Pakistani security forces have killed 20 Pakistani Taliban insurgents in raids on hideouts in the northwest region bordering Afghanistan

At least 12 people were killed and 27 others wounded on Tuesday in an attack on Pakistan’s capital, Islamabad, according to officials. It was the first major attack to hit the city in more than a decade and comes as Pakistan is facing a resurgence of assaults by several insurgencies.

Pakistan's parliament approved a constitutional amendment on Wednesday to expand the powers of the army chief and curb the remit of its Supreme Court, a move that critics said had done irreparable harm to the country's democracy.

Pakistan A, also known as the Shaheens, will be led by Irfan Khan. Key players in their squad include Yasir Khan, Saad Masood, Ghazi Ghori, and Ahmed Daniyal.

Worth an estimated USD 60 billion, CPEC was launched as the flagship project of China’s Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), envisioned to link China’s Xinjiang province to Pakistan’s Gwadar Port in Balochistan.

The countries that helped broker peace earlier this year are now selling advanced weapons to the nuclear-armed neighbours

Afghanistan’s Foreign Minister Amir Khan Muttaqi has criticized Pakistan for the failure of recent peace talks, labeling Islamabad’s demands as “unrealistic and unreasonable.” Speaking in Kabul, he confirmed that the Afghan delegation returned from Turkey after negotiations ended without any progress.