ISLAMABAD: Information Minister Attaullah Tarar on Monday rejected reports that the government was contemplating an increase in the minimum voting age from 18 to 25, calling the idea nothing more than rumor and insisting no such proposal was under active consideration.
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Iran says it sent response to latest U.S. proposal as talks continue via Pakistan
ISLAMABAD: Iran told the United States on Monday that it had formally responded to the latest American proposal for ending the war that began Feb. 28, with diplomatic exchanges continuing through a Pakistani intermediary even as Iranian officials rejected key U.S. demands as one-sided and excessive.
Tribal elder and two others killed in IED blast at crowded market in Pakistan’s restive northwest
WANA: A powerful improvised explosive device ripped through the crowded Rustam Bazaar in this town in Pakistan’s northwestern Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province on Monday morning, killing three people — including a prominent tribal elder who had long worked to mediate local disputes — and wounding four others, officials said.
Pakistan condemns drone strike near UAE nuclear plant, warns of catastrophic risks amid US-Iran tensions
ISLAMABAD: The Foreign Office on Monday issued a sharply worded condemnation of a drone strike the previous day that sparked a fire near the Barakah nuclear power plant in the United Arab Emirates, describing the incident as a reckless assault on civilian nuclear infrastructure with potentially “catastrophic and irreversible consequences” for human life, the environment and regional stability.
Karachi court grants police more time to question alleged drug queenpin amid her claims of torture and coercion
KARACHI: A Karachi court on Monday granted police four more days to question Anmol, the alleged drug supplier better known as Pinky, in a murder investigation, even as the suspect told a magistrate she was being pressured to implicate prominent figures and had endured repeated mistreatment in custody.
Polio campaign opens in Pakistan with deadly attacks on police escorts in restive tribal district
BAJAUR: Gunmen killed two police constables assigned to protect polio vaccination teams in Pakistan’s northwest on Monday, the opening day of a national immunization campaign aimed at stamping out the country’s persistent polio cases, officials said.
Pakistan lifts nationwide business-hour restrictions, exempting shops and restaurants from early closures until May 31
ISLAMABAD: The government on Monday scrapped early closing times for shops, markets, shopping malls and restaurants across the country, granting a temporary exemption from energy-conservation rules imposed six weeks ago in response to a sharp rise in fuel prices triggered by the US-Israeli war on Iran.
Israel detains Pakistani national Saad Edhi, international activists after boarding Gaza-bound aid flotilla near Cyprus
ISLAMABAD: Israeli forces seized at least 10 vessels from a multinational humanitarian flotilla attempting to reach Gaza on Monday and detained dozens of international activists, including Saad Edhi, the son of Pakistan’s most prominent social worker and the grandson of the late philanthropist Abdul Sattar Edhi.
Hague court tightens limits on India’s occupied Kashmir dams in escalating Indus Waters Treaty dispute
ISLAMABAD: An international arbitration panel has delivered a fresh technical blow to India’s hydroelectric ambitions in occupied Kashmir, issuing a supplemental award that Pakistani officials say sharply restricts New Delhi’s ability to store and control water on the rivers the 1960 Indus Waters Treaty reserves largely for Pakistan.
Pakistan remains vital US partner in counterterrorism fight against ISIS-KA – Centcom chief
ISLAMABAD: The commander of US Central Command told senators this week that Pakistan is a critical counterterrorism partner and lies at the heart of efforts to contain the Islamic State-Khorasan group across South Asia.