ISLAMABAD: An Indian Air Force Tejas light combat aircraft plunged to the ground in a fireball on Friday afternoon during an aerial display at the Dubai Airshow, killing the pilot and casting a pall over the final day of the Middle East’s largest aviation exhibition of military and commercial aviation.
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Pakistan says India’s suspension of Indus Waters Treaty threatens regional stability
ISLAMABAD: Deputy prime minister and foreign minister, Ishaq Dar, warned on Friday that India’s suspension of the Indus Waters Treaty constituted an “illegal and unilateral” act that posed a “real threat” to regional stability, as he delivered a sweeping critique of multiple global conflicts at an Indo-Pacific ministerial forum in Brussels.
Security forces kill 13 militants in overnight operations in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
ISLAMABAD: Security forces killed 13 militants in two separate intelligence-led operations in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Province, the military said on Friday, as a separate attack on a local peace committee in the same restive region left seven people dead, including a former Taliban fighter who had renounced violence.
Pakistan says Hasina death verdict ‘internal matter’ for Bangladesh
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan said on Friday the death sentence handed down this week to Sheikh Hasina, Bangladesh’s former prime minister, was strictly an internal affair of Dhaka and that its people were entirely capable of resolving their own political and legal matters through their constitutional processes.
Trump’s warm embrace of Pakistan’s army chief reshapes US strategy in South Asia
ISLAMABAD: Barely a year ago, American diplomats spoke of India as the indispensable counterweight to China in the Indo-Pacific, while Pakistan was often felt like a reluctant, troublesome partner kept at arm’s length. That calculus has been dramatically upended under President Donald Trump, who has showered praise on Pakistan’s powerful army chief, Air Marshal Asim Munir, calling him a “great guy” and crediting himself with averting nuclear catastrophe between the two rivals, even as he has slapped some of the world’s highest tariffs on India.
Gas blast in Faisalabad factories kills 15, injures dozens
FAISALABAD: A gas explosion ripped through a cluster of factories in the Malikpur area on the outskirts of this industrial city early on Friday, killing at least 15 people, injuring more than a dozen others and reducing buildings to rubble, officials said.
Pakistan targets debut panda bond before Chinese new year , finance minister says
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan plans to issue its first Panda bond before the Chinese New Year in late January, Finance Minister Muhammad Aurangzeb said, in a clear signal that Islamabad is accelerating its push to diversify funding sources and re-enter international capital markets after years of isolation.
PPL denies building offshore island, says project prepares marshy drilling site
KARACHI: Pakistan Petroleum Ltd (PPL) on Thursday rejected as misleading a report that it was reclaiming land from the sea to build an artificial island for oil and gas exploration, saying its project in a marshy area near Sujawal involved only preparations for safe drilling in difficult tidal terrain.
PTI accuses govt of rigging ahead of NA-129 by-poll
LAHORE: The opposition Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf on Thursday accused the ruling Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz government of systematically rigging the coming by-election in the National Assembly constituency NA-129, alleging a pattern of administrative interference that includes the removal of campaign materials, the appointment of polling officials linked to the PML-N candidate and the relocation of dozens of polling stations to remote areas.
Pakistan inks MoU to sell JF-17 Block III fighter at Dubai Airshow
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan secured a memorandum of understanding with an undisclosed friendly nation for the sale of its advanced JF-17 Thunder Block III fighter jet at the Dubai Airshow, in a deal the military described as a milestone that underscored growing international confidence in the country’s aviation industry.