In an alarming development, Pakistan is registering approximately 20,000 new HIV cases annually, the highest rate among all countries in the region, according to the World Health Organization (WHO). The international body says mortality among Pakistanis living with the virus, which causes the deadly AIDS disease, is also rising, in spite of the availability of […]

An Iranian lawmaker said consultations are under way to secure the release of the remaining Iranian border guards abducted by terrorists at a military post on the common border with Pakistan back in October. Speaking to Tasnim, Ali Kord hailed the efforts by the security forces and the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) that resulted […]

To tide over the flailing economy, Pakistan is currently in talks with International Monetary Fund (IMF) and both parties have made “significant progress” toward agreeing on an $8 billion bailout package, the IMF said in a statement on Tuesday. “There has been broad agreement on the need for a comprehensive agenda of reforms and policy […]

The relations between former allies United States and Pakistan continue to nosedive with many skeletons tumbling out of the cupboard. Barely two days after U.S. President Donald Trump launched a vicious tirade against Pakistan for ‘not doing a damn thing’ for his country, which evoked angry reactions in Pakistan, his administration suspended the $1.66 billion […]

 In observance of the Black Day, talks and seminars were held in Tehran as well as other big cities in Iran on Saturday in support for the cause of people of Jammu & Kashmir (J&K). Seventy years ago, the Indian army landed in the Himalayan valley of Kashmir, giving rise to one of the world’s […]

Pakistan’s Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) has established its sub-offices in Greece and Iran to check increasing activities of organized criminal networks and illegal movements of Pakistani migrants. A senior FIA official has said that one sub-office each in Greece and Iran had been established and soon two deputy directors along with their subordinates would begin […]

TEHRAN (Tasnim) – Iranian Parliament Speaker Ali Larijani blamed the US for obstructing the sale of Iranian gas to Pakistan and stifling a long-awaited pipeline project between the two neighbors. In a meeting with Deputy Chairman of the Senate of Pakistan Saleem Mandviwalla in Turkey’s Antalya on Tuesday, Larijani said certain parties are opposed to […]

The inaugural 2+2 ministerial dialogue between India and the U.S. held in New Delhi last week has again threatened to jeopardize recent efforts made by New Delhi and Islamabad to bury the hatchet and open a new chapter in their bilateral ties. The joint statement issued at the summit has drawn sharp reaction from Islamabad, […]

 According to a recent report by the International Monetary Fund (IMF), Pakistan ranks among the top three countries with acute water scarcity. UN agencies like United Nations Development Program (UNDP) and Pakistan Council of Research in Water Resources (PCRWR) have also sounded alarm bells that Pakistan, which has the world’s fourth-largest rate of water usage, […]

 China’s Foreign Minister Wang Yi is on a three-day official visit to Pakistan, which started on Friday. It is the first official visit by a senior Chinese official since the formation of a new government in Pakistan. During the visit, Wang Yi held delegation-level talks with senior Pakistani officials, including his counterpart Shah Mehmood Qureshi, […]