ISLAMABAD: An army lieutenant colonel and a soldier were martyred in a suicide bombing during an intelligence-based operation against militants in the northwestern Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, the military said on Saturday, amid a surge in attacks blamed on groups operating from neighbouring Afghanistan.
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As prices soared, incomes lagged — and poverty deepened across Pakistan
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s poverty rate climbed to almost 29% in the fiscal year ending in 2025, as a string of crises from the COVID-19 pandemic to high inflation and massive floods took a toll on households, a government report showed on Friday, even as the economy began to show some recovery.
Trump praises Sharif, credits self with halting India-Pakistan clash at peace board launch
ISLAMABAD: US President Donald Trump praised Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif and the country’s top military leader during the inaugural meeting of his newly formed Board of Peace in Washington on Thursday, crediting himself with averting a full-scale war between Pakistan and India last year.
Security forces kill 14 militants in Balochistan operations
QUETTA: The counter-terrorism forces killed 14 suspected militants in two separate gun battles in the restive southwestern province of Balochistan on Wednesday, officials said, as the government presses ahead with operations against insurgent groups amid heightened violence in the region.
Interior minister says Imran Khan’s sister delayed jailed ex-premier’s eye checkup for political gain
LAHORE: Interior minister, Mohsin Naqvi, has accused Imran Khan’s sister of blocking a medical examination of the jailed former prime minister for three days, claiming she vetoed arrangements in an effort to prolong the controversy for political gain.
Protest enters fifth day as opposition seeks access to Imran Khan, independent medical exam
ISLAMABAD: The opposition alliance expressed hope on Tuesday that family members of jailed former prime minister Imran Khan would be allowed to meet him, as a sit-in protest outside parliament entered its fifth day amid growing concerns over his health and demands for an independent medical examination.
Imran Khan’s vision shows marked improvement after court-ordered eye exam in prison, report says
ISLAMABAD: Former Prime Minister Imran Khan’s vision in his right eye has improved substantially after treatment for a serious retinal condition while he has been held in Adiala Jail, according to a detailed medical report released Monday by a team of government-appointed ophthalmologists.
Law minister says Khan’s eye treatment fully satisfactory as opposition protest enters fourth day
ISLAMABAD: Law Minister Azam Nazeer Tarar said on Monday that a medical team had expressed complete satisfaction with the ongoing treatment of incarcerated former prime minister Imran Khan’s eye, downplaying concerns about his vision as a sit-in by the opposition Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) and its alliance partners over the issue entered its fourth day.
Doctors examine jailed ex-PM Khan’s eyes in Adiala prison, PTI rejects process as ‘malicious’
ISLAMABAD: A five-member team of doctors carried out a one-hour eye examination of former Prime Minister Imran Khan inside Adiala jail on Sunday, sources said, as the opposition alliance pressing for his transfer to a hospital continued its sit-in at Parliament House for a third day.
Doctors examine jailed ex-PM Khan in prison as opposition sit-in over his health enters third day
ISLAMABAD: A team of specialist doctors was carrying out a medical examination of former Prime Minister Imran Khan inside Adiala jail on Sunday, private Geo television reported, as a sit-in by the main opposition alliance over concerns about his health stretched into a third day.