LAHORE: Punjab is racing against time to evacuate thousands from flood-prone areas as monsoon rains swell the region’s eastern rivers to dangerous levels, while in the rugged north of Gilgit-Baltistan, communities devastated by earlier glacial and flash floods remain cut off, grappling with shortages of food, water, and shelter.
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Pakistan tables seven-point Gaza peace plan at OIC summit
ISLAMABAD: Deputy Prime Minister Ishaq Dar on Monday laid out a seven-point plan at an urgent meeting of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC), calling on Muslim nations to move beyond “statements of sympathy” and adopt “concrete measures” to end Israel’s war in Gaza and pave the way for lasting peace in Palestine.
Deputy PM Dar in Jeddah for urgent OIC talks on Gaza crisis
ISLAMABAD: Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Ishaq Dar arrived in Jeddah on Monday to attend an extraordinary session of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation’s Council of Foreign Ministers (OIC-CFM), convened to address Israel’s intensifying military campaign in Gaza and its controversial plan to seize control of Gaza City, the Foreign Office said.
Pakistan’s Dar, Bangladesh’s Yunus reset ties, seal six pacts in historic Dhaka talks
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan and Bangladesh pledged to revive their old connections and expand trade, youth linkages and regional cooperation, Pakistan’s foreign ministry said on Sunday, capping a landmark visit by Deputy Prime Minister Ishaq Dar that marked the first trip by a Pakistani foreign minister to Dhaka in 13 years.
Pakistan, Bangladesh move to rebuild ties with first foreign minister visit in 13 years
ISLAMABAD: Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Ishaq Dar landed in Dhaka on Saturday for a two-day visit, the first by a Pakistani foreign minister in 13 years, as Islamabad and Dhaka seize a rare moment to rebuild ties strained since Bangladesh’s 1971 independence.
Pakistan rules out Modi-Sharif meeting at SCO summit in China
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s foreign office on Friday dismissed speculation of a meeting between Prime Minister Shahbaz Sharif and his Indian counterpart, Narendra Modi, on the sidelines of the upcoming Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) Summit in China, as tensions between the nuclear-armed neighbors remain high following a brief but intense military clash earlier this year.
Pakistan, China pledge to deepen strategic partnership, expand CPEC
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan and China pledged to bolster their strategic partnership and advance the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) during high-level talks in Islamabad on Thursday, with both sides expressing optimism about expanding cooperation in trade, infrastructure, and regional stability.
Jailed Khan picks Achakzai, Swati for top opposition leaders
ISLAMABAD: Jailed former prime minister Imran Khan has nominated Mahmood Khan Achakzai, chairman of the Pakhtunkhwa Milli Awami Party, as the new opposition leader in Pakistan’s National Assembly, a senior official from Khan’s Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) party said Wednesday.
Fresh rains kill 20 in Pakistan’s northwest as monsoon toll nears 700
ISLAMABAD: A ferocious monsoon season continued to batter northern Pakistan on Monday, with fresh torrential rains claiming at least 20 lives in a single district and halting critical rescue operations, local officials said.
Over 150 feared missing in KP floods as national death toll hits 657
PESHAWAR: Devastating floods in Pakistan’s northwestern Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) province have left more than 150 people feared missing and claimed at least 323 lives, provincial authorities announced Sunday, as the nationwide death toll from rain-related incidents since late June surged to 657.