ISLAMABAD: The Islamabad High Court on Wednesday imposed a 100,000-rupee fine on the National Accountability Bureau, sharply rebuking the country’s premier anti-corruption agency for what the bench described as “delaying tactics” in the long-running £190 million Al-Qadir Trust corruption case against former prime minister Imran Khan and his wife, Bushra Bibi.
Politics
Bahrain arrests six South Asian expatriates over social media posts on Iran conflict
ISLAMABAD: Bahrain’s authorities have arrested six Asian expatriate workers, including five Pakistanis, accusing them of filming, publishing and reposting videos that the government says show the effects of Iranian military action and amount to glorification of attacks on the kingdom.
‘Leave that to the state’: Pakistan urges caution in coverage of Gulf tensions, invoking constitutional curbs on expression
ISLAMABAD: The law minister called on the country’s media Tuesday to tread carefully in discussing the nation’s foreign policy, warning that loose talk and speculation amid the escalating conflict between Iran, the United States and Israel risk unsettling key diplomatic partners and crossing constitutional boundaries.
Pakistan rejects reports of delegation to Kabul, insists no talks with Taliban until militants are curbed
ISLAMABAD: Pakistani officials on Tuesday categorically rejected reports that a three-member government delegation had traveled to Kabul for negotiations with the Afghan Taliban, dismissing the claims as fabricated propaganda spread by Afghan accounts on social media.
Pakistan demands unconditional Israeli withdrawal from Lebanon as war displaces nearly 700,000 and kills hundreds
ISLAMABAD: The Foreign Office on Tuesday issued its sharpest condemnation yet of Israel’s military operations in Lebanon, accusing Tel Aviv of violating international law, indiscriminately targeting civilians and undermining Beirut’s efforts to restore stability in a conflict that has already displaced nearly 700,000 people and killed hundreds.
PM Sharif congratulates Iran’s new leader Khamenei, reaffirms ties amid regional tensions
ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif congratulated Ayatollah Mojtaba Khamenei on Tuesday on his appointment as Iran’s new supreme leader, sending a formal letter that offered condolences for the killing of the cleric’s father and pledged continued close cooperation between the two neighbours.
Pakistan denies striking civilian areas in Afghanistan as border clashes with Taliban intensify
ISLAMABAD Pakistan said on Monday the military strikes inside Afghanistan targeting only militant infrastructure and support networks, flatly denying accusations from the Afghan Taliban government and the United Nations that civilian areas have been hit during the escalating border conflict.
Pakistan says 583 Afghan Taliban killed in cross-border operation
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan said on Sunday its military has killed 583 Afghan Taliban fighters and wounded more than 795 others since launching a cross-border operation against the group, as clashes with Afghanistan entered a second week along the two countries’ rugged frontier.
Security forces kill 13 militants in five operations across northwest province
ISLAMABAD: Security forces killed 13 militants in a series of intelligence-driven raids across Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province over two days, the military said on Sunday, part of an escalating counterterrorism campaign as violence in the region surges and border tensions with Afghanistan intensify.
Pakistani fisherman slain by fallout of Israeli projectile in Iranian waters; another dies in Dubai amid escalating conflict
ISLAMABAD: A Pakistani fisherman was killed on Saturday when debris from an Israeli projectile, intercepted by Iranian air defences, struck his boat in Iranian waters, officials said on Sunday, the latest sign that the United States-Israel war on Iran is claiming civilian lives far beyond the battlefield.