US and Saudi Arabia strike Iran-backed militias in Iraq as Tehran fires on American bases
ISLAMABAD: The United States and Saudi Arabia carried out joint air strikes against Iran-backed militias in Iraq on Wednesday, hours after Iran fired missiles at American forces in the region, shattering a fragile lull in a conflict that has unsettled the Middle East and rattled global oil markets for months.
Military rules out talks with militants, blames tribal elite and Kabul for rising violence
RAWALPINDI: Pakistan’s military has ruled out any negotiations with militant groups operating in Balochistan, insisting the state’s only choice for insurgents is surrender or continued armed confrontation, as its chief spokesman used a lengthy Friday press briefing to defend a security campaign that has left more than 2,000 terrorists killed this year.
Supreme Court orders urgent hearing on Imran Khan’s hospital transfer plea
ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court of Pakistan has ordered that a case brought by former prime minister Imran Khan seeking his transfer to a private hospital in Islamabad be listed before a bench “as early as possible,” after accepting a chamber appeal against a decision by the court’s registrar to send back his earlier petitions.
BITES
- 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
London insurance Lloyd’s Market drops Pakistan from war-risk shipping list, easing trade costs
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan has been struck from a London insurance market list of high-risk maritime zones, a change the government says will lower shipping costs and strengthen the country’s pitch to global trade and logistics firms.
Nadeem battles Glasgow headwind to reach javelin final as defending champion eyes second Commonwealth crown
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s Olympic and Commonwealth champion Arshad Nadeem booked his place in Friday’s javelin throw final at the Glasgow 2026 Commonwealth Games on Thursday, overcoming blustery conditions at Scotstoun Stadium to progress in seventh position.