ISLAMABAD: Interior Minister Mohsin Naqvi met on Sunday with Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian and Parliament Speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf in Tehran, part of an intensifying Pakistani effort to salvage faltering negotiations between Washington and Tehran more than a month after a fragile ceasefire halted six weeks of open conflict.
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Pakistan military warns India against ‘warmongering,’ says threats risk mutual nuclear catastrophe
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s military on Sunday issued a blistering response to remarks by India’s army chief, describing them as “hubristic, jingoistic and myopic” and cautioning New Delhi against any attempt to push South Asia into another war whose consequences, it said, would prove “devastating” for the entire region and beyond.
Police kill 5 militants, including commander tied to deadly Bannu checkpoint bombing, in new reprisal operation
BANNU: Police forces have killed five militants in intelligence-driven raids across Bannu district in the country’s northwest on Saturday, including a commander and an accomplice directly linked to a suicide bombing that killed 15 officers at a police checkpoint the previous week, authorities said.
Sindh and Punjab provinces lift early closing rules on markets and restaurants ahead of Eid al-Adha
KARACHI: Pakistan’s two largest provinces moved on Saturday to roll back strict business curfews imposed last month to conserve fuel, signaling a partial retreat from nationwide austerity measures triggered by a global oil shock tied to the US-Israel war with Iran.
Police secure custody of drug queenpin in narcotics and murder cases amid claims of torture and ex-husband plot
KARACHI: A judicial magistrate on Saturday ordered alleged narcotics kingpin Anmol, better known as Pinky, remanded into police custody until May 22 in a major case filed under the Sindh Control of Narcotic Substances Act, capping a day of court appearances in which authorities sought to question her in more than a dozen separate criminal matters.
Law minister Tarar says no signs yet of 28th constitutional amendment, stresses coalition consensus required
ISLAMABAD: Law Minister Azam Nazeer Tarar said on Saturday that he sees “no indications” of a proposed 28th constitutional amendment, even as his government continues quiet consultations with coalition partners on a range of contentious national issues that could eventually require broad political agreement to resolve.
FM Aurangzeb says Pakistan’s Panda bond debut signals deeper RMB integration and future Beijing debt issuances
ISLAMABAD: Finance Minister Muhammad Aurangzeb said the country’s debut sale of a yuan-denominated bond in China’s onshore market represents a transformational step that will pave the way for additional sovereign issuances and closer financial integration with Beijing.
Pakistan demands end to ‘continuing Nakba,’ reaffirms call for statehood on 78th anniversary of Palestinian displacement
ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif called on Saturday for an immediate end to the suffering of the Palestinian people, marking the 78th anniversary of the Nakba, the Arabic term for “catastrophe” that commemorates the mass displacement of Palestinians during the 1948 Arab-Israeli war that led to the founding of Israel.
Pakistan sends interior minister to Tehran in push to revive stalled US-Iran talks
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s interior minister arrived in Tehran on Saturday for a two-day official visit aimed at restarting direct negotiations between Iran and the United States, Iranian state media reported, as a fragile ceasefire that halted more than a month of US-Israeli airstrikes on Iran shows signs of unraveling.
IMF sets Pakistan Rs17.1 trillion revenue goal for FY27 with fresh Rs430 billion measures as war hits outlook
ISLAMABAD: The International Monetary Fund has set Pakistan’s federal revenue target for fiscal 2027 at Rs17.145 trillion — a 13.5% increase from the current year — backed by Rs430 billion in fresh budgetary and administrative measures and an 18% rise in the petroleum levy, according to its staff report on the completion of the third review under the $7 billion Extended Fund Facility and the second review under the $1.4 billion Resilience and Sustainability Facility.