></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-1 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Main category:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/Pakistan">Pakistan</a></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-9 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Tags:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/tags/pimec-2025">PIMEC 2025</a></div><div class="field-item odd"><a href="/category/tags/karachi">Karachi</a></div><div class="field-item even"><a href="/tags/pakistan-international-maritime-expo-and-conference">Pakistan International Maritime Expo and Conference</a></div></div></div> Mon, 03 Nov 2025 05:15:01 +0000 fatimah.amjad 2621252 at /node/2621242/pakistan <div class="field field-name-field-rbitem-author field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">article author:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/taxonomy/term/124566">Arab News Pakistan</a></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-author field-type-text field-label-inline clearfix"><div class="field-label">Author:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-publication-date field-type-datestamp field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><span class="date-display-single">Mon, 2025-11-03 06:15</span></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p> ISLAMABAD: The 556th birth anniversary celebrations of Baba Guru Nanak Dev Ji, the founder of Sikh religion, began in the eastern Pakistani city of Nankana Sahib on Monday, Pakistani state media reported. </p> <p> The Pakistan High Commission has issued more than 2,100 visas to Indian Sikh pilgrims to participate in the celebrations in the first major allowance after travel between India and Pakistan was frozen during their four-day conflict in May.</p></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-binary field-type-image field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><img src="/sites/default/files/2025/11/03/4654562-342596360.jpg" width="1500" height="884" alt="Sikh pilgrims take part in a ritual procession on the occasion of the birth anniversary of Guru Nanak Dev, the founder of Sikhism, in Nankana Sahib on November 27, 2023. (AFP/File)" title="Sikh pilgrims take part in a ritual procession on the occasion of the birth anniversary of Guru Nanak Dev, the founder of Sikhism, in Nankana Sahib on November 27, 2023. (AFP/File)" /></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-1 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Main category:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/Pakistan">Pakistan</a></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-9 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Tags:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/tags/gurdwara-nankana-sahib">Gurdwara Nankana Sahib</a></div><div class="field-item odd"><a href="/tags/skihism">Skihism</a></div><div class="field-item even"><a href="/category/tags/pakistan">Pakistan</a></div></div></div> Mon, 03 Nov 2025 03:24:32 +0000 fatimah.amjad 2621242 at /node/2621207/pakistan <div class="field field-name-field-rbitem-author field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">article author:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/taxonomy/term/124566">Arab News Pakistan</a></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-publication-date field-type-datestamp field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><span class="date-display-single">Sun, 2025-11-02 20:19</span></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p> Lahore was ranked the world’s most polluted city on Sunday, according to Swiss monitoring group IQAir, as thick smog engulfed Pakistan’s second largest city.</p> <p> IQAir’s reading for Lahore was 237 at noon local time (0700 GMT) and labelled as ‘very unhealthy’, far above the ‘good’ air threshold of 0-50.</p> <p> Despite the conditions, residents still gathered for Sunday morning cricket.</p> <p> “We come to the ground for fresh air,” said local resident Mohammad Zubair. “If we have to wear masks here too, where will fresh air come from?“</p></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-binary field-type-image field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><img src="/sites/default/files/2025/11/02/4654586-1318681744.jpg" width="1300" height="766" alt="Birds fly past on a street amid dense smog in Lahore on November 1, 2025. (AFP)" title="Birds fly past on a street amid dense smog in Lahore on November 1, 2025. (AFP)" /></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-1 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Main category:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/Pakistan">Pakistan</a></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-9 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Tags:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/tags/lahore-smog">Lahore Smog</a></div><div class="field-item odd"><a href="/tags/climate-change">climate change</a></div><div class="field-item even"><a href="/tags/iqair">IQAir</a></div></div></div> Sun, 02 Nov 2025 17:31:09 +0000 fatimah.amjad 2621207 at /node/2621180/sport <div class="field field-name-field-rbitem-author field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">article author:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/taxonomy/term/124566">Arab News Pakistan</a></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-publication-date field-type-datestamp field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><span class="date-display-single">Sun, 2025-11-02 13:48</span></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p> ISLAMABAD: The national men’s cricket teams of South Africa and Pakistan arrived in the eastern city of Faisalabad on Sunday, as it gears up to host the first One Day International fixture in over 17 years. </p> <p> South Africa arrived in Pakistan last month and played a two-match Test series with the hosts that they tied 1-1. Pakistan went on to win the three-match T20I series against the Proteas 2-1 this week. </p> <p> The visitors will now play a three-match ODI series against Pakistan from Nov. 4-8 at Faisalabad’s Iqbal Stadium to conclude the tour. </p></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-binary field-type-image field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><img src="/sites/default/files/2025/11/02/4654403-1514440473.jpg" width="1500" height="884" alt="" title="Pakistan&#039;s Sahibzada Farhan, center, plays a shot as South Africa&#039;s Quinton de Kock, left, watches during the third T20 cricket match between Pakistan and South Africa, in Lahore, Pakistan, on Nov. 1, 2025. (AP)" /></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-1 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Main category:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/sport">Sport</a></div><div class="field-item odd"><a href="/Pakistan">Pakistan</a></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-9 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Tags:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/category/tags/pakistan">Pakistan</a></div><div class="field-item odd"><a href="/tags/pakistan-v-south-africa">Pakistan v South Africa</a></div><div class="field-item even"><a href="/tags/faisalabad">Faisalabad</a></div></div></div> Sun, 02 Nov 2025 10:55:22 +0000 fatimah.amjad 2621180 at /node/2621165/pakistan <div class="field field-name-field-rbitem-author field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">article author:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/taxonomy/term/124566">Arab News Pakistan</a></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-author field-type-text field-label-inline clearfix"><div class="field-label">Author:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-publication-date field-type-datestamp field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><span class="date-display-single">Sun, 2025-11-02 11:16</span></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p> ISLAMABAD: Pakistani and Qatari education officials discussed ways to promote digital education and increase collaboration in education through joint research, training and exchange programs, state media reported on Sunday. </p> <p> Pakistan’s State Minister for Education Wajiha Qamar and Qatar’s Education Minister Lolwah bint Rashid bin Mohammed Al Khater met on the sidelines of UNESCO’s 43rd General Conference session, state broadcaster Radio Pakistan reported. </p></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-binary field-type-image field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><img src="/sites/default/files/2025/11/02/4654370-1588215062.jpg" width="1300" height="766" alt="Pakistan’s State Minister for Education Wajiha Qamar and Qatar’s Education Minister Lolwah bint Rashid bin Mohammed Al Khater meets on the sidelines of UNESCO’s 43rd General Conference session in Samarkand on November 1, 2025. (PID)" title="Pakistan’s State Minister for Education Wajiha Qamar and Qatar’s Education Minister Lolwah bint Rashid bin Mohammed Al Khater meets on the sidelines of UNESCO’s 43rd General Conference session in Samarkand on November 1, 2025. (PID)" /></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-1 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Main category:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/Pakistan">Pakistan</a></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-9 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Tags:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/tags/pakistan-qatar-ties">Pakistan Qatar ties</a></div></div></div> Sun, 02 Nov 2025 08:24:12 +0000 fatimah.amjad 2621165 at /node/2621160/pakistan <div class="field field-name-field-rbitem-author field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">article author:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/taxonomy/term/124566">Arab News Pakistan</a></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-author field-type-text field-label-inline clearfix"><div class="field-label">Author:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-publication-date field-type-datestamp field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><span class="date-display-single">Sun, 2025-11-02 08:58</span></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p> ISLAMABAD: Pakistani business leaders, traders and investors explored opportunities in trade, tourism, IT and other sectors this week at the Pak-USA Joint Business Conference and Expo 2025 organized in Virginia, as Islamabad eyes greater economic collaboration with Washington. </p> <p> The event was organized by Brain Designer Pakistan, an organization that promotes Pakistan’s bilateral trade with other countries, and the Rawalpindi Chamber of Small Traders &amp; Small Industries, in collaboration with US Pakistan International Chamber of Commerce (USPICC).</p></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-binary field-type-image field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><img src="/sites/default/files/2025/11/02/4654358-1535723314.jpg" width="1300" height="766" alt="Pakistan’s Ambassador to the United States Rizwan Saeed Sheikh is addressing Pak-USA Joint Business Conference in Springfield on November 1, 2025. (Pakistan Embassy US)" title="Pakistan’s Ambassador to the United States Rizwan Saeed Sheikh is addressing Pak-USA Joint Business Conference in Springfield on November 1, 2025. (Pakistan Embassy US)" /></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-1 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Main category:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/Pakistan">Pakistan</a></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-9 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Tags:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/category/tags/pakistan">Pakistan</a></div><div class="field-item odd"><a href="/tags/pak-usa-joint-business-conference">Pak-USA Joint Business Conference</a></div></div></div> Sun, 02 Nov 2025 06:07:24 +0000 fatimah.amjad 2621160 at /node/2621153/pakistan <div class="field field-name-field-rbitem-author field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">article author:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/taxonomy/term/124566">Arab News Pakistan</a></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-publication-date field-type-datestamp field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><span class="date-display-single">Sun, 2025-11-02 06:49</span></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p> ISLAMABAD: Pakistan has repatriated over 1.5 million Afghan citizens since November 2023, state-run media reported this week, since the country launched a nationwide drive to expel what it said were foreigners. </p></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-binary field-type-image field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><img src="/sites/default/files/2025/11/02/4654344-611281955.jpg" width="1500" height="884" alt="Afghan refugees deported from Pakistan arrive at the zero-point border crossing between Afghanistan and Pakistan, in the Spin Boldak district of Kandahar province on October 27, 2025. (AFP)" title="Afghan refugees deported from Pakistan arrive at the zero-point border crossing between Afghanistan and Pakistan, in the Spin Boldak district of Kandahar province on October 27, 2025. (AFP)" /></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-1 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Main category:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/Pakistan">Pakistan</a></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-9 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Tags:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/category/tags/pakistan">Pakistan</a></div><div class="field-item odd"><a href="/tags/afghanistan">Afghanistan</a></div></div></div> Sun, 02 Nov 2025 03:56:19 +0000 fatimah.amjad 2621153 at /node/2621116/pakistan <div class="field field-name-field-rbitem-author field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">article author:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/taxonomy/term/124566">Arab News Pakistan</a></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-author field-type-text field-label-inline clearfix"><div class="field-label">Author:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-publication-date field-type-datestamp field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><span class="date-display-single">Sat, 2025-11-01 21:13</span></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p> ISLAMABAD: Pakistan and Iran are planning official exchanges to strengthen trade linkages and deepen economic cooperation along their shared border, an official statement said after a meeting between Commerce Minister Jam Kamal Khan and Iranian Ambassador Reza Amiri-Moghaddam on Saturday.</p> <p> The two neighbors have set up border markets and discussed barter trade in recent years to get around banking and currency restrictions.</p></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-binary field-type-image field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><img src="/sites/default/files/2025/11/01/4654224-789848571.png" width="1300" height="766" alt="" title="Pakistan&#039;s Commerce Minister Jam Kamal Khan in conversation with Iranian Ambassador Reza Amiri-Moghaddam (not in picture) in Islamabad, Pakistan, on November 1, 2025. (Government of Pakistan)" /></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-1 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Main category:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/Pakistan">Pakistan</a></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-9 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Tags:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/tags/pakistan-iran-ties">Pakistan Iran Ties</a></div><div class="field-item odd"><a href="/tags/pakistan-iran-trade-ties">Pakistan Iran trade ties</a></div></div></div> Sat, 01 Nov 2025 18:17:29 +0000 fatimah.amjad 2621116 at /node/2621099/pakistan <div class="field field-name-field-rbitem-author field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">article author:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/taxonomy/term/124566">Arab News Pakistan</a></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-author field-type-text field-label-inline clearfix"><div class="field-label">Author:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-publication-date field-type-datestamp field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><span class="date-display-single">Sat, 2025-11-01 17:08</span></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p> ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Saturday lauded the Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) for achieving a record 5.9 million income tax returns and adding nearly a million new taxpayers this year, describing it as a sign of growing public confidence in the system, according to a statement circulated by his office.</p></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-binary field-type-image field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><img src="/sites/default/files/2025/11/01/4654182-2028248293.jpg" width="1300" height="766" alt="" title="Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif speaks during an event in Islamabad, Pakistan, on October 30, 2025. (PID/File)" /></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-1 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Main category:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/Pakistan">Pakistan</a></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-9 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Tags:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/tags/prime-minister-shehbaz-sharif">Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif</a></div><div class="field-item odd"><a href="/tags/federal-board-revenue-fbr">Federal Board of Revenue (FBR)</a></div></div></div> Sat, 01 Nov 2025 14:19:11 +0000 fatimah.amjad 2621099 at /node/2621068/pakistan <div class="field field-name-field-rbitem-author field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">article author:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/taxonomy/term/124566">Arab News Pakistan</a></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-author field-type-text field-label-inline clearfix"><div class="field-label">Author:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-publication-date field-type-datestamp field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><span class="date-display-single">Sat, 2025-11-01 10:25</span></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p> ISLAMABAD: Pakistan on Saturday reopened the Torkham border crossing in its northwest for the return of Afghan refugees, local administration said, though trade between the two countries remains suspended through the border terminal since last month’s deadly clashes.</p> <p> Pakistan and Afghanistan engaged in fierce fighting on Oct. 11 after Islamabad hit Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan-affiliated targets in airstrikes in Afghanistan. Afghanistan said the attacks were a violation of its sovereignty.</p></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-binary field-type-image field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><img src="/sites/default/files/2025/11/01/4654089-329361013.jpg" width="1300" height="766" alt="" title="People wait near the closed gate at the Spin Boldak border crossing with Pakistan, after the border was shut for nearly two weeks following clashes between Afghan and Pakistani forces, in Kandahar province, Afghanistan, on October 23, 2025. (AP/File)" /></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-1 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Main category:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/Pakistan">Pakistan</a></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-9 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Tags:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/tags/pakistan-afghanistan-border">Pakistan Afghanistan border</a></div><div class="field-item odd"><a href="/tags/afghan-refugees-pakistan">Afghan Refugees in pakistan</a></div><div class="field-item even"><a href="/tags/expulsion-afghan-refugees">expulsion of Afghan refugees</a></div></div></div> Sat, 01 Nov 2025 07:37:42 +0000 fatimah.amjad 2621068 at /node/2621054/pakistan <div class="field field-name-field-rbitem-author field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">article author:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/taxonomy/term/124566">Arab News Pakistan</a></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-author field-type-text field-label-inline clearfix"><div class="field-label">Author:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-publication-date field-type-datestamp field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><span class="date-display-single">Sat, 2025-11-01 06:15</span></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p> ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s Defense Minister Khawaja Asif met US Chargé d’Affaires Natalie Baker to discuss the situation in Afghanistan, state media reported Friday, urging action to address challenges arising from Afghan territory to ensure regional peace and stability.</p> <p> The meeting came a day after Pakistan and Afghanistan agreed to extend a ceasefire following deadly clashes earlier this month that left dozens of soldiers, civilians and militants dead.</p></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-binary field-type-image field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><img src="/sites/default/files/2025/11/01/4654051-852186152.jpg" width="1300" height="681" alt="US Chargé d’Affaires Natalie Baker (left) calls on Pakistan’s Defense Minister Khawaja Asif in Islamabad, Pakistan, on October 30, 2025. (PID)" title="US Chargé d’Affaires Natalie Baker (left) calls on Pakistan’s Defense Minister Khawaja Asif in Islamabad, Pakistan, on October 30, 2025. (PID)" /></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-1 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Main category:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/Pakistan">Pakistan</a></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-9 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Tags:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/tags/pakistan-us-ties-0">Pakistan US Ties</a></div><div class="field-item odd"><a href="/tags/afghanistan">Afghanistan</a></div><div class="field-item even"><a href="/tags/ceasefire">Ceasefire</a></div></div></div> Sat, 01 Nov 2025 03:24:58 +0000 fatimah.amjad 2621054 at /node/2620976/pakistan <div class="field field-name-field-rbitem-author field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">article author:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/taxonomy/term/124566">Arab News Pakistan</a></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-publication-date field-type-datestamp field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><span class="date-display-single">Fri, 2025-10-31 12:50</span></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p> ISLAMABAD: Lahore remained the world’s most polluted city while the port city of Karachi ranked second, Swiss air quality monitor IQAir said on Friday, as toxic smog continued to blanket Pakistan’s urban centers.</p> <p> Lahore recorded an Air Quality Index (AQI) of 193, while Karachi registered a reading of 186, both deemed “unhealthy.” India’s capital, New Delhi, ranked third on the list of the world’s most polluted cities, with an AQI of 182, according to IQAir.</p></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-binary field-type-image field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><img src="/sites/default/files/2025/10/31/4653853-2096754242.jpg" width="1300" height="766" alt="A person walks along a littered ground amid smog and air pollution in the morning, in Karachi, Pakistan, on October 31, 2025. (REUTERS)" title="A person walks along a littered ground amid smog and air pollution in the morning, in Karachi, Pakistan, on October 31, 2025. (REUTERS)" /></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-1 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Main category:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/Pakistan">Pakistan</a></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-9 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Tags:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/tags/smog">smog</a></div><div class="field-item odd"><a href="/tags/lahore">Lahore</a></div><div class="field-item even"><a href="/category/tags/karachi">Karachi</a></div><div class="field-item odd"><a href="/tags/pollution">Pollution</a></div></div></div> Fri, 31 Oct 2025 09:55:49 +0000 fatimah.amjad 2620976 at /node/2620933/pakistan <div class="field field-name-field-rbitem-author field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">article author:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/taxonomy/term/124566">Arab News Pakistan</a></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-author field-type-text field-label-inline clearfix"><div class="field-label">Author:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-publication-date field-type-datestamp field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><span class="date-display-single">Fri, 2025-10-31 06:23</span></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p> ISLAMABAD: Pakistan and the European Union agreed on Thursday to deepen cooperation on migration and labor mobility, committing to implement a talent-partnership roadmap while reaffirming Pakistan’s commitment to the EU-Pakistan Readmission Agreement (EURA) and efforts to curb illegal migration.</p> <p> The understanding was reached during the third session of the Pakistan–EU Migration and Mobility Dialogue held in Islamabad.</p></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-binary field-type-image field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><img src="/sites/default/files/2025/10/31/4653762-1125175608.jpg" width="670" height="395" alt="" title="European Union flags fly outside the European Commission building in Brussel on June 1, 2022. (AFP/File)" /></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-1 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Main category:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/Pakistan">Pakistan</a></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-9 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Tags:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/tags/pakistan-eu-ties">Pakistan EU Ties</a></div></div></div> Fri, 31 Oct 2025 03:26:28 +0000 fatimah.amjad 2620933 at