PM Sharif says govt was “compelled” to take over Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has defended the federal takeover of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa as a last resort forced on his government by a provincial administration he accused of refusing to confront terrorism, while the opposition denounced it as an unconstitutional assault on an elected government.
Parliament weighs Khyber Pakhtunkhwa emergency with opposition members in custody
ISLAMABAD: Imran Khan’s Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf asked the National Assembly speaker to issue production orders for nine detained lawmakers so they can attend Tuesday’s session, where the government is seeking parliamentary approval for its takeover of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province.
At least four dead after Karachi-Peshawar express train derails near Multan
MULTAN: At least four people have been killed and more than 30 injured after a Karachi-to-Peshawar express train derailed near Multan in Punjab province on Tuesday, according to local reports and rescue officials.
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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
IMF lifts Pakistan inflation forecast to 9.9 percent, citing costs of Middle East war
KARACHI: The International Monetary Fund raised its forecast for Pakistan’s inflation in the fiscal year through June 2027 to 9.9%, from 8.4% in April, while leaving its growth projection near 3.5%.
Pakistan test-fires extended-range Fatah-2 hypersonic missile
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s army test-fired an extended-range version of its Fatah-2 hypersonic ballistic missile on Tuesday, the military said, the second launch of a longer-range weapon in a week and the latest step in the expansion of its conventional strike arsenal.