Pakistan awards first offshore oil exploration blocks for decades

Pakistan said it has awarded 23 offshore exploration blocks to four consortiums led by local energy companies, some partnered with foreign firms including Turkey's national oil company TPAO.

Pakistan confronts a new reality: It may have lost the Taliban

The now-uneasy neighbors exchanged fire again on Friday, Taliban-controlled media reported, days after agreeing to a ceasefire and talks this weekend in Qatar.

Pakistan's Defense Minister warns Afghanistan of stern response to any new militant attacks

Pakistan’s defense minister has warned Afghanistan that any new “terrorist or suicide attack” by militants on Pakistani soil would draw a stern response

Pakistani national sentenced to long prison term for smuggling Iranian weapons to Houthis

A Pakistani smuggler was sentenced to 40 years for Iranian weapons trafficking to Houthis that led to two Navy SEALs' deaths during a boarding operation in the Arabian Sea.

China plans to have a Pakistan astronaut on short-term missions

China has announced it will arrange for a Pakistan astronaut to perform short-term missions as part of China's space station missions, state news agency Xinhua said on Thursday.
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