ISLAMABAD: An officer has been taken into custody and is facing disciplinary proceedings after a video showing him firing a pistol into the air during a confrontation with student protesters at a university in Islamabad circulated widely on social media, according to people familiar with the matter.
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Pakistan opens bonded fuel storage to foreign suppliers after Hormuz shock
ISLAMABAD: The government approved a plan allowing international fuel suppliers to build and operate their own bonded storage facilities in the country, a move aimed at insulating the South Asian nation from the kind of supply shocks triggered by the recent closure of the Strait of Hormuz.
Imran Khan’s PTI party denies deal talk, demands court enforce hospital order
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf Chairman Barrister Gohar Ali Khan dismissed rumors of a backroom deal between his party’s imprisoned founder, Imran Khan, and the government on Monday, telling reporters outside the Supreme Court that a man willing to negotiate his freedom would not have spent the last three years behind bars.
New Kashmir assembly sworn in as PML-N extends its majority
MUZAFFARABAD: The new Azad Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly took shape on Monday, as outgoing Speaker Chaudhry Latif Akbar administered the oath of office to 38 newly elected lawmakers, capping a bruising three-phase election season that has left the territory’s two dominant parties further estranged.
Jemima Goldsmith urges Britain to intervene over Imran Khan’s treatment in prison
ISLAMABAD: Jemima Goldsmith, the British socialite and former wife of jailed ex-prime minister Imran Khan, called on the British government on Monday to intervene in her ex-husband’s treatment, saying Pakistan is defying its own Supreme Court and that the matter has become “a human-rights emergency.”
Domestic worker admits role in Hina Javed’s killing, but his story keeps changing
RAWALPINDI: The story investigators were first given was a burglary gone wrong. A frantic call to police. A household ransacked. A woman found dead.
FM Dar presses UN maritime chief over 10 Pakistani sailors held by Somali pirates
ISLAMABAD: Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Ishaq Dar pressed the head of the United Nations’ maritime agency on Monday for “urgent and effective institutional intervention” to free 10 Pakistani sailors who have been held by Somali pirates since April, as the hostages’ families report worsening conditions aboard the hijacked tanker.
Family of slain businessman sues to block judicial commission, demands joint probe
KARACHI: The family of a 25-year-old businessman whose gunshot death last month has roiled this city’s police department went to court Monday, seeking to block a provincial judicial commission formed to review the stalled murder investigation.
Moody’s upgrades Pakistan to B3, citing reserve buildup and fiscal gains
KARACHI: Moody’s Ratings raised Pakistan’s sovereign credit rating one notch to B3 from Caa1 on Monday, pointing to a steady rebuild in foreign-currency reserves and a lighter debt-servicing burden that has given the government more room to maneuver after years of fiscal strain.
Pakistan’s military chief returns to Tehran as US prepares toughest sanctions yet on Iran
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s top military officer arrived in the Iranian capital on Monday for his fourth visit since the outbreak of the war between Iran and the United States, meeting with Iran’s interior minister just hours before Washington was set to unveil what US officials have billed as the harshest round of sanctions ever imposed on the Islamic Republic.