ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s armed forces carried out a fresh round of precision airstrikes inside Afghanistan overnight, destroying key Taliban-linked terrorist infrastructure, including a corps headquarters in Kabul and training camps near the border, the information minister and military sources said on Friday.
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Prime Minister Sharif, Saudi Crown Prince hold urgent talks as Iran tightens grip on vital oil route
ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif landed in Saudi Arabia on Thursday for a tightly scheduled diplomatic mission, touching down amid a Middle East crisis that shows no signs of easing after weeks of Iranian retaliation against US and Israeli targets.
‘No matter what, no matter when’ Pakistan reaffirms ironclad commitment to Saudi Arabia ‘before it is needed’
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan will stand with Saudi Arabia in any crisis, no matter the timing or circumstances, the government’s chief spokesman for foreign media said on Wednesday, as the conflict set off by US-Israeli strikes on Iran threatens to draw in more countries across the region.
Pakistan rejects reports of delegation to Kabul, insists no talks with Taliban until militants are curbed
ISLAMABAD: Pakistani officials on Tuesday categorically rejected reports that a three-member government delegation had traveled to Kabul for negotiations with the Afghan Taliban, dismissing the claims as fabricated propaganda spread by Afghan accounts on social media.
Facing fuel crisis from US-Israel war on Iran, PM Sharif orders salary cuts, office closures and remote work across Pakistan
ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif announced a broad package of austerity measures on Monday to conserve fuel and reduce government spending as Pakistan grapples with the fallout from the US-Israel conflict with Iran, which has sent global oil prices surging past $100 per barrel and disrupted critical energy supplies to the region.
Pakistan to roll out austerity plan as Sharif battles fuel crisis from US-Israel attack on Iran
ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif will announce an austerity plan on Monday as the country confronts a global fuel crisis triggered by the US-Israel-Iran war, the Prime Minister’s Office said.
Pakistan’s top general meets Saudi defence minister to counter Iranian attacks under defence pact
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s chief of defence forces and army staff chief, Field Marshal Asim Munir, met on Saturday with Saudi Defence Minister Prince Khalid bin Salman to address the kingdom’s mounting security concerns over repeated Iranian drone and missile attacks, officials from both sides said.
Pakistan raises petrol and diesel prices by Rs55 a liter as Iran war halt Hormuz oil shipments
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan increased the price of petrol and high-speed diesel by Rs55 a liter each on Friday, passing on part of the sharp rise in global crude costs triggered by the escalating conflict in the Middle East and the effective closure of the Strait of Hormuz.
Pakistan moves toward pandemic-era conservation measures amid fears of oil supply crisis from Iran war
ISLAMABAD: The government has decided in principle to begin revising petroleum prices on a weekly basis from 8 March and to activate sweeping fuel conservation measures, including widespread work-from-home arrangements and distance learning, as the war in the Middle East raises the prospect of serious oil supply disruptions.
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.