ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s judiciary moved to confront police over an escalating crackdown on the country’s main opposition party on Tuesday, as courts in both Islamabad and Lahore heard a cluster of urgent petitions alleging illegal raids, unlawful detentions and the disappearance of a sitting member of parliament, days before a planned march on the capital.
Aamir Ashraf
JI halts Islamabad fuel march after PM Sharif’s personal appeal, but warns patience is running out
ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Shebaz Sharif has persuaded one of the country’s most disciplined religious political parties to pause a march on the capital, but only after conceding, in a phone call placed from New York, that his government’s fuel relief package has not gone far enough to satisfy protesters angered by months of rising petrol and diesel prices.
Army chief reviews northwest security after Kohat police compound attack
PESHAWAR: Pakistan’s military chief travelled to the northwestern city of Peshawar on Tuesday to review the country’s response to a wave of violence that has left dozens dead and triggered cross-border airstrikes into Afghanistan, as tensions between the two neighbours edged closer to open conflict.
Doctor who examined murdered businessman’s body barred from making further statement to inquiry
KARACHI: A high court judge has refused to let the doctor who carried out the first, disputed autopsy on murdered businessman Mir Raza Ali make a further statement to the judicial inquiry investigating his death, accusing him of trying to “throw mud” at a colleague and the region’s chief minister.
Islamabad seals itself behind 1,000 containers to stop Imran Khan’s party marching on the capital
By Staff Reporter ISLAMABAD: Pakistan is hurtling towards one of its tensest political confrontations in years, with the government erecting a virtual fortress around Islamabad
Petrol at 394 rupees tests PM Sharif’s relief push
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan raised the retail price of petrol and cut the price of diesel for Tuesday, even as global crude dropped to its lowest in almost two weeks on hopes for diplomacy in the U.S.-Iran war.
EU, Pakistan sign €65 million in grants to draw investment, expand rural power
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan and the European Union signed three grant agreements worth €65 million ($74.6 million) on Monday, funding programs meant to attract foreign investment, bring renewable energy to off-grid communities and improve access to justice.
Pakistan strikes militant camps in Afghanistan, killing 28, officials say
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan has carried out air strikes on suspected militant camps along the Afghan border, killing 28 terrorists, days after a suicide bombing and gun assault on a police compound in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa left more than 20 people dead.
Three Turkish, seven local firms vie to buy Islamabad power utility
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan drew 10 expressions of interest for Islamabad Electric Supply Co., the third of three state-owned power distributors to complete a first bidding round in a privatisation program the government is pursuing under International Monetary Fund oversight.
Naqvi returns to Tehran in new push to revive peace talks
ISLAMABAD: Iran has thanked Pakistan’s military and civilian leadership for its efforts to secure regional peace, as Islamabad’s interior minister arrived in Tehran on Monday for talks at one of the most precarious moments in the seven-month war between Iran and the United States.