MUZAFFARABAD:  A paramilitary soldier was shot dead and a second wounded on Wednesday when gunmen opened fire on security forces conducting a road-clearing operation in the Sarsawa-Thorar-Thal area, officials said, the latest episode of violence in a region that has been convulsed by months of unrest.

ISLAMABAD: Security forces killed 11 militants in a series of intelligence-based raids across the country’s volatile northwest and southwest on Thursday, the government said, the latest in a string of operations that officials describe as central to an intensifying campaign against insurgent groups along the Afghan border.

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s government is considering scrapping its tiered natural gas pricing system in favor of a single uniform rate for all consumers, Petroleum Minister Ali Pervaiz Malik said, a shift that would mark one of the most significant overhauls of the country’s energy subsidy regime in years.

ISLAMABAD: The federal minister overseeing Pakistan’s health system said on Thursday that he would submit himself to the same accountability he has promised for anyone found responsible for a fire that killed 14 newborns at a major Islamabad hospital, as grieving families, opposition politicians, and international officials pressed for answers about how the tragedy unfolded.