ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif met Qatar’s Deputy Prime Minister Sheikh Saoud bin Abdulrahman Al Thani in Doha on Tuesday and the two discussed the situation in Afghanistan, calling for dialogue to promote regional stability, Sharif’s office said.
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Seven dead in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa police van ambush; two more slain in Punjab suicide blast
ISLAMABAD: Militants killed nine policemen in two separate attacks in Pakistan on Tuesday, officials said, the latest in a surge of violence that has gripped the country’s northwest and parts of Punjab.
Nine Indian-sponsored terrorists killed in Balochistan and northwest; three paramilitary troops martyred in ambush
ISLAMABAD: Security forces killed nine suspected militants, including a suicide bomber, during separate intelligence-based operations in Balochistan and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, the military said Monday, even as militants carried out a complex ambush in the northwest that left three paramilitary officers dead.
Security forces kill 5 militants, including suicide bomber, in Balochistan operation
ISLAMABAD: Security forces killed five militants, including a suicide bomber, during an intelligence-based operation in Balochistan’s Pishin district, the military said Monday, in the latest sign of Islamabad’s intensified counterterrorism campaign in the restive border province.
Pakistan says sovereignty ‘nonnegotiable,’ warns Afghanistan of further action against cross-border militants
ISLAMABAD: Pakistani officials on Monday mounted a vigorous defence of the country’s airstrikes inside Afghanistan, declaring that Islamabad had exhausted diplomatic options and would no longer tolerate militants using Afghan soil to attack Pakistan.
Jailed PTI leaders call for urgent national conference on Palestinian issue and Middle East tensions
LAHORE: Five senior leaders of the main opposition party, all imprisoned on charges related to the May 9, 2023, riots, on Monday called for an immediate multi-party conference to forge a national consensus on the Palestinian issue and the shaky prospects for peace in Gaza.
UPDATED – Pakistan airstrikes target seven TTP, ISK hideouts in eastern Afghanistan, kill over 80 militants
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan carried out airstrikes on seven terrorist camps in Afghanistan early on Sunday, killing more than 80 militants in retaliation for a series of suicide bombings that have claimed the lives of soldiers and civilians during the Muslim holy month of Ramadan, a security official said.
US envoy’s Huckabee’s remarks on Israeli expansion spark outrage from Pakistan, Arab allies
ISLAMABAD: A coalition of 14 Muslim-majority countries, including Pakistan, Egypt and Saudi Arabia, issued a sharp rebuke on Sunday to comments by the US ambassador to Israel, Mike Huckabee, who suggested in a recent interview that he would not object to Israel claiming vast territories across the Middle East based on biblical boundaries.
Pakistan bombs seven militant camps along Afghan border after suicide attacks
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan launched airstrikes against seven terrorist camps along its border with Afghanistan early Sunday, targeting hideouts linked to the Pakistani Taliban and an Islamic State affiliate in retaliation for a string of recent suicide bombings that have killed soldiers and civilians during the Muslim holy month of Ramadan.
Indian-owned teams in England’s Hundred league plan to sideline Pakistani players
KARACHI: Michael Vaughan, the former England cricket captain, has called on the England and Wales Cricket Board to move swiftly to address reports that Pakistani players are being deliberately overlooked by teams with Indian ownership in The Hundred, the country’s fast-paced domestic short-form tournament.