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Questioning Islamabad’s record on protecting minority rights even as it sought to criticise India at the UN, Mr. Puri underlined that it is well-documented that Pakistan’s minorities have shrunk dramatically since its independence

Ms. Mangalanandan added that burial rights for terrorists are being justified by indicating that States may restrict funeral rights of terrorists, but only within legal limits

Officers of the Counter Intelligence Cell of Andhra Pradesh, intrigued by a slew of messaging patterns across various social media platforms, busted a major digital honey-trap racket, including the Indian conduits, whose motive was to leak sensitive defence details, specifically Naval intelligence, to the neighbouring country’s Inter-Services Intelligence, writes Sumit Bhattacharjee

Of four elephants brought to Pakistan in 2009, two have died. Now, two others are ill, raising welfare concerns.

Al Jazeera’s Osama Bin Javaid reports on the ‘Badr’ Memorandum of Understanding.

Trilateral deal between Saudi Arabia, Turkiye and Pakistan lays out provisions for joint defence.

Islamabad cites security concerns, while Tehran points to technical issues as Pakistan mediates between Iran and the US.

The MEA said that the Union Territories of Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh are integral and inalienable parts of India, and “politically motivated propaganda” cannot alter that reality

"Pakistan rejects and condemns the Indian Defence Minister's provocative remarks...," Foreign Office spokesperson Sajjad Haider Khan said

Families demand justice for the 35 people killed; relatives say they had warned that the roof was leaking.

A school roof collapsed in Peshawar, northwestern Pakistan, on Thursday 15 October, killing at least 32 pupils and a teacher. Officials said the roof was structurally weak and had been overloaded by construction work. The school’s owner was arrested and an investigation launched.

A teacher and twenty-seven pupils were killed when a school roof collapsed in the northwestern Pakistani city of Peshawar on Thursday, a hospital official said. More than thirty people were injured, with six of them believed to be in a critical condition.

Pakistan says it intercepted 23 suicide drones launched from Afghanistan into Pakistani airspace in September alone. Since the conflict began in February 2026, the Taliban have increasingly used drones to attack Pakistan, raising concerns in Islamabad.

Protesters in Pakistan’s Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province clashed with police over emergency and governor’s rule.

Chinese-Pakistani fighter jets and a China-made air-defence system reportedly deployed to Saudi Arabia could be brought into action following Pakistan’s renewed pledge to defend the kingdom after deadly Houthi attacks on Riyadh. Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif said on Sunday that Islamabad would cooperate with Riyadh “in every possible way” under their defence agreements, after Houthi strikes on the Saudi capital’s main airport the previous day killed at least 13 people and wounded...

Cases have been registered against social media handles allegedly disseminating misleading information, attempting to create an “anti-India narrative” and disturb law and order, officials said

At least five people were killed and more than 30 injured when the Rehman Baba Express derailed near Multan, Pakistan, early on Tuesday, 13 October. An investigation has been launched into the cause of the accident.

The powerful blast reportedly occurred in the Satwal-Naki area near the zero line, during the movement of a group of people along the Pakistan side of the LoC, says officials

Pakistan has suspended Khyber Pakhtunkhwa's PTI-led government after declaring a state of emergency in the province.

MP Mahima Kumari Mewar, exercising India’s Right of Reply at the Fourth Committee, accused Pakistan of abusing the UN platform and said it should refrain from “preaching homilies”

Saudi Arabia, Turkiye and Pakistan are activating their defence pact to counter attacks from Yemen’s Houthis.

India on October 7 exercised its Right of Reply in response to the Pakistan representative’s statement in the Sixth Committee of the UN General Assembly on the Agenda Item: Measures to Eliminate International Terrorism

“The OIC chair would do better to focus on Pakistan’s illegal occupation, especially in Rawalakot, where wanton killings, brutal violence and the denial of basic rights to the people living there are so visible. Such willful blindness only speaks of bigotry and intolerance,” Lok Sabha MP Biplab Kumar Deb said