Iran, US trade fire as war enters deadlier phase; Pakistan clings to fading hope for peace
ISLAMABAD: A missile strike that Iranian officials say tore through a wedding celebration in a small coastal town, killing four people and wounding dozens more, thrust the six-month-old war between the United States and Iran into a bloodier and more volatile phase this week, as retaliatory fire from Tehran reached military installations in four separate countries.
Pakistan hails Hague ruling as vindication in water dispute with India
ISLAMABAD: The Foreign Office on Wednesday welcomed a ruling from the Permanent Court of Arbitration in The Hague that ordered India to uphold the Indus Waters Treaty and halt construction on a contested hydroelectric project in occupied Kashmir, calling the decision a vindication of Islamabad’s yearlong position in one of South Asia’s most volatile disputes.
Sindh High Court rejects push for special probe team in Mir Raza Ali murder case
KARACHI: The Sindh High Court on Wednesday turned down a petition from the family of Mir Raza Ali asking judges to order the formation of a joint investigation team to probe the young businessman’s death, ruling that the decision to create such a body belongs to the provincial government, not the courts.
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, Kyrgyzstan sign pact to lift trade to $200 million
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan and Kyrgyzstan agreed to raise bilateral trade more than tenfold to $200 million annually within two years, as Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif pressed ahead with an effort to position his country as a gateway between South and Central Asia.
Weekend downpours threaten new flooding across Islamabad, Kashmir, and northern Pakistan
ISLAMABAD: The weather authorities warned on Wednesday that a fresh band of monsoon rain was moving into the country’s northern regions, threatening to compound flooding that has already turned Rawalpindi streets into standing ponds this week and raised water levels in a major seasonal stream running through the capital.