Pakistan

Strategic narratives and AI warfare: between Israel-Iran and India-Pakistan crises

These developments reflect a shared understanding: the control of information, not only firepower—is emerging as a decisive factor in modern conflict.

A Pakistan Ranger stands guard at the Pakistan-India joint check post at Wagah border, near Lahore, Pakistan, May 14, 2025.
Burqa-clad women leave a polling station after casting their vote as a police officer stands guard during general election, in Peshawar, Pakistan, February 8, 2024.

Pakistan police say tribal chief among 14 arrested over 'honor killing'

 Indian security force personnel stand guard on the banks of Dal Lake, following a suspected militant attack near south Kashmir's Pahalgam, in Srinagar April 25, 2025.

State Dept. designates Pakistani group behind April's Pahalgam massacre as terrorists

 An illustrative photo of the Iranian and Chinese flags.

Iran's Araghchi visits China in effort to win back Beijing's military support


Father confesses to honor killing 16-year-old daughter over TikTok use

The 16-year-old's family initially tried to cover up the murder as a suicide.

A view of the Spanish Steps after ''Bruciamo tutto'' (Let's burn everything) activists poured red paint to protest against femicides in Rome, Italy, June 26, 2024. (illustrative)

Armed men kidnap, kill nine bus passengers in Pakistan, say officials

Armed men kidnapped and killed nine bus passengers in south west Pakistan, no one has claimed responsibility

 View of a sandle on floor and blood stains inside a car of Jaffar Express train, after it was attacked by separatist militants in Bolan, at the Railway Station in Quetta, Balochistan, Pakistan, March 19, 2025

Authorities make arrest after unlicensed pet lion attacks woman and two children

The lion reportedly escaped from a farmhouse into an alleyway in Johan on Thursday. Footage revealed the lion was able to leap over the concrete wall into the alley. 

 A pet lion escaped in Lahore and attacked a woman and two children.

A million more Afghans could be sent back from Iran, Red Cross warns

"(We) are anticipating that an additional one million people, possibly more, may return from Iran to Afghanistan by the end of this year," said Sami Fakhouri.

 Afghan nationals with their belongings gather as they head back to Afghanistan, after Pakistan intensified its deportation campaign, forcing undocumented Afghans to leave the country, at the Torkham border crossing, Pakistan April 7, 2025.

Karachi building collapse kills 27 as rescue operations conclude

The number of casualties rose to 27 after Pakistani authorities declared the rescue operations concluded after the collapse of a multistory residential building in Karachi.

 Imdad Hussain, 28, who narrowly escaped and survived after a five-storey residential building collapsed on Friday, July 4, walks near the pile of rubble, in Karachi, Pakistan July 7, 2025.

Pakistan confiscates 18 illegal lions after one escapes, attacks woman and children

Pakistani authorities confiscated the lions that were kept as pets illegally after one of them escaped and attacked a woman and two children in the country's Punjab province.

 A lion roars inside its enclosure at a zoo in Peshawar, Pakistan December 13, 2021.

Terror on the street: Lion escapes from home and attacks woman and two children

Security cameras captured the moment a lion raised in a home's yard leaped into a busy street, knocked a woman to the ground, and scratched two children in the face.

 A young lion

Millions of Afghan refugees in Pakistan set to be deported

The latest round of deportations follows an earlier phase launched after March 31, which focused on Afghans holding Afghan Citizen Cards and those without documentation.

 An Afghan refugee man loads a truck with his belongings, as he along with others returns home, after Pakistan gave the last warning to undocumented immigrants to leave, in Jamrud, Pakistan, April 14, 2025.

Suicide bombing kills 13 Pakistani soldiers near Afghan border, say sources

One resident said that the explosion rattled the windowpanes of nearby houses, and caused some roofs to collapse.

 A Pakistani Ranger stands guard during the 'Beating Retreat' ceremony at the border gates of Pakistan and India at the Wagah border post near Lahore on May 4, 2025.

Two Pakistani soldiers, 11 guerrillas killed in South Waziristan border clash

The Pakistan Army's media wing claimed the group targeted in the operation had connections to what it called “Indian-sponsored” networks.

A paramilitary trooper mans a gun atop a vehicle as he keeps guard during a media tour of the Karachi Port, Pakistan, May 9, 2025.

Pakistan condemns Trump's bombing of Iran - a day after nominating him for Peace Prize

Pakistan on Sunday said Trump's decision to bomb Iranian nuclear facilities violated international law and that diplomacy was the only way to resolve the Iran crisis.

 Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian and Pakistan's Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif attend a joint press conference in Tehran, Iran, May 26, 2025.