ISLAMABAD: Houthi rebels struck Riyadh’s main airport for a second consecutive day on Sunday, killing a Pakistani resident and injuring 11 others, a day after an attack there left 13 people dead.
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Eight PTI leaders held after Islamabad suspends Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government
PESHAWAR: At least eight leaders of Imran Khan’s Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) party, including Khyber Pakhtunkhwa chief minister Sohail Afridi, are in police protective custody, officials said on Monday, a day after Islamabad suspended the provincial government.
JUI-F chief rejects federal takeover of KP, points to worse security in Balochistan
ISLAMABAD: Maulana Fazlur Rehman, a key political mediator, has accused the government of going back on its commitments after it imposed an emergency and governor’s rule in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, ending Imran Khan’s party’s control of the province.
Minister Tarar accuses Imran Khan’s PTI of “unholy alliance” with Taliban
ISLAMABAD: Information Minister Attaullah Tarar has accused the government of the jailed former prime minister Imran Khan’s party in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa of a “nexus” with militant groups, in a press conference called to justify the federal takeover of the province.
Governor Kundi vows ‘zero tolerance’ on corruption and terror networks in KP under emergency rule
PESHAWAR: The governor of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa has vowed “zero tolerance” on corruption and promised to dismantle the networks that sustain terrorism, as he convened the first meeting of a federally appointed advisory council on the day Islamabad imposed emergency and governor’s rule on the opposition-run province.
Pakistan deploys army to province under emergency rule, Peshawar sealed off
ISLAMABAD/PESHAWAR: The federal government has authorised the deployment of army troops and assets across Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, hours after imposing emergency and governor’s rule in the province run by Imran Khan’s party.
PTI says Khyber Pakhtunkhwa chief minister, provincial president arrested hours after emergency rule
By Staff Reporter PESHAWAR: Leaders of Imran Khan’s Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) said on Sunday that the party’s Khyber Pakhtunkhwa chief minister, Sohail Afridi, and its
Pakistan says 12 militants killed in attempted border infiltration in Kurram
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s army said on Sunday that 12 militants and Afghan Taliban fighters had been killed and one of its own soldiers was martyred when troops repelled an attempt to cross the border from Afghanistan into Kurram district.
Pakistan reaffirms Saudi defence pact after airport attack kills 12
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan has condemned a Houthi missile strike on Riyadh’s main airport that killed at least 12 people and wounded 309, six of them Pakistani nationals, and has pledged to stand by Saudi Arabia under a defence pact the two countries signed with Turkey two months ago.
President Zardari signs off on emergency, governor’s rule in Imran Khan-Party stronghold of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
Pakistan imposed an emergency and governor’s rule in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa on Sunday, a sharp escalation in the federal government’s standoff with the opposition party that runs the northwestern province, after President Asif Ali Zardari approved a recommendation from Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif’s cabinet.