ISLAMABAD: A senior Pakistani security official has dismissed as baseless any suggestion that Islamabad could become the next target of US-Israeli military action in the wake of fresh strikes on Iran, describing the speculation as “devoid of facts” and the work of “agents of chaos”, Dawn Newspaper reported on Tuesday.
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Pakistan offers to mediate as it calls for de-escalation after assassination of Iran’s supreme leader
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan is engaged in intensive diplomatic efforts to calm the crisis in the Middle East after US and Israeli strikes on Iran killed supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, the country’s foreign minister and deputy prime minister, Ishaq Dar, said on Monday.
Pakistan says 415 Afghan Taliban killed in ‘Operation Ghazab lil Haq’ as fighting enters fourth day
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s military operation against Afghan Taliban positions is set to continue until its objectives are fully met, officials said on Sunday, as the two countries became embroiled in the most serious fighting along their shared border in years.
Pakistan says 352 Taliban killed in cross-border operation as clashes with Afghanistan enter third day
ISLAMABAD: Pakistani forces killed 331 Afghan Taliban militants and wounded more than 500 others in “Operation Ghazab lil Haq,” Information Minister Attaullah Tarar said on Saturday, providing the most detailed accounting yet of a military campaign that has thrust Pakistan and Afghanistan into their most serious confrontation in years.
Global powers urge Pakistan and Afghanistan to halt border attacks and pursue diplomacy
ISLAMABAD: Global powers moved swiftly on Friday to contain rising tensions between Pakistan and Afghanistan, issuing urgent appeals for both sides to stop cross-border attacks and return to diplomatic channels before the situation spirals further.
TTAP agrees to engage in dialogue with Sharif govt, singles out access to jailed Imran Khan as key demand
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s main opposition alliance has decided to respond positively to any government offers for dialogue, a move that could open a narrow path toward easing the country’s long-running political standoff even as leaders issued sharp warnings about the health of imprisoned former prime minister Imran Khan.
Tensions flare within PTI as Imran Khan’s sisters publicly rebuke party leaders over secrecy in his treatment and legal delays
ISLAMABAD: The sisters of imprisoned former prime minister Imran Khan delivered a blistering public attack on Wednesday on the leadership of his Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf party and the Islamabad High Court, accusing senior figures of silence, poor coordination and failing to secure timely medical attention or court hearings for the ailing politician.
Seven dead in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa police van ambush; two more slain in Punjab suicide blast
ISLAMABAD: Militants killed nine policemen in two separate attacks in Pakistan on Tuesday, officials said, the latest in a surge of violence that has gripped the country’s northwest and parts of Punjab.
Pakistan says sovereignty ‘nonnegotiable,’ warns Afghanistan of further action against cross-border militants
ISLAMABAD: Pakistani officials on Monday mounted a vigorous defence of the country’s airstrikes inside Afghanistan, declaring that Islamabad had exhausted diplomatic options and would no longer tolerate militants using Afghan soil to attack Pakistan.
US envoy’s Huckabee’s remarks on Israeli expansion spark outrage from Pakistan, Arab allies
ISLAMABAD: A coalition of 14 Muslim-majority countries, including Pakistan, Egypt and Saudi Arabia, issued a sharp rebuke on Sunday to comments by the US ambassador to Israel, Mike Huckabee, who suggested in a recent interview that he would not object to Israel claiming vast territories across the Middle East based on biblical boundaries.