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.
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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.
Turkey offers to broker new Pakistan-Afghanistan ceasefire as border operation enters second week
ISLAMABAD: Turkish president Recep Tayyip Erdogan has offered to help re-establish a ceasefire between Pakistan and Afghanistan, as security forces inflicted heavy losses on Afghan Taliban positions in a sustained cross-border campaign, officials said on Tuesday.
Pakistan IMF talks shift to virtual mode after mission relocates to Istanbul amid Middle East crisis
ISLAMABAD: The International Monetary Fund’s staff mission in Pakistan switched its talks with authorities to virtual format on Monday after relocating to Istanbul on security advice from Washington headquarters, following U.S. and Israeli strikes on Iran.
At least 19 dead in Pakistan as protests over Khamenei assassination turn violent
KARACHI: At least 19 people were killed and more than 100 injured across Pakistan on Sunday as protests over the assassination of Iran’s supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, turned violent in several cities.
UPDATED – Nine killed in Karachi clashes at US consulate, two in Islamabad as protests over Iran’s Khamenei assassination sweep Pakistan
KARACHI: Nine people died and at least 35 others were injured on Sunday after protesters clashed with police and attempted to storm the US consulate in Karachi, as Pakistan witnessed widespread anger over the assassination of Iran’s supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, in coordinated US-Israeli airstrikes.
UPDATED – Nine killed in Karachi clashes at US consulate as protests over Iran’s Khamenei assassination sweep Pakistan
KARACHI: Nine people died and at least 35 others were injured on Sunday after protesters clashed with police and attempted to storm the US consulate in Karachi, as Pakistan witnessed widespread anger over the assassination of Iran’s supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, in coordinated US-Israeli airstrikes.
Clashes erupt outside US consulate in Karachi after assassination of Iran’s supreme leader Khamenei
KARACHI: Clashes broke out between police and protesters outside the US consulate in Karachi on Sunday, with at least five people injured as demonstrators reacted to the assassination of Iran’s supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, in coordinated US-Israeli airstrikes the previous day.
Pakistan condemns US-Israeli strikes on Iran, denounces Iranian attacks on Gulf states as region plunges into conflict
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan on Saturday condemned the US and Israeli strikes on Iran as “unwarranted” and called for the urgent resumption of diplomacy to resolve the crisis, while also strongly denouncing Iran’s retaliatory missile attacks on several Gulf Arab states as blatant violations of their sovereignty.
Pakistan presses border strikes in Afghanistan, says 297 militants killed; Taliban offers talks
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s armed forces continued ground and air operations against Afghan Taliban positions overnight and into Saturday, security sources said, in a sustained response to Taliban-linked terrorism emanating from Afghan soil.