Pakistan-bound gas tanker hit hours after Iran gave safe passage
ISLAMABAD: Qatar has reserved the right to take “all necessary measures” to protect its ships after a Pakistan-bound liquefied natural gas tanker came under fire near the Strait of Hormuz, hours after Iran was understood to have approved its passage.
Pakistan says 17 militants killed in Balochistan operations that also cost a soldier his life
QUETTA: Security forces killed 17 militants in two operations in the southwestern province of Balochistan, in which a soldier also died, the military said on Tuesday.
Imran Khan barred from family and lawyers again, a day after first legal visit in seven months
Imran Khan, the jailed former prime minister, was barred from meeting his family and lawyers at Adiala jail on Tuesday, a day after his counsel was allowed to see him for the first time in seven months.
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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
Pakistan to auction domestic LPG, widen imports to curb price surge
Pakistan will auction its locally produced liquefied petroleum gas and let more companies import the fuel, an attempt to bring down prices that have climbed as high as Rs800 a kilogram since trade through Iranian border crossings was disrupted last month.
Punjab CM serves Rs5bn defamation notice on coalition minister over corruption claims
LAHORE: Punjab’s chief minister, Maryam Nawaz, has served a Rs5bn defamation notice on a federal minister from a coalition partner, accusing him of making baseless corruption allegations against her government in a television interview.