ISLAMABAD: Other Arab nations could join a new mutual defence pact between Pakistan and Saudi Arabia, Islamabad’s defence minister said Thursday, adding that the “doors are not closed” a day after the landmark agreement was signed.
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Pakistan, Saudi Arabia sign defence pact pledging joint response to aggression
ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif and Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman signed a “Strategic Mutual Defence Agreement” on Wednesday, formalising a pledge that any aggression against one nation would be regarded as an assault on both, in a deepening of ties between the two Muslim states at a moment of escalating conflict across the Middle East.
PM Sharif proposes Arab-Islamic task force to counter Israeli aggression at emergency summit in Doha
ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif called on Monday for an Arab-Islamic task force to combat Israeli “aggression and expansionism,” as leaders from more than 50 nations convened under the Organization of Islamic Cooperation to craft a unified response to Israel’s airstrike on Qatar last week, an attack that killed five Hamas peace negotiators and a Qatari security officer and threatened fragile cease-fire talks in Gaza.
Sindh on alert as 700,000 cusecs of floodwater head toward Sukkur Barrage
KARACHI: A massive wall of floodwater, measuring between 650,000 and 700,000 cubic feet per second, is barreling toward the Sukkur Barrage on the Indus River, officials warned on Sunday, as Pakistan’s southern Sindh province hunkered down against the threat of further inundation.
PM Sharif tells Afghanistan to choose between Pakistan and militants after deadly cross-border attacks
ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif issued a stark ultimatum to Afghanistan’s interim government on Saturday, demanding it choose between fostering ties with Pakistan or supporting the outlawed Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) as he visited the northwestern city of Bannu reeling from a deadly ambush that killed 12 soldiers this week.
PM Sharif seeks IMF relief on power bills as Pakistan reels from catastrophic floods
ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has ordered the Finance Ministry to urgently negotiate a one-month electricity bill waiver with the International Monetary Fund for households battered by devastating floods that have killed hundreds, displaced millions, and ravaged crops across Punjab and Sindh.
Pakistan calls Netanyahu ‘purveyor of genocide,’ warns of forceful response to threats
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan on Friday condemned Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu as a “purveyor of genocide” and vowed to meet any threat to its sovereignty with a “resolute response,” following a tense U.N. Security Council debate over Israel’s airstrike in Qatar that killed six people.
Floodwaters shift south in Pakistan, threatening Sindh as Punjab begins recovery
KARACHI: The flood authorities warned on Thursday that the Indus River is expected to reach “very high flood” levels at the Guddu Barrage in Sindh province within 48 hours, as massive volumes of water draining from devastated areas upstream in Punjab push southward, raising alarms for densely populated regions along the river’s lower reaches.
Pakistan declares national climate, farm emergencies as monsoon floods kill 928
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan declared a national climate emergency and an agricultural emergency on Wednesday as relentless monsoon floods ravaged farmland, displaced millions and threatened to exacerbate food shortages in a country already grappling with economic pressures.
Pakistan strongly condemns Israeli strike on Hamas leaders in Doha, calling it a violation of Qatar’s sovereignty
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan strongly condemned Israel’s airstrike in Doha targeting Hamas leaders, terming it a “most dangerous provocation” that threatens regional peace and stability, as Prime Minister Muhammad Shehbaz Sharif conveyed solidarity with Qatar in a phone call with its amir on Tuesday.