Pakistan draws maritime red line, warns of force against Houthi blockade
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan warned on Wednesday that it stood ready to use force to defend its ships and maritime interests, as Yemen’s Houthi movement pressed ahead with threats of a naval blockade against Saudi Arabia that has already prompted tankers to change course in the Red Sea.
Trump threatens to bomb Iranian bridge or power plant for every ship attacked in Hormuz
ISLAMABAD: US President Donald Trump has raised the stakes in the war with Iran, threatening to destroy an Iranian bridge or power station in retaliation for any future attack on shipping in the Strait of Hormuz — a warning that extends, he made clear, to targets inside Tehran itself.
Ten militants killed, two female suicide bombers captured in Balochistan raids
QUETTA: Security forces killed 10 militants and captured two female suicide bombers along with a man accused of facilitating them, in a fresh round of operations across two districts of restive Balochistan province, the military said on Wednesday.
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- Mobile broadband services restoredÂ
- LPG prices rise by 29.2pc for February
- Cabinet swells to 75 members
- Govt allows TCP to import wheat via all ports
- World Bank approves $200 million in loan for Punjab’s farm development project
- PM Sharif’s party decides to get tough on hecklers
- Apex court overturns PHC ban on poultry exports
- Shahbaz Gill declined bail
- IHC disposes of PTI employees petition against FIA notices
- Rupee plumbs new lows against dollar
- Punjab gets new policy chief
- Loans under Mera Ghar scheme to continue
- Senior army official shot dead in Balochistan rescue operation
- Bani Gala Firing: Man shot, wounded by PTI leader’s gunman
- Turkish commander calls on CJCSC
- Inquiry commission to probe reasons of energy crisis
- ANP set to fly Sharif’s coop
- Member Communist Party of China calls on COAS
- CHE to be renamed, HQ shifted to Karachi
- Pakistan to import high-quality Afghan coal in rupees
- IHC chucks plea to interfere with legislation
- Saudi Arabia confers King Abdulaziz medal on General Bajwa
- Interior Minister no-show at drugs case hearing
- Pakistan hopes early, successful visit by FATF team
- Pakistan commiserates with Afghanistan over quake, flood destruction
Pakistan wins first S&P upgrade to ‘B’ since 2019 on IMF reforms
KARACHI: S&P Global Ratings raised Pakistan’s long-term sovereign credit rating to B from B-, the country’s second upgrade in 12 months and its highest standing since 2019, as the South Asian nation locks in gains from an International Monetary Fund overhaul that has rebuilt foreign reserves and narrowed budget gaps.
Pakistan fuel dealers suspend strike after govt pledges two-week fix
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s petrol pump owners called off a threatened nationwide strike on Wednesday after Petroleum Minister Ali Pervaiz Malik agreed to review their grievances within two weeks, averting a shutdown that would have shuttered thousands of fuel stations across the country.