MUZAFFARABAD: A man was killed, and several others were hurt on Saturday when protesters clashed with law enforcement personnel on a mountain road connecting two district capitals in Azad Kashmir, the latest and deadliest flashpoint in a monthslong standoff that shows no sign of easing before a government deadline expires this week.
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Pakistan presses Iran, US to hold the line as Hormuz clashes threaten fragile truce
ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif appealed directly to Iran’s president on Friday to avoid any steps that could unravel weeks of painstaking diplomacy, as the United States and Iran exchanged a third consecutive round of military strikes and the ceasefire Pakistan brokered last month showed signs of buckling.
Pakistan vows total war on militants after bloody week in Balochistan
QUETTA: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif said on Thursday that Pakistan’s civilian and military leadership had reached a single, mutual decision to eliminate terrorism in the country, after a string of attacks in the restive southwestern province of Balochistan left dozens of security personnel and civilians dead over four days.
Wreckage of missing cargo jet found south of Ormara after daylong search
KARACHI: The wreckage of a cargo jet that vanished over the Arabian Sea was located on Wednesday roughly 53 nautical miles south of the coastal town of Ormara, capping a 12-hour search by the Pakistan Navy and maritime security forces that mobilised warships, surveillance aircraft, and merchant vessels within hours of the plane’s disappearance.
Gunmen kill nine police officers in Balochistan province; security forces kill 15 militants in response
QUETTA: Nine police officers were killed, and nine more went missing overnight Monday when militants stormed a checkpost guarding a dam construction site in Pakistan’s restive Balochistan province, officials said, touching off an hours-long gun battle, a highway blockade by angry residents, and a security sweep that by Tuesday had located every missing officer alive.
Military top brass pledges resolve on water rights, cross-border threats amid rising tensions with India, Afghanistan
RAWALPINDI: Pakistan’s senior military leadership pledged Monday to take “all measures necessary” to secure the country’s water rights under the Indus Waters Treaty, according to a statement from the armed forces’ media wing, as tensions with India over the decades-old water-sharing agreement continue to simmer.
Clashes erupt in part of Azad Kashmir amid regionwide strike, protests
MIRPUR: A general strike shut businesses across Azad Kashmir on Sunday and protesters clashed with police in several towns, as demonstrations organised by a banned political group entered their second month and a month-long internet blackout showed no sign of ending.
Pakistan, Turkey renew pledge to hit $5 billion in trade
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan and Turkey on Saturday recommitted to a long-standing goal of raising bilateral trade to $5 billion, as Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan used a day of meetings here to widen cooperation on energy, mining, technology, and regional diplomacy.
U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio arrives for a handshake for photographers with Pakistani Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Ishaq Dar at the State Department in Washington, D.C., U.S., July 25, 2025. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst
US backs Pakistan’s right to self-defence as UN splinters over terrorism strategy
ISLAMABAD: The United States on Thursday reaffirmed its support for Pakistan’s right to defend itself against terrorist attacks, as a UN vote this week exposed rare discord over the world body’s flagship counterterrorism strategy, with Washington breaking two decades of consensus to vote against the text.
PM Sharif to attend Khamenei funeral, then head to Turkey for trade talks
ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif will travel to Iran this week to attend the funeral of assassinated Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei before continuing to Turkey for talks on trade and regional security, the Pakistani foreign ministry said on Thursday.