ISLAMABAD: The United States has ordered all non-emergency government personnel and their dependents to leave its consulates in Pakistan’s two largest cities, citing an acute deterioration in security linked to the conflict with Iran and a wave of deadly anti-American demonstrations across the country.
Politics
‘No peace without end to militant support’: Pakistan’s top general issues stark warning to Kabul
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s top military commander said on Wednesday a lasting peace with Afghanistan is impossible unless the Taliban regime severs its support for terrorist organisations operating from its soil.
Sharif briefs parties on US-Israeli strikes that killed Khamenei and Pakistan’s war against Afghan Taliban
ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif convened an in-camera briefing for parliamentary party leaders on Wednesday to address the rapidly deteriorating security situation across Pakistan’s western frontiers and the wider Middle East, where US and Israeli attacks have killed Iran’s supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and triggered wider instability.
Imran Khan’s PTI boycotts security briefing on Afghan terrorism and Iran crisis unless jailed leader is brought to table
ISLAMABAD: Imran Khan’s Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf party has flatly refused to join an emergency closed-door government briefing on Pakistan’s worsening security threats, insisting that any participation is conditional on a meeting with its imprisoned founder and former prime minister.
National Assembly posts record legislative output but faces scrutiny over rushed reforms and falling attendance
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s National Assembly recorded its highest legislative output of any recent assembly in its second year, passing 59 bills while relying less on presidential ordinances, but a detailed independent audit has exposed persistent weaknesses in attendance, agenda management and meaningful deliberation.
Imran Khan’s vision ‘improved remarkably’ in prison, says Pims – but PTI dismisses findings as lacking credibility
ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences has said that Imran Khan’s vision has improved “remarkably” following a follow-up examination conducted inside Adiala jail, where the former prime minister remains incarcerated.
Turkey offers to broker new Pakistan-Afghanistan ceasefire as border operation enters second week
ISLAMABAD: Turkish president Recep Tayyip Erdogan has offered to help re-establish a ceasefire between Pakistan and Afghanistan, as security forces inflicted heavy losses on Afghan Taliban positions in a sustained cross-border campaign, officials said on Tuesday.
Defence minister Asif says century-old Zionist control of global economy lies behind war on Iran
ISLAMABAD: Defence minister Khawaja Asif has accused Israel of orchestrating a wider “Zionist agenda” through the conflict with Iran, saying its true aim is to extend Israeli influence as far as Pakistan’s borders and surround the nuclear-armed nation with hostile forces.
IHC to hear Imran Khan’s plea for private hospital treatment as bail granted in six other cases
ISLAMABAD: The Islamabad High Court has ordered a hearing next week on a plea by the jailed former prime minister Imran Khan to be transferred from Adiala prison to a private hospital for treatment of a serious eye condition, while simultaneously fixing the date for arguments in his main appeal against conviction in the high-profile Toshakhana corruption case.
US Marines open fire on protesters storming Karachi consulate in deadly clashes over Khamenei assassination – report
KARACHI: US Marines opened fire on demonstrators who breached the outer wall of the American consulate in Karachi on Sunday, two US officials told Reuters, in a rare use of lethal force at a diplomatic mission that risks sharply escalating tensions in Pakistan.