ISLAMABAD: A search and rescue operation was continuing in earnest on Friday for renowned Nepali mountaineer Nirmal Purja and nine fellow climbers who went missing after a huge avalanche tore through their expedition on Pakistan’s Broad Peak, with at least two of the group now confirmed dead.
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Pakistan raises fuel prices again under new daily-adjustment system
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan raised retail petrol and diesel prices for a second consecutive day on Thursday, the latest sign that the government’s switch to daily fuel pricing is translating international oil-market swings into pump prices with a speed Pakistani consumers have not experienced before.
Pakistan flags Mideast tensions as risk to inflation, growth outlook
The government flagged renewed tensions in the Middle East as a threat to its inflation and external-sector outlook, even as officials pointed to a credit-rating upgrade and record technology exports as evidence the economy has turned a corner after last year’s stabilization drive.
London insurance Lloyd’s Market drops Pakistan from war-risk shipping list, easing trade costs
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan has been struck from a London insurance market list of high-risk maritime zones, a change the government says will lower shipping costs and strengthen the country’s pitch to global trade and logistics firms.
AJK assembly condemns ministers’ remarks on Rawalakot unrest, backs truth commission
MUZAFFARABAD: The Azad Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly on Thursday unanimously passed two resolutions addressing the unrest that has gripped Rawalakot and other parts of the region, condemning remarks made by federal ministers on the crisis and throwing its weight behind a proposed Truth and Reconciliation Commission to investigate the violence.
Nadeem battles Glasgow headwind to reach javelin final as defending champion eyes second Commonwealth crown
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s Olympic and Commonwealth champion Arshad Nadeem booked his place in Friday’s javelin throw final at the Glasgow 2026 Commonwealth Games on Thursday, overcoming blustery conditions at Scotstoun Stadium to progress in seventh position.
Two killed, dozens trapped after gas blast tears through Balochistan coal mine
QUETTA: At least two coal miners have been killed and more than 20 others remain trapped after a methane gas explosion ripped through a privately operated mine in the Sorange area near Quetta, the capital of Pakistan’s Balochistan province.
Pakistan’s governance system has ‘collapsed’, new provinces the only way forward – minister
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s interior minister has called on the country’s political parties to reach a consensus on carving out new administrative units, telling a major economic gathering in Islamabad that the system under which the country is currently governed has “collapsed” and cannot deliver the reforms the country desperately needs.
Bhutto-Zardari warns of ‘countdown’ for PML-N government if Kashmir election is stolen
MUZAFFARABAD: Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari has warned that a stolen election in Azad Jammu and Kashmir would set off a “countdown” for the federal government, escalating a rigging row with coalition partner PML-N that has overshadowed the territory’s staggered legislative elections.
Six labourers found shot dead in Balochistan days after mass abduction
QUETTA: The bodies of six kidnapped labourers were recovered in south-western Pakistan on Thursday, four days after gunmen ambushed their vehicle and dragged them away in an attack that has renewed alarm over the deteriorating security situation in Balochistan province.