ISLAMABAD: In a series of sharp counterterrorism operations along restive border regions, Pakistani security forces killed 22 militants on Wednesday night and Thursday, the military said, dealing a significant blow to the banned Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan by eliminating its second-in-command.
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ISLAMABAD: Pakistan agreed on Thursday to extend high-stakes talks with the Afghan Taliban, heeding Turkey’s plea to give peace “another chance”, but only if Kabul delivers “clear, verifiable and effective action” against militants staging deadly attacks on Pakistan from its soil, security officials said.
Trump says he stopped India-Pakistan war by threatening 250 percent tariffs on both nations
ISLAMABAD: President Donald Trump said on Wednesday he ended a perilous four-day war this spring between nuclear-armed India and Pakistan, in which seven warplanes were shot down, by threatening to slap 250 percent tariffs on exports from both countries unless they halted the fighting within 48 hours.
Six soldiers, including a captain, martyred in clash with militants in northwest Pakistan
ISLAMABAD: Six soldiers from the Pakistani Army, including a captain, were martyred during an intense gun battle with militants in the rugged hills of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Province, the military said on Wednesday, in the latest flare-up of violence along the country’s volatile border with Afghanistan.
Pakistan condemns renewed Israeli strikes that killed over 100 in Gaza
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan on Wednesday demanded an immediate halt to violations of a fragile Gaza ceasefire, after airstrikes by Israel killed more than 100 Palestinians in the enclave, most of them civilians, including dozens of children.
Pakistan receives first US crude cargo, boosting trade ties in $200 million deal
KARACHI: Pakistan took delivery of its first-ever cargo of US crude oil on Wednesday, docking a Suezmax tanker at Cnergyico Pk Ltd.’s offshore terminal in Balochistan and opening a new front in bilateral trade with Washington.
Pakistan warns of deep strikes into Afghanistan if Taliban fails to curb militants
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s defence minister warned on Wednesday that the country would strike “deep into Afghanistan” if the Taliban regime allowed its territory to be used for terrorist attacks against Pakistan, escalating tensions after the collapse of mediated peace talks in Istanbul.
Green Climate Fund backs $250 million ‘glaciers to farms’ program for Pakistan, Central Asia
ISLAMABAD: The Green Climate Fund, the world’s largest dedicated source of climate financing, approved $250 million on Wednesday for an ambitious decade-long program to fortify water and farming systems across glacier-dependent swaths of Central Asia, the South Caucasus and Pakistan, as melting ice imperils millions of livelihoods.
Gas utilities seek hikes of up to 28 percent in prices to plug revenue gaps
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s two main gas utilities have petitioned regulators for prescribed price increases of as much as 28.7% to cover revenue shortfalls exceeding Rs77 billion for the fiscal year through June 2026, testing the government’s pledge to the International Monetary Fund to curb a circular debt pileup that’s already surpassed Rs3 trillion.