By Staff Reporter
ISLAMABAD: Former prime minister Nawaz Sharif has proposed an all-inclusive dialogue involving political parties, including the rival Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI), and state institutions to tackle the country’s deepening political and economic crises, but his call for cooperation faces opposition from within his ruling Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz party over engaging with the jailed opposition leader Imran Khan.
By Staff Reporter
ISLAMABAD: A senior army officer and three relatives kidnapped in the country’s lawless northwest were freed on Saturday, the military said, without specifying who was behind the abduction or how the release was secured.
By Staff Reporter
ISLAMABAD: The government ruled out talks with separatist militants on Friday, a day after Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif visited the southwestern province of Balochistan, where a string of deadly attacks has killed over 50 people, including 19 security personnel.
By Staff Reporter
Islamabad: Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) militants have released videos of two men, including a senior army officer, who were kidnapped from a mosque in Dera Ismail Khan, urging the government to secure their safe release, local media reported on Friday.
By Staff Reporter
QUETTA: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif pledged to crush terrorism in Balochistan on Thursday, as he visited the restive province reeling from a surge in militant attacks that have killed at least 50 people, including security forces.
By Staff Reporter
KARACHI: A cyclone brewing over the Arabian Sea is expected to make landfall in southern Pakistan on Friday, threatening to unleash heavy rain and strong winds on the coastal province of Sindh, the Pakistan Meteorological Department (PMD) said.
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ISLAMABAD: Pakistan has invited Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi to a Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) meeting, a rare move as the two nations have not exchanged high-level visits since tensions escalated over Kashmir in 2019.
By Staff Reporter
QUETTA: Authorities in Quetta have barred the local press club from hosting events by organisations or political parties without prior approval, sparking outrage among journalists and activists.
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ISLAMABAD: Security forces have killed 25 militants and wounded 11 others in a week-long intelligence-based operation in Khyber district, targeting Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) and its affiliates, the military said on Tuesday.
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ISLAMABAD: Interior Minister Mohsin Naqvi pledged federal backing for Balochistan’s counter-terrorism push on Tuesday, a day after horrific attacks across the province claimed at least 50 lives, including 14 security personnel, and highlighted the growing threat from separatist militants.
