By Staff Reporter ISLAMABAD: A senior Pakistani nuclear policy adviser has told an audience in London that a “dangerous ideology” which “conflates mythology with national
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Govt seeks counterterrorism pact with opposition after KP takeover
By Staff Reporter ISLAMABAD: The government has offered to bring all political parties together to agree a counterterrorism strategy, nine days after it removed the
Pakistan’s top general returns to Tehran to keep US-Iran diplomacy alive
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s army chief, Field Marshal Asim Munir, arrived in Tehran on Tuesday on his fifth visit since April’s ceasefire, with Iran warning that a return to fighting with the United States is a real possibility.
Pakistan presses for Central Asian trade links at Dushanbe talks
ISLAMABAD: Deputy prime minister Ishaq Dar has held talks with Tajikistan’s president and a string of regional leaders in Dushanbe, using a gathering of Shanghai Cooperation Organisation prime ministers to press Islamabad’s case for deeper trade, investment and transport links with Central Asia.
PHC orders Islamabad to answer challenge to emergency rule in KP
PESHAWAR: The federal government must answer a constitutional challenge to the emergency and governor’s rule it imposed on Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, after the Peshawar High Court issued notices on Tuesday over a takeover that removed an opposition-run provincial government.
Field Marshal Munir and Saudi envoy hail progress on trilateral defence pact
By Staff Reporter ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s army chief has met Saudi Arabia’s new ambassador to review progress on the Makkah defence pact, as Houthi attacks on
Army chief Munir to visit Tehran in bid to revive stalled US-Iran talks
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s army chief, Field Marshal Asim Munir, is due in Tehran on Tuesday to discuss his country’s mediation in the war between Iran and the United States, a Pakistani official and Iranian media have said.
Pakistan warns Houthis of response “by all means” if attacks on Saudi Arabia continue
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan has warned the Houthis that an attack on Saudi Arabia will draw a collective military response, with its army spokesman declaring that Islamabad is already providing “whatever support is needed” to defend the kingdom.
Pakistan says it destroyed Taliban base camp in fresh Afghan border clash
ISLAMABAD: Pakistani forces killed several Afghan Taliban personnel and destroyed a base camp in a fresh clash on the Afghan border on Saturday, security sources said, as the head of Pakistan’s National Strategic Command warned that any miscalculation in the region would meet a response beyond the adversary’s imagination.
20 police recruits kidnapped in Balochistan day after Rakhshan commissioner abducted
By Staff Reporter QUETTA: Armed men have kidnapped 20 trainee police officers who were travelling home on leave in Pakistan’s Balochistan province, a day after