ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has reprimanded Islamabad’s two most senior officials after footage of them arriving at an Independence Day ceremony in a horse-drawn buggy prompted accusations of colonial-style excess.
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Security forces kill 49 militants in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Balochistan operations
ISLAMABAD: Security forces killed 49 suspected militants in a wave of intelligence-based operations across Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Balochistan over the past several days, the military said on Friday, in the latest escalation of a counter-terrorism campaign that has coincided with the bloodiest month of violence the country has recorded this year.
Pakistan’s top leaders promise prosperity from Balochistan’s untapped minerals while confronting rising militancy
QUETTA: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has promised that Balochistan’s vast reserves of copper, gold and other minerals will benefit local people before anyone else, as fresh figures revealed a sharp escalation in violence across the resource-rich but restive province.
Opposition to petition Supreme Court over Imran Khan hospital transfer as long march plans firm up
ISLAMABAD: Opposition parties said on Friday they would approach the Supreme Court to demand implementation of its order on Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf founder Imran Khan’s medical treatment, after the government took the jailed former prime minister to a state-run hospital overnight rather than the private facility the court had named.
Six injured Pakistani sailors return home after Houthi missile attack in Red Sea
ISLAMABAD: Six Pakistani sailors wounded in a Houthi missile attack on a commercial vessel in the Red Sea earlier this month have arrived back in Pakistan, the country’s deputy prime minister said on Thursday, as the remains of two of their crewmates killed in the same assault were also brought home.
Opposition parties agree in principle to form ‘united front’ against coalition government
ISLAMABAD: Opposition parties in parliament moved a step closer to forming a joint political front on Thursday, after Jamiat Ulema-i-Islam-Fazl (JUI-F) chief Maulana Fazlur Rehman held talks with National Assembly Opposition Leader Mehmood Khan Achakzai and Senate Opposition Leader Allama Raja Nasir Abbas in Islamabad.
Parliament pushes through military command overhaul amid opposition walkout
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s parliament pushed through sweeping changes to the country’s military command structure on Thursday, passing legislation that formally hands the newly created post of Chief of Defence Forces sweeping powers over the armed services, hours after the bills cleared the federal cabinet and over strong objections from opposition lawmakers in both houses.
PPP and PTI agree to renew parliamentary contact – but Bhutto Zardari warns coalition support is conditional
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s political landscape shifted on two fronts on Wednesday, as the Pakistan Peoples Party moved to repair ties with the opposition even as it sharpened its warning to its own coalition partner, the PML-N.
Lahore’s Basant festival set to return for second consecutive year in March 2027
LAHORE: Lahore is preparing to welcome back its famous Basant festival for a second consecutive year, with Punjab Chief Minister Maryam Nawaz Sharif confirming the kite-flying celebration will take place from 12 to 14 March 2027.
Gunshot residue found on both hands of murdered Karachi entrepreneur, forensic report reveals
KARACHI: Gunshot residue was found on both of Mir Raza Ali’s hands as well as his chest and back, according to forensic test results that have deepened the mystery surrounding the killing of the 25-year-old Karachi entrepreneur, whose death has become one of Pakistan’s most closely watched murder investigations.