ISLAMABAD: President Asif Ali Zardari summoned Interior Minister Mohsin Naqvi to Karachi on Monday for an urgent meeting amid escalating tensions between the governments of Sindh and Punjab, as lawmakers from the Pakistan Peoples Party staged walkouts from both houses of parliament in protest over a bitter exchange of barbs with their coalition partners in the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz.
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Eight Muslim nations back Hamas’s moves on Trump’s Gaza peace plan, seeing path to ceasefire
Eight Muslim countries that collaborated with President Donald Trump’s administration on a proposal to halt Israel’s military campaign in Gaza welcomed on Sunday what they described as “steps taken by Hamas” toward accepting the plan, viewing the militant group’s partial agreement as a potential breakthrough for a cease-fire after nearly two years of devastating conflict.
Sharif hails Hamas response to Trump peace plan as a ‘window’ for Gaza ceasefire
ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif hailed Hamas’s response to President Donald Trump’s Gaza peace plan as a critical opening for ending the war, urging all sides not to let the opportunity slip away as world leaders scrambled to build on the momentum late on Friday.
Second round of negotiations launched in AJK to defuse protests, strike continues
ISLAMABAD: A second round of negotiations convened on Friday in Muzaffarabad between the government officials and the Joint Awami Action Committee (JAAC), a civil society alliance spearheading weeks of protests that have plunged Azad Jammu and Kashmir into turmoil, as both sides sought to defuse a crisis marked by deadly violence and a regionwide shutdown.
FM Dar says Trump Gaza peace plan differs from Muslim nations’ draft but backs final outcome
ISLAMABAD: Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Ishaq Dar distanced Pakistan on Friday from a 20-point Gaza peace plan unveiled by US President Donald Trump, saying it differed from a draft proposed by Muslim nations but insisting the negotiated result left no room for political maneuvering.
Govt opens talks with Kashmir protest leaders after deadly unrest
By Staff Reporter MUZAFFARABAD: Senior officials opened talks on Thursday with protest leaders of Joint Awami Action Committee (JAAC) in Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK)
Security forces kill 13 ‘India-sponsored’ militants in Balochistan raids
QUETTA: The security forces killed 13 militants accused of being backed by India in two intelligence-based operations in restive Balochistan province, the military said Wednesday, as the country grapples with a sharp rise in deadly attacks.
Commonwealth observers say Pakistan’s 2024 vote unfairly targeted Imran Khan’s PTI
ISLAMABAD: An international observer group has concluded that Pakistan’s 2024 general elections were undermined by conditions that limited fundamental political rights, particularly affecting one major party’s ability to compete fairly, and by a nationwide shutdown of cellular services on election day that eroded transparency and efficiency in tallying results.
PM Sharif backs Trump’s Gaza peace blueprint
ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif threw his support behind President Donald Trump’s ambitious 20-point blueprint to halt Israel’s war in Gaza on Monday, hailing the American leader’s role in rallying Muslim nations toward a potential ceasefire amid a mounting death toll that has surpassed 65,000 since October 2023.
UN clash escalates as Pakistan labels India a ‘regional bully’ in response to ‘Terroristan’ Jab
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan accused India of being a “regional bully” during a heated exchange at the United Nations General Assembly on Friday, responding to an Indian diplomat who branded Pakistan as “Terroristan” and accused it of harboring terrorism.