Sources: BBC
The Pakistani government partially reopens the Torkham border crossing with Afghanistan to allow Afghan refugees to flee home, while all remaining restrictions on cross-border movement stay banned, following an agreement to maintain a ceasefire. 2025-11-1
The government orders the closure of all shopping malls and retail markets by 8:30{{nbsp}}p.m. (PKT) daily as part of an energy conservation plan to offset increasing energy prices. 2023-01-3
Pakistan surpasses one million daily COVID-19 vaccination doses for the first time after the government warned that it may ban unvaccinated people from entering some public places and using some forms of transportation. 2021-08-3
Pakistan receives 2.5 million doses of the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine from the United States, facilitated through the COVAX initiative, UNICEF and the Government of Pakistan. 2021-07-2
In Pakistan, the Sindh High Court orders the release of Ahmed Omar Saeed Sheikh, initially sentenced to death for the kidnapping and murder of American journalist Daniel Pearl in Karachi in 2002. The government opposes his release on the basis of public safety; both the government and Pearl's family will appeal the decision. 2020-12-24
At least 57 people are killed and others are missing after avalanches in Pakistan-controlled Kashmir over the last 24 hours, senior government officials say. In Indian-administered Kashmir, at least 10 are killed. 2020-01-14
The Pakistani Taliban announces that it will not extend a ceasefire with the Pakistani government. 2014-04-17
The Government of Pakistan decides to accord recognition to the Republic of Kosovo. 2012-12-24
The Pakistani Taliban confirms that it is holding peace talks with the government. 2011-12-10
The Government of Pakistan summons the British High Commissioner to Islamabad for a "dressing down" by Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi over remarks made by the British Prime Minister David Cameron on Pakistan "looking both ways" on terrorism. 2010-08-2