ISLAMABAD: Supporters of jailed former prime minister Imran Khan were preparing to take to the streets across the country on Wednesday, as his party marked three years since his imprisonment with a wave of protests it says will continue until his release.
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Flash floods and glacial melt cut off Karakoram Highway as hundreds stranded in Gilgit-Baltistan
GILGIT: Hundreds of tourists and residents were left stranded across Gilgit-Baltistan on Tuesday after cloudbursts and rapid glacial melting triggered flash floods that tore through homes, roads, bridges and farmland in the mountainous northern region of Pakistan.
Pakistan revives plan to break up gas utilities into five firms
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan is reviving a long-stalled plan to break up its two dominant gas utilities into five separate companies, reopening a restructuring effort that regulators and consultants derailed six years ago on concerns it wasn’t financially sound.
Pakistan exports rise 10 percent to start fiscal year as textiles lead gains
KARACHI: Pakistan’s exports climbed 10% at the start of the new fiscal year, a gain textile industry representatives say risks being undercut by a faster increase in imports of consumer goods that don’t feed back into the country’s manufacturing base.
Pakistan cuts fuel prices again as crude retreats from war-driven highs
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan cut retail fuel prices for a second consecutive session, as easing global crude benchmarks gave the government room to extend relief to motorists under a new daily pricing mechanism introduced three weeks ago in response to war-driven market volatility.
FM Dar heads to Jordan for talks on Jerusalem crisis
ISLAMABAD: Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Ishaq Dar left for Amman on Tuesday for a one-day visit, where he is due to join foreign ministers from across the Arab and Islamic world for urgent talks on the deteriorating situation in occupied Jerusalem.
PPP threatens Supreme Court challenge as Kashmir election rigging row deepens
MUZAFFARABAD: Voting finally concluded in two constituencies in Azad Kashmir on Tuesday, three days later than planned, as the region’s already fraught election descended further into acrimony between the two parties that jointly run the federal government in Islamabad.
Pakistan turn to little-known South African to rescue struggling batting line-up
LAHORE: Pakistan have appointed Michael Smith, a former South African domestic batter with no international playing career, as the head coach in charge of resurrecting the national side’s ailing batting line-up, the Pakistan Cricket Board confirmed on Tuesday.
Pakistan, Iran push to triple trade to $10 billion in FTA drive
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan and Iran said talks on a long-delayed free-trade agreement are nearing completion, as the two neighbors moved to capitalize on warming political ties and push bilateral commerce toward a $10 billion target that has eluded them for years.
Entire Lahore police station suspended after officer allegedly ‘raped mentally impaired woman’ on premises
LAHORE: The entire staff of a police station in Lahore has been suspended after a woman said she was raped by an officer inside the building, in a case that has reignited concern over police conduct and the treatment of vulnerable people who come into contact with law enforcement in Pakistan.