ISLAMABAD: Regional talks on Afghanistan in Moscow ended without a joint statement on Monday after Pakistani and Taliban delegations failed to agree on language about terrorism, in what is possibly the first time the Russian-led forum has broken up without a communique.
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Pakistan confirms sixth polio case of the year in Khyber district
PESHAWAR: Pakistan has recorded its sixth case of polio this year, after a seven-year-old boy in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa’s Khyber district was found to be infected, the country’s National Emergency Operations Centre for Polio Eradication (NEOC) said on Monday.
Pakistan raises petrol price, cuts diesel in latest daily reset
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan increased the price of petrol and lowered that of diesel for Tuesday, the latest in a string of daily adjustments that have kept fuel costs far above pre-war levels and strained household budgets.
Imran Khan’s supporters resume march on capital despite threat of emergency rule
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s main opposition party resumed its march towards Islamabad on Monday to demand the release of the jailed former prime minister Imran Khan, defying a federal government that has vowed to stop any gathering in the capital and is weighing emergency powers in the province leading the protest.
UN chief Guterres to visit Pakistan to back Islamabad’s push for US-Iran peace
The UN Secretary-General António Guterres will arrive in Pakistan on Tuesday for a three-day visit that puts Islamabad’s role as the main broker between Washington and Tehran at the centre of his final months in office.
Pakistan and Turkey to send forces to Saudi Arabia under Mecca defence pact
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan, Saudi Arabia and Turkey have agreed to rapidly deploy military forces and capabilities in the kingdom, putting the collective defence commitments of their Mecca pact into practice after an emergency meeting in Riyadh on Monday.
PTI rules out reconciliation with government without Imran Khan at the table
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) has declared that it cannot reconcile with the government unless its jailed founder, Imran Khan, is included in the dialogue, a day after weekend talks collapsed and the party’s chief minister in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (K-P) set off on a long march towards Islamabad.
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Pakistan sends army chief, two ministers to Riyadh for emergency defence alliance meeting
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s foreign minister, defence minister and army chief travelled to Riyadh on Monday for emergency talks with Saudi and Turkish officials under their three-nation defence pact, after a sharp escalation in fighting between Saudi-backed forces and Yemen’s Houthis.
The Province That Islamabad and PTI Are Both Failing
On Sunday, two things happened within hours of each other. In Lakki Marwat, Sohail Afridi, the chief minister of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, stepped off a helicopter into a crowd of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) supporters and set off at the head of a long march. In Peshawar, Mohsin Naqvi, the interior minister, sat down with the provincial governor, Faisal Karim Kundi, and a Governor’s House statement afterwards said it would play “a full constitutional role” if the president and prime minister decided that governor’s rule or an emergency was needed to save the province.
Three militant commanders among eight killed in Dera Ismail Khan raid
PESHAWAR: Security forces have killed eight suspected militants, including three senior commanders, in an intelligence-led operation in the north-west of the country, security sources said on Sunday.