ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s security forces delivered an immediate and effective response to unprovoked firing by Afghan Taliban forces on multiple locations along the border in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, inflicting heavy casualties on the Afghan side, officials said.
Politics
Curfews imposed in South Waziristan districts amid surge in militant threats
PESHAWAR: District authorities imposed Section 144 restrictions on Thursday in Upper and Lower South Waziristan, sharply limiting movement and closing markets in key areas as security concerns mounted and officials moved to facilitate logistics for security forces.
IHC sets March 11 hearing on Imran Khan’s bid to suspend sentence in £190mln graft case
ISLAMABAD: The Islamabad High Court on Thursday scheduled a March 11 hearing on petitions by former prime minister Imran Khan and his wife, Bushra Bibi, seeking suspension of their sentences in a major £190 million corruption case, as defence lawyers highlighted the former leader’s sudden eye ailment and what they described as inordinate delays in the proceedings.
Security forces killed 10 militants in Balochistan sanitization operation
ISLAMABAD: Security forces killed 10 militants during a sanitisation operation in the southwestern district of Zhob, the military said Thursday, part of an expanding counterterrorism effort in a region plagued by cross-border attacks.
Pakistan defends Afghanistan airstrikes as self-defense, accuses India of sponsoring terrorism and voices alarm over deepening ties with Israel
ISLAMABAD: The Foreign Office on Thursday defended the recent cross-border airstrikes into Afghanistan as carefully planned operations to protect Pakistani citizens from imminent terrorist threats, insisting the action was carried out with “utmost caution” to avoid civilian harm.
TTAP agrees to engage in dialogue with Sharif govt, singles out access to jailed Imran Khan as key demand
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s main opposition alliance has decided to respond positively to any government offers for dialogue, a move that could open a narrow path toward easing the country’s long-running political standoff even as leaders issued sharp warnings about the health of imprisoned former prime minister Imran Khan.
FM Dar heads to Saudi Arabia for emergency OIC meeting on Israeli moves in West Bank
ISLAMABAD: The Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Ishaq Dar will travel Thursday to Saudi Arabia for a three-day visit, where he will take part in an emergency ministerial gathering of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation focused on Israel’s recent steps to expand control over the occupied West Bank.
Jailed PTI leaders urge chief justice to scrutinise Imran Khan’s medical care
LAHORE: Five senior leaders of the opposition PTI, writing from inside a Lahore prison, have appealed directly to Pakistan’s chief justice to take another look at the medical treatment of the party’s founder, Imran Khan, and to “see that justice is done.”
Four policemen slain as militants target special squad in northwest Pakistan
PESHAWAR: Unidentified gunmen ambushed a returning police patrol in Pakistan’s Bajaur district on Wednesday evening, killing four officers and seriously wounding two others, authorities said.
Tensions flare within PTI as Imran Khan’s sisters publicly rebuke party leaders over secrecy in his treatment and legal delays
ISLAMABAD: The sisters of imprisoned former prime minister Imran Khan delivered a blistering public attack on Wednesday on the leadership of his Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf party and the Islamabad High Court, accusing senior figures of silence, poor coordination and failing to secure timely medical attention or court hearings for the ailing politician.