ISLAMABAD: An international arbitration panel has delivered a fresh technical blow to India’s hydroelectric ambitions in occupied Kashmir, issuing a supplemental award that Pakistani officials say sharply restricts New Delhi’s ability to store and control water on the rivers the 1960 Indus Waters Treaty reserves largely for Pakistan.
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Pakistan remains vital US partner in counterterrorism fight against ISIS-KA – Centcom chief
ISLAMABAD: The commander of US Central Command told senators this week that Pakistan is a critical counterterrorism partner and lies at the heart of efforts to contain the Islamic State-Khorasan group across South Asia.
Interior minister Naqvi presses Iranian leaders to revive US peace talks
ISLAMABAD: Interior Minister Mohsin Naqvi met on Sunday with Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian and Parliament Speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf in Tehran, part of an intensifying Pakistani effort to salvage faltering negotiations between Washington and Tehran more than a month after a fragile ceasefire halted six weeks of open conflict.
Pakistan military warns India against ‘warmongering,’ says threats risk mutual nuclear catastrophe
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s military on Sunday issued a blistering response to remarks by India’s army chief, describing them as “hubristic, jingoistic and myopic” and cautioning New Delhi against any attempt to push South Asia into another war whose consequences, it said, would prove “devastating” for the entire region and beyond.
Police kill 5 militants, including commander tied to deadly Bannu checkpoint bombing, in new reprisal operation
BANNU: Police forces have killed five militants in intelligence-driven raids across Bannu district in the country’s northwest on Saturday, including a commander and an accomplice directly linked to a suicide bombing that killed 15 officers at a police checkpoint the previous week, authorities said.
Sindh and Punjab provinces lift early closing rules on markets and restaurants ahead of Eid al-Adha
KARACHI: Pakistan’s two largest provinces moved on Saturday to roll back strict business curfews imposed last month to conserve fuel, signaling a partial retreat from nationwide austerity measures triggered by a global oil shock tied to the US-Israel war with Iran.
Police secure custody of drug queenpin in narcotics and murder cases amid claims of torture and ex-husband plot
KARACHI: A judicial magistrate on Saturday ordered alleged narcotics kingpin Anmol, better known as Pinky, remanded into police custody until May 22 in a major case filed under the Sindh Control of Narcotic Substances Act, capping a day of court appearances in which authorities sought to question her in more than a dozen separate criminal matters.
Law minister Tarar says no signs yet of 28th constitutional amendment, stresses coalition consensus required
ISLAMABAD: Law Minister Azam Nazeer Tarar said on Saturday that he sees “no indications” of a proposed 28th constitutional amendment, even as his government continues quiet consultations with coalition partners on a range of contentious national issues that could eventually require broad political agreement to resolve.
FM Aurangzeb says Pakistan’s Panda bond debut signals deeper RMB integration and future Beijing debt issuances
ISLAMABAD: Finance Minister Muhammad Aurangzeb said the country’s debut sale of a yuan-denominated bond in China’s onshore market represents a transformational step that will pave the way for additional sovereign issuances and closer financial integration with Beijing.
Pakistan demands end to ‘continuing Nakba,’ reaffirms call for statehood on 78th anniversary of Palestinian displacement
ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif called on Saturday for an immediate end to the suffering of the Palestinian people, marking the 78th anniversary of the Nakba, the Arabic term for “catastrophe” that commemorates the mass displacement of Palestinians during the 1948 Arab-Israeli war that led to the founding of Israel.