ISLAMABAD: The government will impose scheduled electricity outages of about 2.25 hours a day during peak evening hours across most of the country, a move designed to curb the use of expensive imported fuels and prevent electricity tariffs from surging amid disruptions to liquefied natural gas supplies triggered by the Middle East conflict.
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PM Sharif says US-Iran ceasefire holds, further talks likely
ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif said on Monday that the fragile ceasefire between the United States and Iran remained in force and that “full efforts” were underway to resolve the issues still separating the two sides, one day after Pakistan hosted the first direct, face-to-face negotiations between senior American and Iranian officials in nearly half a century.
Pakistan dispatches fighter jets to Saudi Arabia under defence pact – reports
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan has dispatched fighter jets and support aircraft to Saudi Arabia, the Saudi defense ministry announced on Saturday, in the latest sign of deepening military ties between the two longtime allies as Islamabad works to broker an end to the conflict with Iran.
UPDATED – Islamabad braces for historic US-Iran face off
ISLAMABAD: United States Vice President JD Vance and his delegation arrived in Islamabad on Saturday morning for the first direct high-level negotiations between Washington and Tehran since the 1979 Islamic Revolution, as Pakistan seeks to transform a fragile two-week ceasefire into a durable end to six weeks of war.
US dispatches Vance to Pakistan for high-stakes Iran negotiations
ISLAMABAD: Vice President JD Vance departed on Friday for Islamabad, leading an American delegation to direct negotiations with Iranian officials in a bid to convert a fragile two-week ceasefire into a more durable accord.
Pakistan hosts high-stakes US-Iran talks in Islamabad as shaky ceasefire strains under disputes over Lebanon and oil flows
By Staff Reporter ISLAMABAD: The streets of Pakistan’s capital lay eerily quiet Friday under a sweeping security lockdown, as authorities prepared to welcome senior American
China says Pakistan and Afghanistan have agreed to halt escalation after week of talks in Xinjiang
ISLAMABAD: China said on Wednesday Pakistan and Afghanistan have committed to preventing any further escalation in their simmering border conflict, following a week of informal trilateral meetings hosted by Beijing in the Xinjiang region.
Pakistan pledges ‘unflinching solidarity’ with Saudi Arabia after Iranian strike on Jubail petrochemical hub
ISLAMABAD: Minister Shehbaz Sharif held a telephone conversation on Tuesday with Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman and offered his country’s “unflinching solidarity” with the kingdom after Iran launched ballistic missiles and drones at its Eastern Province, striking near a sprawling petrochemical complex in the industrial city of Jubail.
Pakistan orders early closures for markets and malls in energy-saving push as Iran war drives up fuel prices; Sindh yet to join conservation plan
By Staff Reporter ISLAMABAD: The federal government directed markets and shopping malls across the country, except in Sindh province, to shut by 8 p.m. starting
Provinces roll out subsidies and early closures to shield Pakistanis from oil crisis sparked by Middle East conflict
KARACHI: Sindh Chief Minister Murad Ali Shah said on Sunday that the provincial government had secured a comprehensive fare freeze for inter-city and intra-city public transport after weeks of negotiations with transporters, shielding millions of commuters from the sharp rise in fuel costs that has followed disruptions in global oil supplies.