Islamabad

New traditions but same old hospitality in modern Islamabad

Since its foundation in the 1960s, Pakistan’s capital Islamabad has always been a well-planned city, with separate zones for administration, educational and commercial institutions and residential areas –unlike most major cities in the Indian sub-continent.
28 February 2025, 18:30 PM

Bangladesh 'A' fold for 122 against Pakistan Shaheens

Bangladesh A team demonstrated a disappointing batting display against their Pakistani counterparts on the opening day of the two-match four-day series opener as they were dismissed for just 122 runs in their first innings on Tuesday.
13 August 2024, 14:17 PM

Imran Khan leads rally of thousands to blockaded Islamabad

Pakistan's ousted prime minister Imran Khan on Wednesday led a convoy of thousands of supporters towards the capital Islamabad in a show of force the new government has attempted to shut down, with clashes breaking out between police and protesters.
25 May 2022, 12:38 PM

Islamabad contradicts OIC's council of foreign ministers' Dhaka declaration

Though Bangladesh 'successfully hosted' the 45th session of the Council of Foreign Ministers (CFM) of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC), Pakistan raises some questions regarding the Dhaka Declaration.
7 May 2018, 12:03 PM

All-out efforts on to hunt down killers: PM

Pointing the finger at the BNP-Jamaat clique for all the recent secret killings in the country, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina says the intelligence and law enforcement agencies are out there to track down the culprits.
8 June 2016, 08:44 AM

Pakistan high commissioner summoned

Amid escalating diplomatic tension between Dhaka and Islamabad, Bangladesh foreign ministry yesterday summoned the Pakistan
9 May 2016, 18:00 PM

Pakistan floods kill 53 after heavy rains

At least 53 people have been killed by flash floods caused by torrential rain in northwest Pakistan, officials said.
4 April 2016, 04:54 AM

Pakistan summons Bangladesh envoy

Amid a diplomatic tension between Dhaka and Islamabad, Pakistan authorities summoned Bangladesh High Commissioner in Islamabad
8 February 2016, 18:00 PM

Dhaka hands protest note

Amid escalating diplomatic tension between Dhaka and Islamabad, the Bangladesh foreign ministry summoned the Pakistan envoy here
2 February 2016, 18:00 PM

Shias protest Pakistan's role in Saudi-led military coalition

Hundreds of people joined a Shia-led protest in Islamabad against Pakistan's decision to join Saudi Arabia's 34-country coalition against extremism, as Riyadh's foreign minister ended a two-day visit to the country.
10 January 2016, 05:05 AM

Maushumi on her way to Lisbon from Pakistan

Bangladeshi diplomat Maushumi Rahman is now on her way to Lisbon from Pakistan to take up her new assignment in the country's Portugal mission.
7 January 2016, 14:51 PM

Pakistan shows no reason yet

Maushumi Rahman, counsellor (political) at Bangladesh High Commission in Islamabad, left Pakistan last night for Lisbon to take up her new assignment in the country's Portugal mission.
6 January 2016, 18:00 PM

DU cuts academic ties with Pakistan

Dhaka University syndicate severs all academic ties with Pakistan.
14 December 2015, 11:32 AM

‘Pakistan will summon Bangladesh envoy’

Pakistan has decided to summon Bangladesh’s envoy to lodge a protest and convey Islamabad’s concerns over the recent executions of two war criminals – Ali Ahsan Mohammad Mojaheed and Salauddin Quader Chowdhury.
26 November 2015, 08:48 AM

Obama urges Pakistan to avoid raising nuclear tensions with new weapons

U.S. President Barack Obama urges Pakistan to avoid developments in its nuclear weapons programme that could increase risks and instability.
23 October 2015, 07:27 AM

Opinion: Why Bangladesh isn’t Pakistan

Bangladesh’s liberation from Pakistan was an ideological recast. Its differences with India aren't based on ideological premise that Hindus and Muslims are engaged in some form of permanent war.
7 June 2015, 03:57 AM

Pakistan ends death penalty suspension

Pakistan is to resume executions for all death penalty offences, months after a moratorium was partially lifted to allow executions of terror convicts
11 March 2015, 05:25 AM