Army major martyred, four militants killed in Balochistan operations after run of mass kidnappings
QUETTA: A Pakistani army major martyred and four militants have been killed in separate operations in Balochistan, the military said on Monday, as the province reels from a wave of kidnappings of officials, police recruits and workers.
Pakistan warns Houthis of response “by all means” if attacks on Saudi Arabia continue
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan has warned the Houthis that an attack on Saudi Arabia will draw a collective military response, with its army spokesman declaring that Islamabad is already providing “whatever support is needed” to defend the kingdom.
Pakistan presses Iran and US to keep talking as Tehran holds to seven-day Hormuz plan
ISLAMABAD: Iran has insisted that its offer to reopen the Strait of Hormuz within seven days remains on the table, as Pakistan’s foreign minister urged Tehran and Washington to keep talking.
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 LPG prices jump 100 rupees after Iran border closure
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s liquefied petroleum gas prices jumped by 100 rupees a kilogram over the weekend after the closure of a key border crossing with Iran, prompting industry executives to demand weekly or daily pricing and an end to the fuel’s link with Saudi Aramco’s benchmark.
Pakistan’s first astronaut to fly to space from China on 25 November
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s first astronaut will travel to space from China on 25 November, according to planning minister Ahsan Iqbal, who said the country aims to land on the Moon by 2035.