ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s foreign minister, defence minister and army chief travelled to Riyadh on Monday for emergency talks with Saudi and Turkish officials under their three-nation defence pact, after a sharp escalation in fighting between Saudi-backed forces and Yemen’s Houthis.
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Talks to avert Imran Khan supporters’ march on capital end in deadlock
ISLAMABAD: Talks between the coalition government of Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif and the opposition aimed at stopping a mass march on Islamabad by supporters of the jailed former prime minister Imran Khan ended in deadlock before dawn on Sunday, hours before the protest was due to set off.
Eleven militants killed in Waziristan and Balochistan raids
PESHAWAR: Security forces have killed 11 militants in separate operations in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Balochistan, sources said on Saturday, days after Islamabad bombed targets inside Afghanistan and accused the Taliban government in Kabul of sponsoring terrorism.
Govt extends Rangers deployment in capital as PTI weighs fate of protest march
ISLAMABAD: The government has extended the deployment of 3,000 paramilitary Rangers in Islamabad until 15 October, as negotiators worked on Saturday to head off a march on the capital by supporters of the jailed former prime minister Imran Khan.
Pakistan summons Indian diplomat after two unarmed men shot dead at Punjab border
By Staff Reporter ISLAMABAD: Pakistan summoned India’s chargé d’affaires on Saturday to protest the shooting of two Pakistani unarmed men by Indian border guards, in
Draft agreement drawn up in Pakistan’s political standoff, but PTI says Imran Khan must have the final word
ISLAMABAD: The government and jailed former prime minister Imran Khan’s opposition party have reportedly reached an understanding aimed at averting a mass march on the capital due to begin Sunday, though the final decision rests with Khan.
Pakistan prepares to bring home survivors and the dead after tanker siege ends in bloodshed
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan is working to bring home four seafarers freed from a hijacked oil tanker off Somalia, along with the bodies of three colleagues killed by their captors, as families in Karachi brace for a homecoming that will bring relief to some and a funeral to others.
Centre “100 percent ready” to impose emergency rule in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, says Bhutto Zardari
KARACHI/ISLAMABAD: The government had made up its mind to impose emergency or governor’s rule in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and was dissuaded only by calls for a political solution, the leader of the Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) has said, a day before the opposition is due to march on the capital.
Civil servants who missed dual-nationality disclosure deadline get seven days to comply
ISLAMABAD: The government has given civil servants who have not disclosed foreign or dual nationalities, their own or their families’, a final week to do so or face disciplinary proceedings.
Minister Naqvi tells business leaders country’s system will be “reset”
LAHORE: Interior Minister Mohsin Naqvi has told business leaders in Lahore that the country’s system is about to be reset, renewing a call that has opened a rift within the governing coalition.