ISLAMABAD: The United States has ordered all non-emergency government personnel and their dependents to leave its consulates in Pakistan’s two largest cities, citing an acute deterioration in security linked to the conflict with Iran and a wave of deadly anti-American demonstrations across the country.
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No immediate shortage, but Pakistan prepares weekly fuel prices and industry cuts amid Persian Gulf crisis
ISLAMABAD: The finance minister warned on Wednesday of mounting risks to the country’s oil supplies from the conflict involving the US, Israel and Iran, even as he insisted there was no emergency and ruled out immediate rationing.
‘No peace without end to militant support’: Pakistan’s top general issues stark warning to Kabul
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s top military commander said on Wednesday a lasting peace with Afghanistan is impossible unless the Taliban regime severs its support for terrorist organisations operating from its soil.
Sharif briefs parties on US-Israeli strikes that killed Khamenei and Pakistan’s war against Afghan Taliban
ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif convened an in-camera briefing for parliamentary party leaders on Wednesday to address the rapidly deteriorating security situation across Pakistan’s western frontiers and the wider Middle East, where US and Israeli attacks have killed Iran’s supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and triggered wider instability.
Pakistan asks Saudi Arabia for oil via Red Sea route after Hormuz closure
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan formally asked Saudi Arabia to shift oil supplies to the Red Sea port of Yanbu, hunting for a secure workaround after the closure of the Strait of Hormuz left its main import route blocked.
Imran Khan’s PTI boycotts security briefing on Afghan terrorism and Iran crisis unless jailed leader is brought to table
ISLAMABAD: Imran Khan’s Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf party has flatly refused to join an emergency closed-door government briefing on Pakistan’s worsening security threats, insisting that any participation is conditional on a meeting with its imprisoned founder and former prime minister.
National Assembly posts record legislative output but faces scrutiny over rushed reforms and falling attendance
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s National Assembly recorded its highest legislative output of any recent assembly in its second year, passing 59 bills while relying less on presidential ordinances, but a detailed independent audit has exposed persistent weaknesses in attendance, agenda management and meaningful deliberation.
Imran Khan’s vision ‘improved remarkably’ in prison, says Pims – but PTI dismisses findings as lacking credibility
ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences has said that Imran Khan’s vision has improved “remarkably” following a follow-up examination conducted inside Adiala jail, where the former prime minister remains incarcerated.