Pakistan says defense pact with Saudi Arabia elevated brotherly ties to ‘new heights’

  • Pakistan, Saudi Arabia signed strategic defense pact last year pledging aggression against one will be treated as attack on both
  • Deputy PM Ishaq Dar says enduring bonds with Islamic and Arab nations form vital pillar of Pakistan’s foreign policy 
By Arab News Pakistan ·

Pakistan says 34 militants killed in counterterror operations in Balochistan, KP this week 

  • Pakistan military says 26 militants killed in separate operations in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa this week
  • Eight other militants were gunned down in southwestern Balochistan’s Zhob district, says military
By NAIMAT KHAN ·

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In Lahore’s historic Walled City, Ramadan fills the rows at Mughal-era Sunehri Mosque

  • Experts call for restoration of the 18th-century mosque amid encroachments and structural strain
  • Generations of traders shift their work schedules in Ramadan to gather for iftar and nightly prayers
By Farheen Ale Syed ·

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Pakistan PM signals direct tax relief in upcoming budget as IMF review nears

  • Shehbaz Sharif says IMF conditions align with reforms Pakistan needs to strengthen its economy
  • PM urges provinces to join ‘Uraan Pakistan’ drive to accelerate growth and improve coordination
By Hasaan Ali Khan ·

Sudan’s RSF targeted civilians with disabilities in El-Fasher: HRW

  • Human Rights Watch says this is the first time it has documented this type and scale of targeted abuse
  • Survivors and witnesses describe RSF fighters singling out civilians with disabilities as they tried to flee
By AFP ·

FBI obtained Kash Patel and Susie Wiles phone records during Biden administration

  • Patel portrayed the seizing of his phone records by the FBI and efforts to conceal them as an example of overreach by unelected government officials under Biden, a theme often repeated by President Trump
By Reuters ·

UAE’s residential real estate market to see softer home sales

  • Moody’s sees mild softening of prices over the next 12 - 8 months as rising completions add supply
By Reem Walid ·

Last-gasp penalty sends Atalanta past Dortmund and into last 16

  • Dortmund’s Bensebaini was sent off after his studs caught the head of Atalanta’s Krstovic in the penalty area
  • The hosts had ⁠to fight back ⁠following last week’s 2-0 loss in Germany
By Reuters ·