ISLAMABAD: Pakistan has warned the Houthis that an attack on Saudi Arabia will draw a collective military response, with its army spokesman declaring that Islamabad is already providing “whatever support is needed” to defend the kingdom.
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PPP chief offers PTI route out of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa emergency, but calls its chief minister a ‘coward’
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Pakistan mills idle despite bigger cotton crop, industry says
LAHORE: Pakistan’s cotton arrivals at ginning factories rose 7.5% from a year earlier to 4.08 million bales by Oct. 15, even as industry groups say about 500 ginning plants, more than 150 textile mills and nearly half the country’s power looms are idle.
Pakistan presses Iran and US to keep talking as Tehran holds to seven-day Hormuz plan
ISLAMABAD: Iran has insisted that its offer to reopen the Strait of Hormuz within seven days remains on the table, as Pakistan’s foreign minister urged Tehran and Washington to keep talking.
Pakistan’s first astronaut to fly to space from China on 25 November
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s first astronaut will travel to space from China on 25 November, according to planning minister Ahsan Iqbal, who said the country aims to land on the Moon by 2035.
Pakistan LPG prices jump 100 rupees after Iran border closure
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s liquefied petroleum gas prices jumped by 100 rupees a kilogram over the weekend after the closure of a key border crossing with Iran, prompting industry executives to demand weekly or daily pricing and an end to the fuel’s link with Saudi Aramco’s benchmark.
Blame game engulfs PTI after protest march collapses
ISLAMABAD: Imran Khan’s Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) has set up an internal inquiry into the collapse of its Islamabad protest march, after senior figures reportedly blamed the suspended Khyber Pakhtunkhwa chief minister, Sohail Afridi, even as party leaders publicly deny any rift.
Army major martyred, four militants killed in Balochistan operations after run of mass kidnappings
QUETTA: A Pakistani army major martyred and four militants have been killed in separate operations in Balochistan, the military said on Monday, as the province reels from a wave of kidnappings of officials, police recruits and workers.
Pakistan extends airspace ban on Indian aircraft to Nov. 24
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan extended the closure of its airspace to Indian aircraft by another month, to Nov. 24, prolonging a ban that has forced Indian carriers onto longer and costlier routes since April 2025.
Pakistan says it destroyed Taliban base camp in fresh Afghan border clash
ISLAMABAD: Pakistani forces killed several Afghan Taliban personnel and destroyed a base camp in a fresh clash on the Afghan border on Saturday, security sources said, as the head of Pakistan’s National Strategic Command warned that any miscalculation in the region would meet a response beyond the adversary’s imagination.