Pakistan shoots down eight drones in latest Afghan border clash
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s air defence systems shot down eight drones launched from Afghanistan early on Wednesday, four of them near the Torkham border crossing and four in the mountains around Kohat, as the military accused the Taliban administration in Kabul of a “cowardly attempt” to strike civilian areas.
Pakistan deploys Rangers across four Punjab districts ahead of Imran Khan supporters’ march
LAHORE: The Punjab government has asked Islamabad to deploy paramilitary Rangers across four districts in the province, as Pakistan’s security establishment braces for a mass opposition march on the capital that officials fear could draw as many as two million people onto the streets.
Pakistan names retired general to lead Makkah Defence Alliance
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan has appointed a retired lieutenant general who once commanded the country’s turbulent north-west to lead a fledgling defence pact with Saudi Arabia and Turkey, as the kingdom grapples with the most serious Houthi assault on its territory in years.
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- Mobile broadband services restored
- 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 economy to miss growth goal again on energy costs, ADB says
KARACHI: Pakistan’s economy will expand more slowly than the government’s own target for a second consecutive year, the Asian Development Bank said, as fallout from the Middle East conflict keeps energy costs elevated and complicates the country’s push to lock in a fragile recovery.
Pakistan cuts fuel prices for second straight day as Saudi Arabia rushes oil through Hormuz
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan cut retail petrol and diesel prices for a second consecutive day, as Saudi Arabia’s rerouting of crude shipments through the Strait of Hormuz helped stabilize a global oil market rattled by months of conflict in the Middle East.