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Why Pakistan Can’t Afford Another Mideast Mess
Let’s not mince words: Pakistan is getting hammered by the US-Israel-Iran war, and the fallout could shove this perpetually precarious economy right back into the abyss. Oil at $100 a barrel? That’s not a blip—it’s a body blow. And if this mess drags on, as former Finance Minister Hafiz Pasha grimly predicts, Pakistan’s GDP could shrink by 1% to 1.5%, with the rot setting in deeper after six months. We’ve seen this movie before, and it doesn’t end well.
Pakistan dismisses Indian criticism of Afghanistan strikes as ‘absurd and unwarranted’
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan on Saturday dismissed Indian criticism of its recent airstrikes inside Afghanistan as “absurd and unwarranted,” accusing New Delhi of longstanding involvement in sponsoring terrorist groups operating from Afghan territory and flouting international law.
PAA to suspend Islamabad Airport flights for two hours on Monday
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s Airports Authority will temporarily suspend all flight operations at Islamabad International Airport for two hours on Monday due to operational reasons.
Pakistan orders 5 percent–30 percent pay cuts at state firms to fund public relief amid oil shock
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan will slash pay for employees of state-owned enterprises and government-backed autonomous institutions by 5% to 30%, directing every rupee saved into public relief programs as the country grapples with soaring fuel costs from the US-Israel war on Iran.
Pakistan rejects Afghan Taliban claims of capturing military outpost as propaganda
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan on Saturday rejected claims by the Afghan Taliban that its forces had captured a military outpost and killed 14 soldiers, branding the assertions as fabricated propaganda designed to mislead the Afghan public.
President Zardari says Afghan Taliban forces crossed a ‘red line’ with drone attacks on civilians
ISLAMABAD: President Asif Ali Zardari warned on Saturday that Afghanistan’s Taliban government had crossed a dangerous threshold by launching drone attacks on Pakistani civilian areas, declaring that the strikes had brought “grave consequences upon itself” and risked a further escalation in a conflict that has already claimed dozens of lives on both sides of the porous border.
Pakistan fuel stocks hold steady as Iran conflict disrupts Hormuz shipping
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s petroleum product inventories remain at comfortable levels with supply chains operating without disruption, ensuring adequate availability in the coming weeks even as escalating conflict in Iran drives volatility in global crude and refined product markets, the Finance Ministry said.
Pakistan rebukes India over closure of Srinagar Jama Masjid on last Friday of Ramadan
ISLAMABAD: The Foreign Office on Friday issued a sharp rebuke of Indian authorities for keeping the gates of Srinagar’s centuries-old Jama Masjid locked, barring thousands of Muslim worshippers from prayers on the last Friday of Ramadan in the disputed Himalayan region of Kashmir.
Seven policemen martyred in IED blast as forces kill six militants in same district
LAKKI MARWAT: Terrorists detonated an improvised explosive device under a police patrol vehicle on Friday in the volatile Bettani subdivision of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, killing seven officers including a station house officer in the latest blow to security forces struggling to contain a surge in militant violence along the Afghan border.