Pakistan's presidential election: Voting begins, Asif Ali Zardari set to winVoting has begun in Pakistan's Presidential elections, with Asif Ali Zardari expected to be elected for a second term. Zardari, supported b...
09 Mar, 2024, 11.03 AM IST
Mahmood Khan Achakzai nominated by Imran Khan as presidential candidate against Asif Ali ZardariThe Sunni Ittehad Council, supported by Imran Khan's party, named Mahmood Khan Achakzai as their presidential candidate against Asif Ali Za...
02 Mar, 2024, 01.36 PM IST
22 killed, 37 wounded in twin blasts on eve of Pakistan electionAt least 22 people were killed in bomb blasts outside poll candidate offices in southwestern Pakistan, on the eve of an election marred by ...
07 Feb, 2024, 02.55 PM IST
Pakistan opens 3 new border crossings to deport Afghans in ongoing crackdown on migrantsInternational aid agencies have documented chaotic and desperate scenes among Afghans who have returned from Pakistan. Achakzai said police...
13 Nov, 2023, 06.51 PM IST
Mastung suicide blast: "Enough is enough" says Balochistan govt, declares "all-out-war" against terroristsThe family aid will include Rs 1.5 million for the family of the martyr, Rs 0.5 million for the critically injured and Rs 0.2 million to th...
02 Oct, 2023, 08.53 PM IST
Pakistan flour crisis worsens; prices skyrocket amidst wheat shortage, stampedes reportedTens of thousands spend hours daily to get the subsidized bags of flour that are already short in supply in the market. Chaotic scenes are ...
11 Jan, 2023, 03.38 PM IST
ET Explainer: All you need to know on Pakistan's worst flour crisisThe prices of wheat flour, which is one of the key constituents of the staple diet of people in Pakistan, have skyrocketed amid the ongoing...
10 Jan, 2023, 11.41 AM IST
Pakistan PM Imran Khan’s Moscow visit could not have been more ill-timedMany at home and abroad are questioning the timing of the visit. Even though the prime minister Imran Khan had played down the timing of th...
24 Feb, 2022, 12.51 PM IST
Secrecy surrounds location of former police chief of Kandahar in IndiaGeneral Tadeen Khan Achakzai is the brother of late popular warlord General Raziq, who ruled Kandahar, Afghanistan's second-largest city, t...
17 Aug, 2021, 07.07 AM IST
Bomb targets police van in southwest Pakistan, kills officerNo one immediately claimed responsibility for the attack in the town of Qilla Abdullah in Baluchistan province. The town is located 75 kilo...
28 Apr, 2021, 04.51 PM IST
10 killed in militant attack on Afghan army campThe attack happened on the Achakzai camp of army corps 205 in Shah Wali Kot district, where ten soldiers were killed and nine other injured.
23 May, 2017, 02.17 PM IST
First Chinese trade convoy arrives at Pakistan's Gwadar portChina not only built the Gwadar port but also has its operational control. It is also building a network of roads and railways to link up i...
12 Nov, 2016, 04.23 PM IST
100,000 "suspected" Afghans in Pakistan declared "aliens"Some 100,000 "suspected" Afghans living in Pakistan have been declared as "aliens" by authorities in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Balochistan pro...
29 May, 2015, 02.59 PM IST
Pakistan Parliament rejects demand for Nawaz Sharif's resignationProtest leaders Imran Khan and Tahir-ul Qadri camping in the capital have demanded that Sharif should quit and assemblies be dissolved.
21 Aug, 2014, 04.54 PM IST
Pakistan seeks extradition of Taliban's Mullah Fazlullah from AfghanistanMahmood Khan Achakzai made the request for extradition on behalf of PM Nawaz Sharif when he met Afghan President Hamid Karzai in Kabul.
20 Jun, 2014, 11.54 AM IST
- Hindus protest in Pak against kidnappings for ransom
Pakistan's minority Hindus protested outside Balochistan provincial assembly in Quetta against increasing incidents of abduction.
24 Dec, 2011, 02.50 PM IST
- Pakistan looking to adopt CBSE's CCE system of exams
CBSE's new system of CCE, in place of a single-board exam, is gathering steam in countries like Pakistan and Bhutan.
29 Nov, 2011, 11.46 AM IST