ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf has publicly thrown its support behind Aleema Khan’s call for a fresh “long march,” the latest attempt by the jailed former prime minister’s family to force his release.
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Two policemen killed in roadside bomb attack in northwest Pakistan
PESHAWAR: A roadside bomb tore through an armored police vehicle on patrol in Tank district on Monday, killing two officers and wounding two others in the latest attack targeting law enforcement in a district that has become one of the deadliest fronts in Pakistan’s fight against militancy.
Inquiry finds contractor, consultant, and Wapda all responsible for dam collapse that tripled Tarbela-5 project’s cost
ISLAMABAD: A government-appointed inquiry has concluded that a contractor, its consultant, and the state authority overseeing a major Pakistani hydropower project all bear responsibility for the collapse of a cofferdam last year, an incident that has added more than two years to the project’s timeline and driven its cost up by nearly 285 percent, according to a report published by Dawn newspaper on Monday.
Gilgit-Baltistan moves to create glacier protection agency as flood warnings mount
GILGIT: The government of Gilgit-Baltistan announced on Saturday that it will establish a new authority dedicated to protecting the region’s glaciers, a step officials described as essential to confronting the accelerating effects of climate change in one of the most glaciated landscapes outside the polar regions.
Pakistan warns of glacial flood danger as heat, rain converge on northern peaks
ISLAMABAD: Pakistani weather officials on Saturday warned that a fresh storm system moving into the country’s northern mountains this week could trigger sudden, destructive flooding from glacial lakes, the latest in a string of alerts this summer as the region grapples with a punishing combination of heat and rain.
More wreckage found as hunt for missing Pakistani flight crew stretches into third day
KARACHI: The search for five crew members of a cargo plane that vanished into the Arabian Sea earlier this week stretched into a third day Friday, as Pakistani authorities reported finding additional wreckage but no sign of the missing crew.
With births outpacing plans, Islamabad turns to military’s Munir for help
ISLAMABAD: Three years into a losing battle against one of the world’s fastest-growing populations, Pakistan’s government has drafted an unlikely ally into the effort: Field Marshal Syed Asim Munir, the country’s top military officer.
Two young Christian gunned down in Balochistan, ISIS affiliate claims attack
QUETTA: Two young Christian men were shot to death on Wednesday afternoon while playing cricket on a dusty pitch outside the southwestern city of Quetta, the latest in a string of attacks that has left Pakistan’s small and increasingly wary Christian minority searching for a way to feel safe in Balochistan province.
US to reopen Karachi, Lahore consulates July 20, ending suspension tied to deadly Iran-war protests
ISLAMABAD: The United States will restore full consular operations at its consulates in Karachi and Lahore on July 20, ending a four-month suspension that began after anti-American demonstrations turned deadly outside the Karachi mission in the opening days of the war between Israel, the United States, and Iran.
Pakistan scraps annual Hajj sign-up, unveils first four-year pilgrimage plan
ISLAMABAD: For as long as most Pakistanis can remember, the machinery of applying for Hajj has reset every single year. A new application. A new waiting period. A fresh scramble each cycle to secure one of the coveted spots in the country’s quota for the pilgrimage to Mecca.