Pakistan was placed on the grey list in June 2018 and was given a plan of action to complete it by October 2019. Since then the country continues to be in that list due to its failure to comply with the FATF mandates.

No group took the responsibility for the blast but the Baloch nationalists are active in the province and often target the security forces.

The floor test took place without the opposition as the Pakistan Democratic Movement (PDM), an alliance of 11 parties, boycotted the voting.

The new data regulations give the government wide powers of control. It has rejected several requests from social media companies for consultation.

India has slammed Pakistan for its decision to hold elections there.

The court granted Rehman bail against a surety bond of Rs 10 million.

In November last year, the two countries threw open a corridor linking Dera Baba Sahib in Gurdaspur in India with Gurdwara Kartarpur Sahib in Pakistan.

Khan had accepted Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad's invitation to the summit which was held from December 18 to 21, but pulled out of it at the eleventh hour reportedly due to Saudi pressure.

This is the seventh letter that the Pakistani foreign minister has written on the region.

Pakistan foreign office (FO) said the purpose of the visit was to see the ground situation and gauge the public sentiment following India's August 5 decision.

The new law is expected to help Pakistan government to fulfill its obligations towards the UNSC by expediting the seizure of properties of banned groups and individuals.

A statement released by the Pakistan Prime Minister's Office said, "PM Imran Khan stand by his words that if India gives us actionable intelligence, we will immediately act." 

As many as 172 suspects were placed on the Exit Control List (ECL) on the recommendations of a Joint Investigation Team (JIT) formed by the apex court. A person cannot fly abroad if his name is placed on the ECL.

Sharif is currently in jail after an anti-corruption court sentenced him on December 24 to seven years in jail in the Al-Azizia Steel Mills graft case while acquitting him in the Flagship Investments corruption case.

During a hearing on Thursday of a petition filed by Saeed, his counsel informed the Islamabad High Court (IHC) that the presidential ordinance, that proscribed them, had lapsed and contended that he had established JuD in 2002 and cut off all ties with the banned Lashkar-i-Taiba.

The Supreme Judicial Council (SJC) had recommended the removal of Islamabad high court (IHC) justice Shaukat Aziz Siddiqui, who was facing a case of alleged misconduct over his controversial speech targeting the Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI).

"The framework between China and Pakistan is bilateral, and Saudi Arabia is not entering that framework as a third-party investor. Rather, the base of the CPEC will be broadened and its pace will be expedited," minister for planning and development Khusro Bakhtiar said.

Asad Durrani's name was placed on the Exit Control List (in May at the request of the army over a book that he co-authored with a former Indian RAW chief A.S. Dulat.

Pakistan's high court suspended the ten-year sentence for Sharif and the seven-year term given to his daughter Maryam Nawaz.

The Pakistan Foreign Office has rejected a Financial Times report that claimed that the newly elected Imran Khan’s government was planning to renegotiate the Belt and Road Initiative and reiterated the government’s commitment to the successful implementation of CPEC.