PESHAWAR: Pakistan reopened the Torkham border crossing on Tuesday under temporary arrangements, allowing the repatriation of undocumented Afghan nationals for the first time in months after a security incident and a series of border clashes halted the process.
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Pakistan and China issue five-point peace plan to end Iran war
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan and China on Tuesday jointly proposed a five-point initiative to restore peace and stability in the Gulf and the wider Middle East, calling for an immediate cessation of hostilities in the US-Israeli war on Iran, the prompt launch of peace talks and the protection of civilian infrastructure and vital shipping lanes.
Dar reaches Beijing to align with China on push for US-Iran talks
ISLAMABAD: China said Tuesday it would strengthen strategic coordination with Pakistan over the Iran crisis, as the deputy prime minister Ishaq Dar arrived in the Chinese capital for a one-day visit aimed at advancing diplomatic efforts to end the month-old war between the United States, Israel and Iran.
The Perils of a War Half-Won
One month after the United States and Israel began their joint assault on Iran, the question that matters most is not whether American power has inflicted damage. It has. The question is whether that damage has brought the United States any closer to the decisive outcome President Donald Trump once described as both necessary and inevitable.
Provinces agree to share oil subsidy burden as government shelves lockdown plans
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s four provinces have reached an agreement to help finance the federal government’s oil subsidies for consumers, easing pressure on the national budget at a time of acute fuel-supply strains from the Middle East conflict, officials said.
Pakistan’s public debt breaches legal limits, hit Rs80.5 trillion as ratio worsens to 71.7 percent of GDP
ISLAMABAD: The government conceded to parliament on Monday that public debt rose sharply in fiscal 2025, pushing the debt-to-GDP ratio higher and increasing the per-capita burden even as fiscal consolidation measures took hold and macroeconomic conditions improved.
Heavy rains kill at least 21 across Pakistan as forecasters warn of fresh deluge
ISLAMABAD: At least 21 people have died and dozens more were injured in rain-related disasters across Pakistan’s northwest and southwest since late last week, officials said, as a new wave of storms threatened to bring widespread flooding, landslides and structural collapses to much of the country in the coming days.
India plots false-flag border operation using Pakistani detainees to mask diplomatic reversals
ISLAMABAD: Pakistani security officials said on Monday that Indian authorities are preparing a false-flag operation against Pakistan that would press innocent Pakistani detainees held in Indian prisons — including Kashmiris who crossed the border inadvertently — into service as unwitting participants in a staged border provocation.
Pakistan’s top leaders hold talks on security and economic strain amid regional tensions
ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif met President Asif Ali Zardari on Monday to review the country’s national security situation and the array of economic and energy challenges confronting Pakistan, the President’s Secretariat said.