ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s largest gas utility has suspended natural gas deliveries to four power plants in Punjab through Aug. 3, citing renewed disruptions in the Strait of Hormuz that have crimped Qatar’s ability to ship liquefied natural gas, threatening to worsen electricity shortages just as a summer heat wave pushes demand to seasonal highs, Dawn newspaper reported on Thursday.
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Pakistan flags risk to Gulf remittances as Iran truce frays
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan risks a fresh squeeze on remittances from the Gulf and a rebound in its energy import bill if the fragile truce between the US and Iran collapses, a senior Pakistani official told lawmakers, as President Donald Trump threatened new strikes following Iranian attacks on American bases in the region.
Pakistan set to miss growth goal again, IMF says, as Mideast war clouds outlook
KARACHI: Pakistan’s economy will expand 3.5% in the fiscal year starting July 2026, the International Monetary Fund said, falling half a percentage point short of the government’s own 4% target and underscoring the drag that elevated energy costs and global trade disruption continue to exert on the South Asian nation.
Army chief Munir says state will crush cross-border terrorism, proxy networks
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s top military commander, Field Marshal Asim Munir, said on Wednesday that the armed forces remain fully alert to efforts by hostile intelligence agencies to destabilize the country through state-sponsored proxies, and that terrorism launched from across the border will be confronted with the full power of the state.
Pakistan appeals for calm after overnight US-Iran strikes, reaffirms role as go-between
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan on Wednesday expressed deep concern over the latest escalation of fighting in the Middle East and called on the United States and Iran to pull back from further confrontation after a round of mutual strikes overnight.
US charges imprisoned Indian gang boss in assassination of Sikh activist in Canada
ISLAMABAD: US federal prosecutors on Tuesday unsealed charges against the imprisoned leader of an Indian organized crime network and an associate they say served as his point man in North America, accusing the pair of orchestrating the 2023 murder of a Sikh separatist leader outside a temple in suburban Vancouver — a killing that had already thrown relations between Canada and India into turmoil.
Monsoon floods strand 200 travelers in northern Pakistan; all rescued unharmed
ISLAMABAD: Emergency crews pulled more than 200 stranded travelers to safety late Tuesday after flash flooding tore through a mountain highway in northwestern Pakistan, the latest and largest rescue in a monsoon season that has already killed 18 people nationwide.
Iran, US trade fresh strikes as Trump declares ceasefire ‘over’
ISLAMABAD: President Trump declared on Wednesday that the fragile ceasefire ending the war between the United States and Iran was finished, threatening a new round of American strikes even as he left the door open, however narrowly, to further talks.
US to reopen Karachi, Lahore consulates July 20, ending suspension tied to deadly Iran-war protests
ISLAMABAD: The United States will restore full consular operations at its consulates in Karachi and Lahore on July 20, ending a four-month suspension that began after anti-American demonstrations turned deadly outside the Karachi mission in the opening days of the war between Israel, the United States, and Iran.
Militant attacks across Balochistan kill 42, including 38 security personnel, in four days
ISLAMABAD: A wave of militant attacks across Pakistan’s restive southwestern province of Balochistan has killed 42 people over the past four days, including 27 police officers, 11 soldiers, and four civilians, the military said on Wednesday, in one of the deadliest bursts of violence the region has experienced in months.