Pakistan pledges to stand “shoulder to shoulder” with Saudi Arabia against Houthi attacks
ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has vowed that Pakistan will stand “shoulder to shoulder” with Saudi Arabia against escalating Houthi attacks that have killed and wounded Pakistani nationals in the kingdom.
Peshawar High Court to hear challenges to KP emergency rule on 20 October
ISLAMABAD: The Peshawar High Court has fixed 20 October for the first hearing of petitions challenging the federal government’s imposition of emergency and governor’s rule in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, days after a joint sitting of Parliament endorsed the move over fierce opposition protests.
Pakistan warns India of “forceful response” to defence minister’s strike threat
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan has warned India that any aggression will be met with a “forceful response”, rejecting as “provocative” a threat by the Indian defence minister, Rajnath Singh, of a strike bigger than last year’s.
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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
Current account deficit widens to $874m in first quarter, September gap hits $356m
KARACHI: Pakistan’s current-account deficit widened to $874 million in the three months through September, central bank data showed, with imports growing almost twice as fast as exports.
Pakistan ranks 106th of 122 on hunger index after years of backsliding
ISLAMABAD: Hunger in Pakistan has worsened since 2018, leaving it ranked 106th of 122 countries on the 2026 Global Hunger Index and one of just two South Asian nations to lose ground.