ISLAMABAD: The National Assembly was brought to a virtual standstill on Tuesday after the Pakistan Peoples Party, a key partner in the ruling coalition, forced the government to abandon a packed legislative agenda in protest at what it described as broken promises and unaddressed grievances, Dawn newspaper reported on Wednesday.
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PML-N govt moves to challenge Supreme Court order on Imran Khan’s hospital transfer
The Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz-led government said on Tuesday it would ask the Supreme Court to modify an order directing the transfer of jailed former prime minister Imran Khan to a private hospital for medical treatment, setting up a fresh legal confrontation with his party just hours after the ruling was handed down.
A year on, India still can’t sell the world its version of a four-day war
Discovery timed its release carefully. Declassified: Operation Sindoor, a two-part documentary on the India-Pakistan May 2025 conflict, went out over the Indian Independence Day weekend, with its security adviser Ajit Doval speaking on camera for the first time and Bollywood’s Mumbai skyline lit sindoor-red as part of the promotional push.
Nine militants killed in coordinated Balochistan operations as security forces press anti-terror campaign
QUETTA: Security forces have killed at least nine militants during a series of intelligence-led operations across three districts of Balochistan, officials said on Tuesday, as the armed forces continue a sustained push against insurgent networks operating in the restive province.
Iran refuses to reopen Hormuz until US honours ceasefire deal, as truce window lapses
ISLAMABAD: Iran will keep the Strait of Hormuz closed until Washington fulfils the commitments it made under a Pakistan-brokered peace framework, the country’s parliament speaker said on Tuesday, as a 60-day deadline for the United States and Iran to strike a lasting settlement passed without agreement.
Supreme Court orders Imran Khan’s transfer to Shifa hospital within 48 hours
ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court of Pakistan on Tuesday ordered the government to move jailed former prime minister Imran Khan to Shifa International Hospital in Islamabad within two days, delivering a ruling his party had sought for months amid mounting concern over his eyesight and general health.
Pakistan rejects Indian minister’s terror claims as ‘baseless’, points to jailed Kulbhushan Jadhav
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s Foreign Office has dismissed as “baseless” a claim by India’s home minister that a terror network dismantled in a nationwide crackdown last week was backed by Islamabad, accusing New Delhi of waging a “malicious campaign” against its neighbour to distract from problems closer to home.
Security forces killed six militants in twin Balochistan operations
QUETTA: Security forces killed six suspected militants in two separate operations in Balochistan on Monday, according to security officials, the latest in a string of raids the military says are part of an intensifying campaign against insurgent groups in the restive southwestern province.
Pakistan rejects Indian claims linking it to militant network
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan on Monday rejected allegations that it is connected to a criminal network India says it has been dismantling in a nationwide crackdown, with a senior Pakistani official dismissing the claims as an attempt by New Delhi to distract from problems at home.
PML-N claims two-thirds majority in Kashmir assembly after independent’s defection
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s ruling party moved a step closer to a supermajority in the Azad Jammu and Kashmir assembly Monday, as a newly elected independent lawmaker announced he was joining its ranks, a defection that party officials said would help push their seat count toward two-thirds of the legislature.