By Staff Reporter
LAHORE: Former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif urged a reset in ties with arch-rival India, expressing hope for a meeting with Prime Minister Narendra Modi “in the not-too-distant future.”
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Asia’s power players converge in Islamabad for SCO summit
By Staff Reporter
ISLAMABAD: Regional leaders convened in Islamabad on Tuesday for the 23rd Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) summit, bringing together China, Russia, India, and five Central Asian nations to discuss economic cooperation, security, and regional issues.
PTI calls off Islamabad protest after govt assures Khan’s medical access
By Staff Reporter
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) postponed its planned protest in a high-security area of Islamabad on Tuesday after the government assured medical access to its jailed leader, Imran Khan.
PTI wants Imran Khan’s jail access before calling off protests during SCO summit
By Staff Reporter
ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) party has made access to jailed leader Imran Khan a condition for calling off a protest planned in a restricted area of Islamabad, which is set to coincide with the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) summit in the capital on Oct 15-16.
Ruling coalition presses on with contentious constitutional changes
By Staff Reporter
ISLAMABAD: A parliamentary committee failed to agree on a proposed constitutional package, stalled by disagreements over establishing a constitutional court, but the ruling coalition hopes to finalize a consensus document by next week, excluding former Prime Minister Imran Khan’s Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf party.
PTI threatens protest in Islamabad red zone during SCO summit over imprisoned Khan access denial
By Staff Reporter
ISLAMABAD: The opposition Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) party said it will hold a protest in Islamabad restricted area on Oct. 15 unless imprisoned former Prime Minister Imran Khan is granted access to his lawyers and doctors, potentially disrupting a key regional summit.
Grand jirga appoints CM Gandapur to broker peace after PTM ban
By Staff Reporter
PESHAWAR: A grand jirga in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province on Thursday assigned Chief Minister Ali Amin Gandapur to broker peace, following the government’s ban on the right group Pashtun Tahaffuz Movement (PTM) and violence that killed three people in the region.
Coal mine attack kills 20, injures 7 in Balochistan
By Staff Reporter
QUETTA: At least 20 miners were killed and seven injured in an attack by armed men on a private coal mine in southwestern Balochistan’s Duki area on Friday, in the latest violence to hit the restive region.
Saudi’s Manara Minerals to invest in Pakistan’s Reko Diq project
By Staff Reporter
ISLAMABAD: Saudi Arabia’s Manara Minerals will sign an agreement with Barrick Gold and Pakistani state-owned enterprises within weeks to acquire a stake in the Reko Diq copper-gold project, Saudi Investment Minister Khalid Bin Abdul Aziz Al Faleh said on Thursday.
Karachi attack kills Chinese engineers involved in energy debt restructuring
By Staff Reporter
ISLAMABAD: Finance Minister Muhammad Aurangzeb said on Tuesday that Chinese engineers killed in a bomb blast near Karachi’s airport were negotiating with the government to restructure billions of dollars in energy debt, a crucial step to ease the country’s power tariff burden.