By Staff Reporter
ISLAMABAD: The caretaker government on Tuesday approved the deployment of army and paramilitary forces at polling stations and sensitive areas for the Feb. 8 general elections, amid a wave of militant attacks and a shortage of security staff.
By Staff Reporter
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan reopened a key border crossing with Afghanistan on Tuesday after a 10-day closure that had disrupted trade and strained ties between the two neighbours, but warned that the visa requirement for Afghan truck drivers would be enforced from April.
By Staff Reporter
ISLAMABAD: Iran’s foreign minister, Hossein Amir Abdollahian, will visit Pakistan next week, the foreign office said on Monday, in a sign of easing tensions between the two neighbors after after exchanging cross-border airstrikes against militants.
By Staff Reporter
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan is facing a daunting challenge in ensuring universal education for its children, as a new report revealed that more than 26 million of them are out of school, the highest number after Nigeria and India.
By Staff Reporter
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan has agreed to raise gas prices for the third time in a year and impose a hefty tax on sugar, among other measures, to meet the fiscal targets set by the International Monetary Fund (IMF), a report released by the lender said on Saturday.
By Staff Reporter
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s foreign minister on Friday called for “closer cooperation” with Iran on security matters, as the two neighbors sought to defuse tensions after exchanging cross-border strikes against militants.
By Staff Reporter
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan said on Thursday it had carried out air strikes on Baloch militant groups in Iran, two days after Iran said it had bombed “terrorist targets” in Pakistan, in a rare exchange of cross-border raids that raised tensions between the neighbours.
By Staff Reporter
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan said on Thursday it had carried out air strikes on Baloch militant groups in Iran, two days after Iran said it had bombed “terrorist targets” in Pakistan, in a rare exchange of cross-border raids that raised tensions between the neighbours.
By Staff Reporter
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan said on Thursday it had carried out air strikes on Baloch militant groups in Iran, two days after Iran said it had bombed “terrorist targets” in Pakistan, in a rare exchange of cross-border raids that raised tensions between the Muslim neighbours.
By Staff Reporter
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan recalled its ambassador to Iran and suspended all high-level visits between the two neighbours on Wednesday, escalating a diplomatic crisis over a cross-border airstrike by Tehran that killed two children and wounded several others in a remote area of the restive southwestern Baluchistan province.
