ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif flew into Qatari capital on Monday, bringing with him his older brother, his foreign minister, and a message of condolence for a nation in mourning: Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani, the man who spent 18 years reshaping Qatar into a global player, was dead at 74.
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Army chief Munir begins two-day Turkey visit, building on deepening military ties
ISLAMABAD: Field Marshal Syed Asim Munir, Pakistan’s Chief of Defence Forces and Chief of Army Staff, arrived in Turkey on Monday for a two-day official visit, according to state media.
Two policemen killed in roadside bomb attack in northwest Pakistan
PESHAWAR: A roadside bomb tore through an armored police vehicle on patrol in Tank district on Monday, killing two officers and wounding two others in the latest attack targeting law enforcement in a district that has become one of the deadliest fronts in Pakistan’s fight against militancy.
Pakistan in talks with Netflix, weighing its own streaming platform, minister says
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s government is negotiating with Netflix and other global streaming services to secure greater visibility for the country’s films and television dramas, while separately developing a state-backed digital platform to carry Pakistani content abroad, a senior minister said, reviving a long-running debate over why a domestic entertainment industry with a vast international following has landed so few original commissions from the world’s dominant streaming companies.
Pakistani forces kill 114 in widening Balochistan offensive
QUETTA: Pakistani security forces have killed 114 militants in Balochistan province since July 5, according to state media reports on Monday, as a sprawling counterterrorism campaign launched after a deadly ambush on a police post entered its second week with no clear end in sight.
US, Iran trade fire for second day as Hormuz truce teeters
ISLAMABAD: The United States and Iran pounded each other’s forces for a second consecutive day on Monday, with American warplanes and drones striking dozens of targets across Iran and Tehran answering with missile and drone attacks on US military installations spread across five Gulf countries, plunging a monthlong ceasefire deeper into crisis and sending oil prices sharply higher.
Inquiry finds contractor, consultant, and Wapda all responsible for dam collapse that tripled Tarbela-5 project’s cost
ISLAMABAD: A government-appointed inquiry has concluded that a contractor, its consultant, and the state authority overseeing a major Pakistani hydropower project all bear responsibility for the collapse of a cofferdam last year, an incident that has added more than two years to the project’s timeline and driven its cost up by nearly 285 percent, according to a report published by Dawn newspaper on Monday.
Pakistan defends Eurobond pricing after lawmaker challenges bank selection
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s finance ministry rejected allegations of irregularities in the country’s recent sovereign bond sales, pushing back against a lawmaker’s claim that officials passed over a more favourable Citigroup Inc. offer in favour of banks selected without competitive bidding.
LPG industry warns of shortage, threatens strike over pricing dispute
LAHORE: Pakistan’s liquefied petroleum gas industry escalated a monthslong dispute with federal regulators this weekend, with importers warning of an imminent nationwide shortage and more than 1,000 industry representatives threatening to shut down operations entirely if their demands are not met within three days.
Gunmen kill five Punjab labourers in restive Balochistan province
QUETTA: Gunmen on motorcycles opened fire inside a barbershop in a remote corner of southwestern Pakistan on Sunday, killing five labourers from the country’s Punjab province in the latest assault targeting non-native workers in a region gripped by a decades-old separatist insurgency.