The chief minister of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province warned on Saturday that any attempt by Islamabad to strip him of office would trigger a reaction “never witnessed” in the country’s history, as a stand-off between the opposition Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf and the PML-N led coalition government showed no sign of easing.
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Dar meets Saudi, Turkish counterparts in New York; military chiefs set to convene over Houthi threat
ISLAMABAD: Deputy prime minister and foreign minister, Ishaq Dar, met his Saudi Arabian and Turkish counterparts in New York on Friday to take stock of progress on turning their three-way defence pact into a working institution, as Saudi Arabia contends with an intensifying wave of missile and drone attacks from Yemen’s Houthi movement.
Rangers deployed, motorways shut, Islamabad sealed ahead of PTI march demanding Imran Khan’s release
ISLAMABAD: The government has authorised the deployment of Pakistan Rangers across Islamabad Capital Territory and several districts of Punjab, running from 20 September to 5 October, in anticipation of a nationwide protest called by Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI), the party founded by the jailed former prime minister Imran Khan. The move comes as major motorways linking the capital to the rest of the country remain closed, supporters and relatives of Khan are held in detention, and the government and opposition trade accusations over secret talks that neither side will fully confirm.
Islamabad prepares for a confrontation with Imran Khan’s party
ISLAMABAD: Islamabad is bracing for its biggest security operation in years, with tens of thousands of police officers, hundreds of shipping containers and a arsenal of riot equipment being mobilised across the federal capital and neighbouring Punjab ahead of a planned opposition march that the government has vowed, in the words of one insider, to “fix… for good”.
Pakistan names retired general to lead Makkah Defence Alliance
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan has appointed a retired lieutenant general who once commanded the country’s turbulent north-west to lead a fledgling defence pact with Saudi Arabia and Turkey, as the kingdom grapples with the most serious Houthi assault on its territory in years.
Nineteen militants killed, soldier martyred in Balochistan operations
ISLAMABAD: Security forces had killed 19 militants in a series of operations across Balochistan, as a soldier martyred in the fighting and the province’s chief paramilitary force separately reported the hijacking of a charity ambulance.
Two police officers shot dead guarding polio team in Balochistan attack
QUETTA: Two police constables were shot dead on Tuesday while guarding a team of female polio workers in the restive south-western province of Balochistan, in the latest attack on officers protecting vaccinators in one of the last countries where the disease remains endemic.
Naqvi returns to Tehran in new push to revive peace talks
ISLAMABAD: Iran has thanked Pakistan’s military and civilian leadership for its efforts to secure regional peace, as Islamabad’s interior minister arrived in Tehran on Monday for talks at one of the most precarious moments in the seven-month war between Iran and the United States.
Two young Army officers among six soldiers martyred in Hangu firefight as militant violence grips northwest Pakistan
Two Army officers, a captain of 23 and a lieutenant of 22, were martyred on Sunday leading their troops into a firefight with militants in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa’s Hangu district, part of a battle that left six security personnel and eight insurgents dead, the military said.
Aleema Khan, sister of jailed former prime minister, detained days ahead of planned capital march
By Staff Reporter LAHORE: Police detained Aleema Khan, the sister of jailed former prime minister Imran Khan, in Lahore on Sunday, and a district official