Shehbaz Sharif was elected as the 23rd prime minister of Pakistan on Monday when 174 legislators voted in his favour. Before the voting process got under way, Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf lawmakers boycotted the election and walked out of the…
Coal Traders' Union in Mazar-I-Sharif, the capital of northern Balkh province, say coal prices increased following the start of its export to Pakistan three months ago. Traders and officials say that Pakistan previously imported coal from several other…
Acting commerce and industry minister on Wednesday stressed to stop the smuggling of Afghan carpets to Pakistan and would start legal export of the product to the neighbor country. Nooruddin Azizi, commerce and industry minister made the remarks…
The much-anticipated session of the Pakistan National Assembly with a crucial no-confidence motion, filed by the opposition against Prime Minister Imran Khan, on the agenda was adjourned till March 28 (Monday) without tabling of the resolution. The ruling…
Pakistani Foreign Minister Shah MahmodQureshi and his Chinese counterpart Wang Yiin met in Islamabad and emphasized on cooperation with Afghanistan. A statement from Pakistani foreign ministry received by Pajhwok Afghan News said that the two sides discussed about…
European Union Special Representative for Afghanistan Tomas Niklasson has met with the Pakistani special envoy for Afghanistan during his visit to Islamabad. Tomas Niklasson in a Tweet today said that he had met with Mohammad Sadiq, Pakistan's Special…
Pakistan says it will recognise the Taliban government when a regional consensus emerges on the issue. Pakistan’s UN envoy Munir Akram said this after the Security Council voted to establish formal ties with Afghanistan without recognising the Islamic…
Two people were arrested in Spin Boldak district of southern Kandahar province for smuggling weapons to Pakistan, officials said on Sunday. MualviShakib, spokesman of 205 Badr Military Corps in Kandahar, told Pajhwok Afghan News the men were…
Pakistan and China have urged the global fraternity not to forget the humanitarian crisis in Afghanistan because of the Russia-Ukraine conflict. Pakistan Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi and his Chinese counterpart Wang Yi during issued the call during…
Officials of the Association of Carpet Manufacturers and Exporters on Monday said that the Afghan carpet industry has recently progressed but Afghan carpets are still being exported to other countries as Pakistani product. The officials, who attended a…
Pakistan and Uzbekistan have agreed to lobby for unfreezing Afghan assets that were frozen by the international community in the aftermath of the Taliban take over. Pakistan’s Prime Minister Imran Khan and Uzbekistan’s President Shavkat Mirziyoyev made the…
The Pakistani envoy in Kabul during a meeting with traders in eastern Nangarhar province has stressed that problems facing businesspeople on Torkham and other routes should be resolved. Mansoor Ahmad Khan said that four decades of conflicts in…
The Ministry of Refugees and Repatriations (MoRR) on Saturday said that around 500,000 Afghans from Iran and Pakistan, and some other countries, had returned to Afghanistan since the establishment of the new caretaker government in the country. Mohammad…
Pakistan has stressed the release of all Afghan reserves, questioning US President Joe Biden’s decision on earmarking half of the $7 billion amount for American victims of 9/11 attacks. Late on Friday, the US leader signed an executive…
Pakistan and China believe a peaceful and stable Afghanistan will promote economic development and connectivity in the region. Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan and Chinese President Xi Jinping called on the international community to promptly assist the Afghan…
A magnitude of 5.7 earthquake jolted northeastern Badakhshan province on Saturday morning when Pakistan’s Seismological Center reported an earthquake with a magnitude of 5.9 in parts of that country. Pakistan’s Seismological Center says that the quake happened on…
Pakistan’s National Security Adviser Dr Moeed Yusuf will arrive in Kabul on Tuesday for discussions on the humanitarian situation in Afghanistan. During the two-day trip on Jan. 18-19, the two sides are expected to focus on boosting cooperation…
The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees says Pakistan has issued smart identity cards to 700,000 Afghan refugees in that country. Babar Baloch, UNHCR spokesperson in Pakistan, told reporters that the first phase of issuing new electronic documents and…
Pakistan has dispatched a team of engineers and technicians to Afghanistan for the early completion of three new hospitals to provide relief to the Afghans. The Ministry of National Health Services, Regulations and Coordination announced this at a…
More than 1.1 million Afghan refugees were repatriated from Iran and Pakistan in 2021, the International Organization of Migration (IOM) said on Monday. A total 1,146,750 Afghans without documents have returned to the country --- 19,000 from Pakistan…
Peace in Afghanistan is in the interest of the entire world, Pakistan says, pledging continued efforts for stabilising the neighbour. Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi warned on Friday the ongoing humanitarian crisis in Afghanistan could adversely affect countries…
Pakistan has once urged the international community to accelerate delivery of humanitarian aid to Afghanistan. National Security Adviser (NSA) Dr Moeed Yusuf said Afghanistan was heading towards a new disaster. In an interview with the BBC on Wednesday,…
Pakistan and Russia have resolved to support all efforts for bringing lasting peace to Afghanistan. Pakistani and Russian national security advisers exchanged views on recent developments in Afghanistan at a meeting in Moscow on Wednesday. “They expressed grave…
The Pakistan army chief has reiterated the need for global convergence on Afghanistan to avert a humanitarian crisis there. Gen. Qamar Javed Bajwa, at a meeting with the UK’s Special Representative for Afghanistan and Pakistan (SRAP), called for…
