By Staff Reporter
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s embassy in Kabul came under gun attack on Friday, wounding a security guard, officials said, amid tensions over security issues between the neighboring countries.
International
Saudi Arabia extends $3bln deposit term to Pakistan
By Staff Reporter
KARACHI: Saudi Arabia extended the term of a $3 billion deposit it made to Pakistan’s foreign reserves, the central bank said on Friday.
Imran Khan says his party to quit all assemblies
By Naveed Naqvi
RAWALPINDI: Former prime minister Imran Khan on Saturday said his party would quit the provincial and national assemblies, instead of marching on Islamabad in a new bid to force the coalition government of Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif to announce snap polls.
Imran Khan no longer blames US for his ouster: FT
Monitoring Desk
ISLAMABAD: Former prime minister Imran Khan said he wants to mend relations with the US despite accusing it of treating Pakistan as a “slave”, signaling a desire to work with Washington after claiming it conspired to remove him as prime minister a few months ago, Financial Times reported.
Saudi crown prince visit to Pakistan postponed
By Staff Reporter
ISLAMABAD: Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman’s visit to Pakistan has been postponed while the new dates for his trip to the country would be mutually finalized by both sides.
Imran Khan asks PTI protesters to clear road blockades
By Staff Reporter
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Tahreek-e-Insaf chief Imran Khan on Thursday asked his supporters blocking roads in various cities to lift blockades as the party resumed its stalled long march to Islamabad at the site in Wazirabad where a failed assassination attempt was made on the former prime minister last week.
Journalist Arshad Sharif’s death is a targeted killing: Minister
By Staff Reporter
ISLAMABAD: Senior journalist Arshad Sharif shot dead last month was the victim of a targeted killing in Kenya, not an accidental shooting, interior minister said on Tuesday.
PM Sharif demands full court commission to probe Imran Khan’s assassination allegations
By Naveed Naqvi
ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Saturday demanded the setting up of a ‘full court commission’ by the Supreme Court of Pakistan to probe Imran Khan’s allegations that the premier, the interior minister, and a senior military official had plotted the failed assassination bid on him.
Imran Khan says he knew of assassination plot days before the attack
By Staff Reporter
ISLAMABAD: Former prime minister Imran Khan on Friday said he had received information about the assassination attempt a day before it occurred, accusing three top figures in the country’s political establishment, including Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif, of a failed plot to kill him.
Police fire tear gas, clash with protesting supporters of Imran Khan
By Naveed Naqvi
ISLAMABAD: Police fired teargas, baton-charged and detained protesting supporters of opposition Pakistan Tahreek-e-Insaf (PTI) in major cities on Friday, a day after the former prime minister Imran Khan survived an assassination attempt.