ISLAMABAD: Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Ishaq Dar landed in the Saudi capital on Wednesday to join an emergency gathering of Arab and Islamic foreign ministers, where he is expected to press for an immediate halt to the widening Middle East conflict triggered by US-Israeli strikes on Iran last month and Tehran’s retaliatory attacks on American and Gulf targets.
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Suspected female suicide bomber arrested in Balochistan; officials warn of militants’ exploitation of women
By Staff Reporter QUETTA: Security forces in Pakistan’s restive Balochistan province arrested a young woman they described as a would-be suicide bomber, foiling what authorities
Pakistan says diplomacy only viable path to end Middle East conflict
ISLAMABAD: The deputy prime minister and foreign minister said on Tuesday that dialogue and diplomacy are the only realistic way out of the widening Middle East conflict, a stance the government has repeated since US and Israeli strikes on Iran began more than two weeks ago.
Pakistan denies striking Kabul hospital, releases imagery to rebut Taliban claims amid escalating border operation
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan on Tuesday forcefully dismissed allegations from the Afghan Taliban that its armed forces had struck a hospital in Kabul, asserting that the actual target was a military installation known as Camp Phoenix, located several kilometers away from any civilian medical facility.
Pakistan conducts airstrikes on Taliban positions in Kabul and Nangarhar, targets drone workshops, military sites
ISLAMABAD: Security forces carried out airstrikes on Afghan Taliban military installations in Kabul and Nangarhar provinces on Monday night, destroying technical support infrastructure, ammunition storage facilities and what security sources described as a drone assembly workshop, as Islamabad expanded its cross-border campaign against militants.
Iran’s foreign minister praises Pakistan’s solidarity amid US-Israeli strikes on Tehran
ISLAMABAD: Iran’s Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi thanked the government and people of Pakistan on Monday for their expressions of solidarity as his country faces continued military pressure from the United States and Israel.
Pakistan, Afghanistan trade accusations of civilian targeting as cross-border clashes intensify
ISLAMABAD: Pakistani and Afghan authorities accused each other on Monday of deliberately striking civilians along their volatile shared border, even as Islamabad pressed forward with military operations against Taliban-linked militants and Kabul reported fresh deaths from Pakistani shelling.
Pakistan denies rejecting China’s mediation in Afghan border clashes, as Beijing pushes for dialogue
ISLAMABAD: The Foreign Ministry on Monday rejected media reports that it had turned down a Chinese offer to mediate escalating cross-border tensions with Afghanistan, insisting the two countries maintain close and regular coordination on all shared concerns and dismissing any contrary claims as “unwarranted speculation or fabrication.”
Security forces kill 11 militants in twin operations across Khyber Pakhtunkhwa as counterterrorism campaign intensifies
ISLAMABAD: Security forces killed 11 suspected militants in two separate intelligence-based operations on Sunday in the northwestern province of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, officials said, part of a stepped-up offensive against groups the government accuses of foreign backing.
Pakistan strikes Afghan Taliban targets in Kandahar, destroying hideouts and infrastructure as border operation intensifies
ISLAMABAD: The armed forces carried out overnight airstrikes in Afghanistan’s Kandahar province, targeting terrorist hideouts and military infrastructure used by the Afghan Taliban and affiliated groups to stage attacks against Pakistani civilians, military officials and state media reported on Sunday.