ISLAMABAD: Two senior ministers in Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif’s government on Saturday pushed back against swirling speculations of a rift within the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) and the Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) alliance, insisting that the coalition, bolstered by an unprecedented alignment with the military, remains intact and focused.
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UPDATE: Lyari building collapse death toll hits 18, search for survivors enters second day
KARACHI: Rescue teams recovered more bodies overnight from the rubble of a collapsed five-story building in Karachi’s crowded Lyari neighborhood, raising the death toll to 18 as the search for survivors stretched into a second day on Saturday.
Nine militants killed in separate raids in Punjab, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
ISLAMABAD: Security forces killed nine militants in coordinated raids across three cities on Saturday, thwarting what officials described as imminent attacks on civilian and law enforcement targets.
Pakistan signals conditional openness to extraditing terror suspects to India
ISLAMABAD: Bilawal Bhutto Zardari, chairman of the Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) and former foreign minister, said on Friday that Pakistan would not object to extraditing individuals of concern to India, such as Hafiz Saeed and Masood Azhar, as a confidence-building measure, provided New Delhi cooperates in the legal process.
Lyari building collapse leaves 14 dead, lays bare Karachi’s deepening housing crisis
KARACHI: The air was thick with dust and desperation on Friday morning when a five-story residential building in Karachi’s crowded Lyari neighborhood crumbled years of unheeded warnings, killing at least 14 people and entombing dozens more in a pile of concrete and grief.
Pakistan kills 30 terrorists in border clash with Afghan infiltrators
ISLAMABAD: Security forces killed 30 terrorists attempting to cross into the country from Afghanistan, the military said Friday, in a deadly clash in the volatile North Waziristan district of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province.
Pakistan readies court battle over India’s move to suspend Indus Waters Treaty
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan is gearing up to haul India before an international court over New Delhi’s suspension of a vital water-sharing treaty, intensifying a bitter rivalry between the nuclear-armed neighbours.
LHC denies bail to Imran Khan, upholds conspiracy charges in May 9 riots
LAHORE: The Lahore High Court (LHC) on Thursday upheld conspiracy and abetment charges against Imran Khan, the jailed former prime minister, rejecting his bid for bail in connection with the violent riots that gripped the country on May 9, 2023.
PHC lifts stay, paving way for opposition surge in KP assembly
ISLAMABAD: A high court on Thursday lifted a stay order that had blocked the swearing-in of lawmakers on reserved seats in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Assembly, significantly bolstering the opposition’s presence in the provincial legislature.
PTI signals unity amid internal strains, warns against moves to topple KP govt
ISLAMABAD : Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Chairman Barrister Gohar Ali Khan asserted Wednesday that the party remains united despite persistent rumors of internal rifts, issuing a warning to the coalition government of Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif against any attempts to destabilise its administration in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP).