Former special assistant to the prime minister (SAPM) Mirza Shahzad Akbar has confirmed to Dawn that he was attacked in the United Kingdom, where he has been living in self-imposed exile since April 2022, on Wednesday.
QUETTA ... “Pakistanis stranded in Afghanistan are not allowed by the authorities concerned to return to Pakistan,” Malik Ghabizai said, adding that such a situation was causing humanitarian concerns ... Published in Dawn, December 24th, 2025 ....
Zunaira with Unicef's Deputy Executive DirectorKitty van der Heijden at COP29 in Baku, Azerbaijan, in November 2024 ... “I should be able to finish the book in the next few days,” she tells Eos in a phone interview ... Unicef ... akbar.notezai@gmail.com.
PAKISTAN is in decline — in serious, considerable and sharp decline — as manifested by its economic, social and human development indicators ... Importantly, in just 25 years, Pakistan will become the third most populous country.
HC advances hearing in Akbar's plea against Priya Ramani's acquittal. Justice Ravinder Dudeja allowed Akbar’s application to advance the date from May 7, 2026 and has now listed the matter for further proceedings on March 16.
Justice Ravinder Dudeja allowed Akbar’s application to advance the date from May 7, 2026 and has now listed the matter for further proceedings on March 16. Akbar’s counsel had urged the court to fix the matter in February instead of May.
Around three hours north of Quetta lies the Sanzala Pass, which connects several villages located in Hurramzai Tehsil to the border with Afghanistan... I make my way there riding pillion on a motorbike, because anything else would get a puncture.
Naqvi reportedly urged the UK to hand over anti-government figures Shahzad Akbar and Adil Raja. Akbar, who was a minister in Imran Khan’s government, and Raja, a former army major, are both living in the UK.