By Staff Reporter
ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) party has made access to jailed leader Imran Khan a condition for calling off a protest planned in a restricted area of Islamabad, which is set to coincide with the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) summit in the capital on Oct 15-16.
By Staff Reporter
ISLAMABAD: The opposition Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) party said it will hold a protest in Islamabad restricted area on Oct. 15 unless imprisoned former Prime Minister Imran Khan is granted access to his lawyers and doctors, potentially disrupting a key regional summit.
By Staff Reporter
PESHAWAR: A grand jirga in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province on Thursday assigned Chief Minister Ali Amin Gandapur to broker peace, following the government’s ban on the right group Pashtun Tahaffuz Movement (PTM) and violence that killed three people in the region.
By Staff Reporter
QUETTA: At least 20 miners were killed and seven injured in an attack by armed men on a private coal mine in southwestern Balochistan’s Duki area on Friday, in the latest violence to hit the restive region.
By Staff Reporter
ISLAMABAD: Saudi Arabia’s Manara Minerals will sign an agreement with Barrick Gold and Pakistani state-owned enterprises within weeks to acquire a stake in the Reko Diq copper-gold project, Saudi Investment Minister Khalid Bin Abdul Aziz Al Faleh said on Thursday.
By Staff Reporter
ISLAMABAD: Finance Minister Muhammad Aurangzeb said on Tuesday that Chinese engineers killed in a bomb blast near Karachi’s airport were negotiating with the government to restructure billions of dollars in energy debt, a crucial step to ease the country’s power tariff burden.
By Staff Reporter
ISLAMABAD: – Pakistan expects to sign agreements worth around $2 billion with Saudi Arabia later this month, Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif announced on Tuesday, as the country seeks to bolster its struggling economy.
By Staff Reporter
KARACHI: Two Chinese nationals were among three people killed, and a dozen others injured near Karachi’s Jinnah International Airport on Sunday evening in a terrorist attack claimed by a separatist militant group, the Chinese embassy and local officials said.
By Staff Reporter
ISLAMABAD: The Interior Ministry has banned the Pashtun Tahafuz Movement (PTM), a prominent ethnic rights group, saying it is involved in activities prejudicial to national peace and security.
By Staff Reporter
KARACHI: An explosion killed at least two people and wounded 17 others, including police officers, near Karachi’s Jinnah International Airport on Sunday in an attack claimed by a separatist militant group targeting Chinese engineers.
