ISLAMABAD: The Indus Waters Treaty has long stood as proof that two nuclear-armed rivals, locked for generations in dispute over Kashmir, could still manage to share a river. On Tuesday, in a packed hall at the Jinnah Convention Centre, a parade of Pakistan’s most senior officials argued that the 1960 agreement is now in genuine jeopardy, and asked the world to take notice before the damage spreads beyond South Asia.
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PM Sharif to visit Iran, Turkey in fresh push to save Gulf truce
ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif will travel to Iran and Turkey from July 3 to 6 in a renewed push to shore up a fragile truce between Washington and Tehran, officials said on Tuesday.
Pakistan sets up petroleum stabilisation fund after Iran war price shock
ISLAMABAD: The finance ministry has notified a new government account to anchor a price stabilisation fund for petroleum products, formalising a mechanism the cabinet approved earlier this month to soften the impact of volatile global oil prices on consumers.
Pakistan unveils draft policy declaring government data a national asset, opens public consultation
ISLAMABAD: The Ministry of Information Technology and Telecommunication has published a draft Data Governance Policy for 2026, opening it to public comment and casting government-held data as a strategic national asset that must be managed in trust for citizens rather than treated as the property of the agencies that hold it.
Pakistan’s Arslan Ash wins record eighth Evo title in Las Vegas
LAHORE: Pakistani esports star Arslan Siddique, known to fans worldwide as “Arslan Ash,” claimed his eighth Evolution Championship Series title on Monday, defeating South Korean rival Rangchu in the Tekken 8 final to extend his command of the world’s most prestigious fighting game tournament.
Fourteen prisoners escape custody in Rawalpindi after overpowering guards during jail transfer
ISLAMABAD: Fourteen under-trial prisoners escaped from a police van on Monday after overpowering their guards while being transported between jails near Rawalpindi, authorities said, triggering a manhunt across the garrison city and the federal capital.
Pakistan braces for first major monsoon spell as forecasters warn of flash floods, urban flooding
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s weather authorities warned on Monday that the first organised monsoon spell of the season would sweep across the country from July 1 to 6, bringing heavy rain, flash flooding and the risk of urban inundation to large swathes of the nation still recovering from successive years of devastating floods.
Pakistan hands PIA management to Arif Habib-led consortium in landmark privatization
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan formally handed over management control of its loss-making national carrier to a private consortium on Monday, marking the most significant privatisation in the country’s history and ending years of attempts to offload the debt-laden airline.
Pakistan to host international seminar on Indus Waters Treaty rights amid standoff with India
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s said on Monday that the Indus Waters Treaty governing the sharing of river waters with India remains legally binding and cannot be revoked or amended by either side unilaterally, as tensions over water rights between the nuclear-armed neighbours continued to simmer more than a year after New Delhi suspended the accord.
Pakistan summons Afghan diplomat over Karachi Rangers attack
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan summoned the Afghan chargé d’affaires on Monday and issued a formal protest over a weekend attack on a paramilitary facility in Karachi, hours after the government confirmed it had launched ground and air strikes against militant targets across the Afghan border, killing 29 fighters.