By Staff Reporter
ISLAMABAD: After months of camping outside the National Press Club in Islamabad, a group of Baloch protesters demanding justice for their missing and killed relatives announced on Tuesday that they were ending their sit-in.
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Pakistan reopens key border crossing with Afghanistan, but visa row persists
By Staff Reporter
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan reopened a key border crossing with Afghanistan on Tuesday after a 10-day closure that had disrupted trade and strained ties between the two neighbours, but warned that the visa requirement for Afghan truck drivers would be enforced from April.
Iran’s top diplomat to visit Pakistan amid thaw in relations after airstrikes
By Staff Reporter
ISLAMABAD: Iran’s foreign minister, Hossein Amir Abdollahian, will visit Pakistan next week, the foreign office said on Monday, in a sign of easing tensions between the two neighbors after after exchanging cross-border airstrikes against militants.
Pakistan and Iran dial down border tensions after reciprocal airstrikes
By Staff Reporter
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s foreign minister on Friday called for “closer cooperation” with Iran on security matters, as the two neighbors sought to defuse tensions after exchanging cross-border strikes against militants.
UPDATE 1-Pakistan hits Iran with ‘Death to Rebels’ air strikes, killing Baloch militants
By Staff Reporter
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan said on Thursday it had carried out air strikes on Baloch militant groups in Iran, two days after Iran said it had bombed “terrorist targets” in Pakistan, in a rare exchange of cross-border raids that raised tensions between the neighbours.
UPDATE-Pakistan hits back at Iran with air strikes on militant hideouts
By Staff Reporter
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan said on Thursday it had carried out air strikes on Baloch militant groups in Iran, two days after Iran said it had bombed “terrorist targets” in Pakistan, in a rare exchange of cross-border raids that raised tensions between the neighbours.
Pakistan conducts ‘Marg Bar Sarmachar’ airstrikes in Iran
By Staff Reporter
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan said on Thursday it had carried out air strikes on Baloch militant groups in Iran, two days after Iran said it had bombed “terrorist targets” in Pakistan, in a rare exchange of cross-border raids that raised tensions between the Muslim neighbours.
Pakistan recalls ambassador, suspends visits after Iran’s airstrikes
By Staff Reporter
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan recalled its ambassador to Iran and suspended all high-level visits between the two neighbours on Wednesday, escalating a diplomatic crisis over a cross-border airstrike by Tehran that killed two children and wounded several others in a remote area of the restive southwestern Baluchistan province.
Iran targets Sunni militants in Pakistan, violates sovereignty and kills civilians
By Staff Reporter
ISLAMABAD: Iran launched a series of attacks on Pakistani territory on Tuesday, killing two children and injuring three others, in what Islamabad denounced as a “blatant violation” of its sovereignty and warned of “serious consequences.”
Five soldiers killed, two injured in Balochistan IED attack
By Staff Reporter
ISLAMABAD: A roadside bomb killed five soldiers and wounded two others, including an officer, in the restive province of Balochistan on Saturday, the military said.