ISLAMABAD: Pakistan has joined seven other Muslim-majority nations in issuing a stark warning to Israel, demanding it “immediately fulfil its outstanding commitments” under the first phase of the US-brokered plan to end the war in Gaza, as the fragile truce shows mounting signs of collapse.
Politics
Security forces killed six militants in Balochistan raid
QUETTA: Security forces killed six suspected militants and detained nine others during a raid in a remote part of Balochistan on Tuesday, the country’s state broadcaster said, in the latest action of a counter-insurgency campaign that has intensified sharply across the province in recent weeks.
Courts confront police over crackdown on Imran Khan’s party before Islamabad march
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s judiciary moved to confront police over an escalating crackdown on the country’s main opposition party on Tuesday, as courts in both Islamabad and Lahore heard a cluster of urgent petitions alleging illegal raids, unlawful detentions and the disappearance of a sitting member of parliament, days before a planned march on the capital.
JI halts Islamabad fuel march after PM Sharif’s personal appeal, but warns patience is running out
ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Shebaz Sharif has persuaded one of the country’s most disciplined religious political parties to pause a march on the capital, but only after conceding, in a phone call placed from New York, that his government’s fuel relief package has not gone far enough to satisfy protesters angered by months of rising petrol and diesel prices.
Army chief reviews northwest security after Kohat police compound attack
PESHAWAR: Pakistan’s military chief travelled to the northwestern city of Peshawar on Tuesday to review the country’s response to a wave of violence that has left dozens dead and triggered cross-border airstrikes into Afghanistan, as tensions between the two neighbours edged closer to open conflict.
Islamabad seals itself behind 1,000 containers to stop Imran Khan’s party marching on the capital
By Staff Reporter ISLAMABAD: Pakistan is hurtling towards one of its tensest political confrontations in years, with the government erecting a virtual fortress around Islamabad
Pakistan strikes militant camps in Afghanistan, killing 28, officials say
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan has carried out air strikes on suspected militant camps along the Afghan border, killing 28 terrorists, days after a suicide bombing and gun assault on a police compound in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa left more than 20 people dead.
Naqvi returns to Tehran in new push to revive peace talks
ISLAMABAD: Iran has thanked Pakistan’s military and civilian leadership for its efforts to secure regional peace, as Islamabad’s interior minister arrived in Tehran on Monday for talks at one of the most precarious moments in the seven-month war between Iran and the United States.
Pakistan strikes across the Afghan border after police compound assault – report
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan has carried out airstrikes on eastern Afghanistan, killing at least three, in a move that threatens to reignite conflict between the neighbours after nearly three months of relative calm, Reuters reported on Monday.
FM Dar goes to New York with a fading peace deal in hand
ISLAMABAD: Foreign Minister Ishaq Dar has arrived in New York to press for an end to the US-Iran war at the United Nations, as world leaders gather for a General Assembly overshadowed by a conflict now in its eighth month.