Army chief pledges to ‘hit them hard’ in fight against India-backed militants
PESHAWAR: The army chief has vowed to continue a campaign against “Indian sponsored terrorist outfits” and to “hit them hard wherever they are”, less than a fortnight after the government suspended the elected administration in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.
Pakistan and Saudi Arabia ratify Makkah defence pact, with Turkey to follow
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan and Saudi Arabia have completed ratification of the Makkah Joint Defence Agreement, the Foreign Office said on Friday, leaving Turkey as the only signatory still working through its approval process.
UPDATE-Regional and European foreign ministers meet in Istanbul to push for diplomatic end to Hormuz standoff
ISLAMABAD: Foreign ministers from Pakistan, Turkey, Saudi Arabia and Egypt held their first joint talks with counterparts from Britain, France, Germany and Italy on Friday, seeking a diplomatic route out of the Gulf crisis created by the US-Israeli war on Iran.
BITES
- 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 lifts wheat price 29 percent to coax farmers back before sowing
By Staff Reporter ISLAMABAD: Pakistan has raised its indicative wheat price for 2027 by about 29% to Rs4,500 per 40-kg maund, with Prime Minister Shehbaz
Woman among 10 militants killed in Gwadar after attacks on port city and Iran crossing
By Staff Reporter GWADAR: Security forces killed 10 militants, including a woman, in Gwadar after attacks on the port city and a nearby border crossing