Islamabad (TIP): Pakistan’s Special Envoy to Afghanistan Mohammad Sadiq has said that he held talks on expanding a regional transit framework that bypasses Afghanistan by including Tajikistan and Uzbekistan in the Quadrilateral Transit Trade Agreement […]
Islamabad (TIP): China’s push into the global fifth-generation fighter jet market appears to be gathering momentum, with Pakistan emerging as the likely first overseas customer for the newly unveiled J-35AE stealth combat aircraft. The export […]
Kathmandu (TIP): A long-running border dispute between Nepal and India has flared up after New Delhi announced the resumption of a religious pilgrimage through a contested Himalayan pass. Kathmandu’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs lodged a […]
Lahore (TIP): Pakistan’s Punjab government has changed the 97-year-old law by setting 18 years as the minimum legal age for marriage for girls and declaring underage marriage a non-bailable offence. Previously, the minimum legal age […]
Kathmandu (TIP): Nepal Airlines has apologised for what it described as cartographic inaccuracies in the wake of a furore showing Jammu and Kashmir as part of Pakistan in a “network map”. The airlines had deleted […]
Islamabad (TIP): Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Wednesday said that the US-Iran war has dealt a serious blow to Pakistan’s economic progress made over the past two years, as he asserted that his government will […]
Islamabad (TIP): Pakistan Army has intensified operations along the Pakistan-Afghanistan border under Operation Ghazab lil-Haq, targeting positions of Afghan Taliban and offshoot of Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) Fitna al-Khawarij in response to what it termed “unprovoked […]
Kathmandu (TIP): Nepal President Ramchandra Paudel on Thursday suspended the session of both houses of Parliament that was scheduled for April 30, a development described by the opposition as “unprecedented and surprising.” The president cited […]
Washington (TIP): US Congressman Brad Sherman has called on Pakistan to clamp down on terror groups such as Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT), which has been linked to the 2025 Pahalgam terror attack. Speaking at an exhibition organised […]
Kabul (TIP): Fresh strikes by Pakistan have damaged several homes in the Sarkano district in Afghanistan’s Kunar province, local media reported. Cross-border hostilities continue to escalate in eastern Afghanistan, with attacks starting around midnight and […]
Islamabad (TIP): US President Donald Trump on April 15 claimed the conflict with Iran was “very close to over”, even as Pakistan intensified back-channel diplomacy with a high-level delegation, led by Army chief Asim Munir, […]
Kathmandu (TIP): Nepal’s government, elected last month on an anti-corruption platform, has formed a commission to investigate the assets of politicians and officials, an official said Thursday. Prime Minister Balendra Shah, a 35-year-old rapper-turned-politician, won […]
Dhaka (TIP): A Bangladesh court has granted bail to Hindu monk Chinmoy Krishna Das in one case, while he remains in custody. The order was issued on Thursday by Judicial Magistrate Shakhawat Hossain in Chattogram […]
Islamabad (TIP): Heavy rain, storms and floods have battered Asian neighbours Afghanistan and Pakistan in the last three weeks, killing at least 222 people, disaster officials in both countries have said. In Afghanistan, which already […]
Islamabad (TIP): A fresh diplomatic row erupted after Pakistan’s Defence Minister Khawaja Muhammad Asif posted sharply critical remarks about Israel, drawing swift condemnation from Israeli authorities, US lawmakers and experts at a sensitive moment in […]
Dhaka (TIP): Bangladesh’s Foreign Minister Dr Khalilur Rahman has described his recent meetings in India as “very productive”, signalling a renewed push to strengthen bilateral ties between Dhaka and New Delhi. Dr Rahman, who visited […]
Islamabad (TIP): Pakistan on Thursday, April 2, sharply increased consumer prices for diesel and petrol, marking its second hike in less than a month, as global oil prices surged amid the ongoing conflict in the […]
Islamabad (TIP): Pakistan on Thursday, April 2, sharply increased consumer prices for diesel and petrol, marking its second hike in less than a month, as global oil prices surged amid the ongoing conflict in the […]
Kathmandu (TIP): A court case has been filed against 33 individuals in Nepal for their alleged involvement in a large-scale fake “air rescue” insurance scam targeting foreign tourists, with fraudulent claims amounting to around Rs […]
Kathmandu (TIP): Rapper-turned-politician Balendra Shah, popularly known as Balen, took oath as the youngest Prime Minister of Nepal on Friday, March 27. The development came after the 35-year-old was elected as the Parliamentary leader of […]
Dhaka (TIP): At least 24 people died after a passenger bus carrying around 40 passengers plunged into the Padma River while attempting to board a ferry in Bangladesh, officials said Thursday, March 26. The accident […]
Dhaka (TIP): As Bangladesh observes Genocide Day, Prime Minister Tarique Rahman on Wednesday said the genocide of 25 March was a ‘pre-planned massacre’ as the Pakistani forces carried out ‘one of the most heinous genocides […]
Islamabad (TIP): Pakistan’s military resumed operations against Afghanistan after a temporary pause, Pakistan’s foreign ministry said on Thursday, March 26, dashing hopes of a permanent ceasefire. Pakistan and Afghanistan’s worst fighting in years erupted last […]
Bangladesh foreign minister Khalilur Rahman is expected to make a brief visit to the Indian capital next month – the first since the new Tarique Rahman government came to power in Dhaka – as the […]
Islamabad (TIP): Pakistan on Thursday said that its missile programme was region-specific and exclusively defensive in nature, a day after US intelligence chief Tulsi Gabbard voiced concern about a potential threat from the country’s missile […]
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