RAWALPINDI: Leaders of opposition Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf party, including a former provincial minister, Taimur Saleem Jhagra, staged a protest outside Adiala Jail on Thursday after being denied a meeting with the imprisoned former prime minister Imran Khan.
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Pakistan denies report of army chief’s planned talks with Trump on Gaza force
ISLAMABAD: The Foreign Office on Thursday flatly denied reports that the country’s top military leader, Field Marshal Asim Munir, planned to travel soon to Washington for talks with President Donald J. Trump, potentially on a proposed multinational force to stabilise Gaza.
Pakistan says India altered Chenab River without notice, raising treaty tensions
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan accused India on Thursday of manipulating the flow of the Chenab River without prior notice, a move that officials said threatened the livelihoods of millions during a crucial agricultural season and violated a longstanding water-sharing treaty between the nuclear-armed neighbours.
Justice Jahangiri is removed after Islamabad High Court finds his law degree was invalid
ISLAMABAD: The Islamabad High Court on Thursday ordered the immediate removal of one of its own judges, Tariq Mehmood Jahangiri, declaring that his law degree was invalid at the time of his appointment and confirmation.
Taliban denials deemed ‘not credible’ as UN flags Afghanistan as regional terrorist hub
ISLAMABAD: A United Nations Security Council report has dismissed the Taliban’s insistence that no terrorist groups are using Afghan soil to launch cross-border attacks, labelling the claim “not credible” and highlighting growing fears among neighbouring countries that Afghanistan has become a hub for regional instability.
Imran Khan’s sisters charged with terrorism after protest over denied jail meeting
RAWALPINDI: The sisters of Imran Khan, the imprisoned former prime minister, were among 400 people charged with terrorism and other offences on Wednesday after the police dispersed a sit-in outside the jail where he is held, escalating a confrontation over access to the jailed opposition leader.
Pakistan says India and Israel fueled false narratives after Sydney terror attack
ISLAMABAD: The information minister on Wednesday accused India and Israel of orchestrating a disinformation campaign that falsely linked one of the suspects in the deadly shooting at Sydney’s Bondi Beach to Pakistan, calling the effort a deliberate attempt to tarnish his country’s reputation amid its long struggle against terrorism.
In Pakistan, the military’s grip on power is tested by Trump’s push for troops in Gaza
KARACHI: As Pakistan’s military consolidates unprecedented control under Field Marshal Asim Munir, the general now confronts a pivotal dilemma: whether to heed pressure from Washington and commit troops to a contentious stabilisation force in Gaza, a step that could inflame domestic unrest in a nation already roiled by political and militant tensions, Reuters reported on Wednesday.
Police use water cannons to break up protest over denied access to imprisoned Imran Khan
RAWALPINDI: Police deployed water cannons early on Wednesday to break up a sit-in by supporters of the imprisoned former prime minister Imran Khan outside Adiala jail, where his family and party members have been repeatedly denied court-ordered meetings, escalating tensions over what his party calls a blatant disregard for judicial authority.
Imran Khan’s sons plan January trip to Pakistan, voice concern over father’s prison conditions
KARACHI: The sons of Imran Khan, the imprisoned former prime minister, said they had applied for visas and were preparing to travel to Pakistan in January to visit their father, even as they voiced deepening alarm over what they described as his deteriorating conditions in a “death cell” at Adiala jail.