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.
Politics
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.
Security forces kill 34 militants in operations near Afghan border, military says
ISLAMABAD: The security forces killed 34 militants in a series of high-tempo, intelligence-driven operations across Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Balochistan provinces over the past several days, the military said on Wednesday.
Pakistan says it repelled Afghan Taliban firing along Torkham, Tirah border
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s security forces responded to an unprovoked firing by the Afghan Taliban regime along the border in the Torkham and Tirah areas, the prime minister’s spokesperson for foreign media said Tuesday, in the latest sign of rapidly deteriorating relations between the two neighbours.
Senate condemns Netanyahu over planned alliances with India against Muslim nations
ISLAMABAD: The Senate unanimously adopted a resolution on Tuesday condemning Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s comments about forging alliances with India and other countries to counter what he called radical Muslim axes.
Pakistan and Qatar call for de-escalation in Afghanistan, Iran
ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif met Qatar’s Deputy Prime Minister Sheikh Saoud bin Abdulrahman Al Thani in Doha on Tuesday and the two discussed the situation in Afghanistan, calling for dialogue to promote regional stability, Sharif’s office said.
Seven dead in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa police van ambush; two more slain in Punjab suicide blast
ISLAMABAD: Militants killed nine policemen in two separate attacks in Pakistan on Tuesday, officials said, the latest in a surge of violence that has gripped the country’s northwest and parts of Punjab.
UPDATED – Jailed ex-PM Khan receives second eye injection at PIMS, returns to Adiala as PTI alleges ‘clandestine’ night procedure
ISLAMABAD: Jailed former Prime Minister Imran Khan was taken under heavy security to a government hospital in the early hours of Tuesday for a second anti-VEGF intravitreal injection to treat central retinal vein occlusion in his right eye, triggering fresh accusations from his party of government secrecy and lack of transparency.
Ex-PM Imran Khan receives second eye injection at Islamabad hospital, returns to Adiala Jail
ISLAMABAD: Jailed former Prime Minister Imran Khan was transferred under tight security from Adiala Jail to a hospital in Islamabad on Tuesday for a scheduled follow-up visit to treat a serious condition in his right eye, where he received a second injection, hospital officials said.
Nine Indian-sponsored terrorists killed in Balochistan and northwest; three paramilitary troops martyred in ambush
ISLAMABAD: Security forces killed nine suspected militants, including a suicide bomber, during separate intelligence-based operations in Balochistan and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, the military said Monday, even as militants carried out a complex ambush in the northwest that left three paramilitary officers dead.