KARACHI: Planning minister on Monday inaugurated a major international maritime exposition in the southern port city of Karachi, calling the country a “natural maritime bridge” between East and West and urging greater investment in an underdeveloped sector that he said could unlock billions in economic potential.
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Pakistan says it foiled Indian plot by arresting fisherman forced into espionage
ISLAMABAD: Authorities said on Saturday they arrested a fisherman whom they accused Indian intelligence agencies of coercing into a scheme to fabricate evidence against Pakistan, in what the government described as a desperate bid by New Delhi to revive its tarnished image after a failed covert operation.
Babar Azam, Shaheen Afridi fire Pakistan to T20 series win over South Africa
LAHORE: Babar Azam displayed his batting mastery after Shaheen Shah Afridi spearheaded a superb bowling effort as Pakistan cruised to a four-wicket win over South Africa in the decisive third Twenty20 International at Gaddafi Stadium on Saturday.
CM Afridi forms all-male cabinet in KP, and familiar barriers for women persist
PESHAWAR: After days of uncertainty, the provincial northwestern Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province finalised its cabinet, swearing in 10 provincial ministers while appointing two advisers and a special assistant to the chief minister.
PPP gains ground in Kashmir, prepares to oust prime minister
ISLAMABAD: The chairman of Pakistan’s People’s Party, Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari, said his party stood ready to form a government in Azad Jammu and Kashmir, vowing to end the political turmoil that has gripped the region and reaffirming the party’s historic commitment to the Kashmiri cause.
Punjab disburses Rs6.4bn in flood aid as reconstruction push gathers pace
LAHORE: The provincial Punjab government has handed out Rs6.39 billion in emergency compensation on Thursday to tens of thousands of people battered by recent floods, a milestone in one of South Asia’s most ambitious reconstruction drives.
Report warns India could weaponise Indus River flows against Pakistan
ISLAMABAD: India lacks the capacity to abruptly halt the flow of the Indus River or fully divert its tributaries in the near term. But a report warns that New Delhi could soon wield the timing of its dams to manipulate river levels in ways that could cripple Pakistan’s agriculture, at a moment when trust between the nuclear-armed neighbours has frayed to its lowest point in years.
KP chief minister forms cabinet after repeated setbacks over Imran Khan consultations
PESHAWAR: Khyber Pakhtunkhwa’s new chief minister, Sohail Afridi, announced his provincial cabinet early on Friday, selecting 10 ministers, two advisers and one special assistant in a move that ends weeks of political suspense in this volatile northwestern province.
Six soldiers, including a captain, martyred in clash with militants in northwest Pakistan
ISLAMABAD: Six soldiers from the Pakistani Army, including a captain, were martyred during an intense gun battle with militants in the rugged hills of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Province, the military said on Wednesday, in the latest flare-up of violence along the country’s volatile border with Afghanistan.
Pakistan bars 290 from banned Islamist group from leaving country
ISLAMABAD: The Interior Ministry has added 290 leaders, financiers and activists from the banned Tehreek-i-Labbaik Pakistan to the Provisional National Identification List, barring them from foreign travel, officials said Tuesday.