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 says 15 terrorists killed in 36-hour battle to stop Afghan border infiltration
ISLAMABAD: Security forces killed 15 militants during a 36-hour operation to repel an infiltration attempt along the country’s border with Afghanistan, in the latest flashpoint in a relationship between the two neighbours that has grown increasingly strained over cross-border attacks.
LHC judge resigns years ahead of retirement to focus on judicial research
By Staff Reporter LAHORE: A Lahore High Court judge has resigned from the bench, more than a decade before he was due to retire, saying
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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
Dirty money goes digital as hawala networks turn to apps and crypto
KARACHI: Criminal networks moved more than €500 million through underground banking channels in just a few months in some cases documented by global financial watchdogs — a sign of how far hawala operators have evolved from informal, trust-based money changers into commercial laundering operations rivaling legitimate fintech firms.
Govt, Islamist party agree to negotiate fuel tax as strikes shutter markets
LAHORE: Facing 19 straight days of street protests and a nationwide strike that emptied marketplaces from Karachi to Peshawar, the government agreed on Thursday to form a joint committee with the country’s largest religious political party to study whether the fuel taxes squeezing ordinary drivers can be rolled back.