4 cops killed, many injured in midnight siege of police station in Lakki Marwat
While no group has taken responsibility for the attack, the police suspect the banned Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) as the group is known to operate in the area.
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Crop losses
The lingering economic impact of this summer’s calamitous floods, which have hurt the country’s rice, cotton and wheat output, has started to show.
Not ‘pursuing or receiving’ discounted energy from Russia, FM Bilawal says
He did note, however, that Pakistan is "facing an extremely difficult economic situation, inflation, pump prices”.
Pakistan okays export of sugar in move aimed to boost foreign reserves
The government has been resisting sugar export, fearing that it would lead to shortage and price hikes in the domestic market to their further disadvantage.
Ali Sethi and Shae Gill’s ‘Pasoori’ is the most streamed Pakistani song on Spotify
Since its release, the song has been heard 201 million times on Spotify and its video watched 463 million times on YouTube.
Islamabad’s strategic depth in Afghanistan is slipping away
Consequent to the Russian invasion of Afghanistan, Americans made Pakistan the base for Mujahideen operations against the occupiers.
Torture may not leave marks, but scars the soul forever: Pakistani filmmaker
Yumna Rizvi’s ‘Still Here’, depicting the journey from trauma toward healing, is inspired refugees and asylum-seeking survivors of torture from across the globe.
‘Unprovoked’ shelling by Afghan forces kills seven at Afghan-Pak border
The busy Afghan border crossing at Chaman, used for trade and transit, was closed for a few hours.
Great potential for S’pore and Pakistan to work together: Pakistan Foreign Minister
“There is a need for the world to have a fresh look at Pakistan that is away from its stereotypical image”, said Foreign Minister Bilawal Bhutto Zardari.
Pakistan to be among largest economies in the world by 2075: Goldman Sachs
The paper projects Pakistan to be the sixth largest economy by 2075 after China, India, the US, Indonesia and Nigeria.