QUETTA: An apparent suicide bomber detonated an explosives-laden vehicle near the headquarters of Frontier Corps in this provincial capital on Tuesday, killing at least 10 people and injuring 32 others in an attack that triggered a fierce shootout with militants, officials said.
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Clashes erupt in Azad Kashmir as protesters demand end to elite perks
MUZAFFARABAD: A man was killed, and more than a dozen people were wounded, including a police officer, on Monday as rival groups clashed during a regionwide strike in this divided Himalayan territory, where protesters demanded the abolition of elite privileges and an end to reserved legislative seats for refugees from occupied Kashmir.
Sharif says Trump-led Gaza talks may yield ‘encouraging’ outcome
ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif voiced optimism on Sunday that a meeting between US President Donald Trump and Muslim leaders in Washington this week could yield ‘encouraging’ results in efforts to halt Israel’s invasion of Gaza, as he described Pakistan’s involvement in the push to end the conflict and the oppression faced by Palestinians.
PM Sharif calls for Gaza ceasefire, offers dialogue with India at UN Assembly
ISLAMABAD: In a forceful address to the United Nations General Assembly on Friday, Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif condemned Israel’s actions in Gaza as “genocidal” and urged an immediate ceasefire, while extending an olive branch to arch-rival India for dialogue to secure lasting peace in South Asia.
UPDATED: Trump meets Sharif, Munir in Oval Office as US-Pakistan ties deepen
By Staff Reporter ISLAMABAD: President Donald Trump met with Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif and Chief of Army Staff Field Marshal Asim Munir in the Oval
Trump meets Sharif, Munir in Oval Office as US-Pakistan ties deepen
ISLAMABAD: President Donald Trump met with Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif and Chief of Army Staff Field Marshal Asim Munir in the Oval Office on Friday morning, marking the first formal bilateral engagement between the leaders and signalling a gradual warming in US-Pakistan relations during Trump’s second term.
Trump expected to host PM Sharif at White House
ISLAMABAD: President Donald Trump is expected to host Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif at the White House today, according to administration officials, a meeting that comes weeks after the two countries sealed a trade deal and amid a broader thaw in US-Pakistan relations.
Security forces kill 13 militants in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa anti-terror raid
PESHAWAR: The security forces killed 13 terrorists on Wednesday in a precision intelligence-based operation (IBO) in the Daraban area of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa’s Dera Ismail Khan district, the military said, accusing the group of acting as Indian proxies in a campaign to destabilise the region.
Trump pitches Gaza ceasefire plan to Muslim leaders, rejects Palestinian statehood at UN
ISLAMABAD: President Donald Trump met with Muslim leaders from the Middle East and beyond on Tuesday to unveil a plan to end Israel’s war in Gaza, hours after a combative UN General Assembly speech in which he rejected growing global support for Palestinian statehood as rewarding “horrible atrocities” by Hamas.
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Dozens killed in northwest Pakistan blast as accounts diverge over cause
PESHAWAR: Conflicting accounts emerged on Monday about a deadly explosion in Pakistan’s restive northwest that killed at least two dozen people, with police blaming a blast at a militant compound and local lawmakers suggesting an aerial strike that struck civilian homes.