ISLAMABAD: Security forces clashed with militants in two fierce firefights along the rugged border with Afghanistan this week, leaving 12 soldiers martyred and 35 insurgents killed in the latest flare-up of violence in the country’s volatile northwest, the military said on Saturday.
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UNHCR urges Pakistan to halt Afghan deportations as quakes deepen crisis
ISLAMABAD: The United Nations’ top refugee official in Afghanistan urged Pakistan on Friday to halt forced deportations and extend legal protections for vulnerable Afghans, warning that a surge in returns is overwhelming a nation already reeling from earthquakes and Taliban restrictions on humanitarian aid.
Security forces kill four terrorists in Balochistan operation
QUETTA: Pakistani security forces killed four terrorists in an intelligence-based operation in the Mastung area of Balochistan province on Friday, the military said, describing the militants as part of an Indian-sponsored group intent on destabilising the country.
Pakistan calls Netanyahu ‘purveyor of genocide,’ warns of forceful response to threats
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan on Friday condemned Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu as a “purveyor of genocide” and vowed to meet any threat to its sovereignty with a “resolute response,” following a tense U.N. Security Council debate over Israel’s airstrike in Qatar that killed six people.
Pakistan denounces Israel at UN, calls Doha airstrike illegal assault on Qatar’s sovereignty
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan unleashed a blistering attack on Israel at the United Nations Security Council on Thursday, condemning a recent airstrike in Qatar as an “illegal, unprovoked” assault that threatened regional stability and sabotaged Gaza peace talks.
Imran Khan tells PTI lawmakers to resist military operations in northwest
ISLAMABAD: Imran Khan, the imprisoned founder of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf and former prime minister, demanded an immediate halt to military operations in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa on Thursday, urging his party’s lawmakers to resist the actions and drone strikes that he described as targeting “our own people.”
Seven PTI senators resign from key committees on Imran Khan’s orders
ISLAMABAD: Seven senators from opposition Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) party resigned from their Senate standing committees on Thursday, acting on instructions from the party’s incarcerated founder, Imran Khan.
Security forces kill 19 militants in northwest, four in Balochistan
ISLAMABAD: Security forces have killed 19 militants in three separate operations in the northwest this week, the military said Thursday, as the country battles a surge in cross-border attacks blamed on the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP).
PM Sharif meets Qatar’s emir after Israeli airstrike, calls for Muslim unity
ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif met with Qatar’s Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani on Thursday, urging Muslim nations to unite against Israeli aggression following a deadly airstrike in Doha that killed at least six people, including a Qatari security guard.
Pakistan seeks emergency U.N. Security Council meeting after Israeli strikes hit Doha
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan requested an emergency meeting of the United Nations Security Council on Wednesday after Israeli airstrikes targeted Hamas leaders in the Qatari capital of Doha, expanding Israel’s military aggression across the Middle East to include a key Gulf ally that has long hosted the Palestinian for peace negotiations.