QUETTA: Security forces killed three militants, including a field commander, in a drone strike in Balochistan’s Mastung district, state media reported on Monday, the latest in a weeks-long escalation of military operations across the restive province.
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Police surgeon who exposed autopsy flaws in Mir Raza Ali case says she was stalked and threatened
KARACHI: A police surgeon whose findings blew apart the official account of a young Karachi businessman’s death told a judicial commission on Monday that she had been followed, threatened and subjected to an online smear campaign after she disputed the results of his first post-mortem examination.
Bhutto-Zardari says Malaysia PM’s remarks expose India’s Pahalgam narrative
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s former foreign minister has seized on an interview given by Malaysia’s prime minister to an Indian broadcaster, casting it as vindication of Islamabad’s long-standing rejection of accusations that it orchestrated last year’s attack on tourists in Kashmir.
IHC bars use of state machinery ahead of PTI’s Sept 27 protests
ISLAMABAD: Islamabad High Court has ordered the country’s four provincial governments to keep public resources and government machinery out of a mass protest planned for later this month by the party of jailed former prime minister Imran Khan.
Jemima Goldsmith marries Irish-Australian financier 22 years after Imran Khan divorce
KARACHI: Jemima Goldsmith, the screenwriter and film producer once married to former Pakistan prime minister Imran Khan, has married for a second time, exchanging vows with the Irish-Australian financier Cameron O’Reilly in a private ceremony over the weekend.
Pakistan weighs return to austerity as Mideast turmoil pressures fuel costs
ISLAMABAD: The government is considering reinstating austerity measures first imposed in March, as renewed conflict in the Middle East threatens to strain public finances already stretched by a new fuel subsidy program.
SBP holds policy rate for third straight meeting as Mideast crisis clouds outlook
KARACHI: Pakistan’s central bank left its benchmark interest rate unchanged for a third straight meeting, judging that a stable policy stance can still steer inflation back toward its medium-term target even as a widening conflict in the Middle East threatens to push up energy costs and disrupt trade routes.
Pakistan LNG warns K-Electric of supply cutoff amid pricing dispute
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan LNG Ltd. threatened to halt gas supplies to K-Electric Ltd., the utility that powers Karachi, unless the company settles 8.7 billion rupees in unpaid bills, escalating a dispute over how much the power producer owes for imported fuel.
Govt seeks ECC nod for Rs75 billion three-month fuel subsidy
ISLAMABAD: The government is preparing to seek approval for a three-month, Rs75 billion fuel subsidy to cushion motorcycle riders and small-car owners from a surge in pump prices triggered by turmoil in the Gulf.
Justice Ayesha Malik honoured with lifetime achievement award in Vienna
ISLAMABAD: Justice Ayesha Malik, the first woman to sit on Pakistan’s Supreme Court, has been given the International Leader/Lifetime Award at the Justitia Awards 2026 in Vienna, in recognition of a judicial career that has placed gender equality and women’s rights at the centre of the country’s legal system.