ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s military on Monday dismissed conditions set by Afghanistan in recent border talks as irrelevant, emphasising that only the complete elimination of terrorism from Afghan soil would satisfy Islamabad, amid escalating tensions marked by cross-border skirmishes and accusations of harboring militants.
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Sharif seeks PPP backing for 27th Amendment to reshape judiciary, key institutions
ISLAMABAD: A delegation led by Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif approached the leaders of the Pakistan Peoples Party this week to rally support for a proposed 27th Constitutional Amendment, a move that could reshape the judiciary and other key institutions amid lingering controversy over recent changes to the legal system.
Pakistan partially reopens key Afghan border for refugee repatriation
PESHAWAR: Pakistan partially reopened a key border crossing with Afghanistan on Saturday, allowing thousands of stranded Afghan refugees to return home after nearly three weeks of closure prompted by deadly clashes between the two nations’ forces.
Minister Asif disowns colleague’s claim Pakistani troops would disarm Hamas
ISLAMABAD: Defence minister Khawaja Asif on Friday forcefully disavowed comments by a government spokesman suggesting that Pakistani troops deployed to a new international force in Gaza would help disarm Hamas, highlighting tensions within the government over a prospective, and politically fraught, commitment.
Security forces kill 22 militants, including top TTP commander – military
ISLAMABAD: In a series of sharp counterterrorism operations along restive border regions, Pakistani security forces killed 22 militants on Wednesday night and Thursday, the military said, dealing a significant blow to the banned Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan by eliminating its second-in-command.
Pakistan condemns renewed Israeli strikes that killed over 100 in Gaza
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan on Wednesday demanded an immediate halt to violations of a fragile Gaza ceasefire, after airstrikes by Israel killed more than 100 Palestinians in the enclave, most of them civilians, including dozens of children.
Pakistan to join regional diplomats in Turkey to advance Gaza peace plan
ISLAMABAD: As a fragile ceasefire holds in Gaza after two years of devastating war, Pakistan said on Tuesday that it would send its top diplomat to Turkey next week for a pivotal meeting of foreign ministers from eight Arab and Muslim-majority nations, aimed at fleshing out the next phases of a United States-backed peace plan.
Pakistan rejects report of secret CIA, Mossad meetings over Gaza troop plan
ISLAMABAD: The information ministry on Tuesday denied a report claiming that Pakistan’s top military leader had held clandestine meetings with the CIA and Israel’s Mossad to deploy thousands of troops to Gaza, calling the account “completely fabricated” and a “deliberate fabrication aimed at misrepresenting Pakistan’s foreign policy.”
Military says thwarted infiltration attempts from Afghanistan, 25 militants killed
ISLAMABAD: Security forces killed 25 militants, including four suicide bombers, and seized a large cache of weapons and explosives in two separate operations along the border with Afghanistan, thwarting what the military described as major infiltration attempts by a banned terrorist group amid delicate talks between the two countries.
Forces kill 12 militants in operations across northwest, foil suicide bombing in North Waziristan
ISLAMABAD: Security forces killed at least 12 militants in a series of operations across three districts in the country’s northwest between Friday night and Saturday, while thwarting a planned suicide bombing in the volatile North Waziristan district of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Province, the military said on Saturday, amid a persistent wave of terrorist attacks that has strained relations between the federal government and provincial authorities.