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.
Politics
Govt invites PTI to political talks as party rallies over Imran Khan’s health
ISLAMABAD: The coalition government of Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Monday invited Imran Khan’s opposition Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf party to hold talks aimed at strengthening and advancing the Charter of Democracy, the 2006 agreement signed by Nawaz Sharif and the late Benazir Bhutto that committed the country’s two largest civilian parties at the time to resisting dictatorship.
PPP warns against ‘dangerous fantasy’ of splitting Sindh, says attack on federation
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP), a key coalition partner in Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif’s government, voiced strong opposition in the Senate on Monday to recent calls for the creation of a separate Karachi province, insisting the city remains an inseparable part of Sindh.
Security forces kill 5 militants, including suicide bomber, in Balochistan operation
ISLAMABAD: Security forces killed five militants, including a suicide bomber, during an intelligence-based operation in Balochistan’s Pishin district, the military said Monday, in the latest sign of Islamabad’s intensified counterterrorism campaign in the restive border province.
Pakistan says sovereignty ‘nonnegotiable,’ warns Afghanistan of further action against cross-border militants
ISLAMABAD: Pakistani officials on Monday mounted a vigorous defence of the country’s airstrikes inside Afghanistan, declaring that Islamabad had exhausted diplomatic options and would no longer tolerate militants using Afghan soil to attack Pakistan.
Jailed PTI leaders call for urgent national conference on Palestinian issue and Middle East tensions
LAHORE: Five senior leaders of the main opposition party, all imprisoned on charges related to the May 9, 2023, riots, on Monday called for an immediate multi-party conference to forge a national consensus on the Palestinian issue and the shaky prospects for peace in Gaza.
UPDATED – Pakistan airstrikes target seven TTP, ISK hideouts in eastern Afghanistan, kill over 80 militants
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan carried out airstrikes on seven terrorist camps in Afghanistan early on Sunday, killing more than 80 militants in retaliation for a series of suicide bombings that have claimed the lives of soldiers and civilians during the Muslim holy month of Ramadan, a security official said.
Political rift deepens in Sindh as PPP, MQM-P trade barbs over Karachi status
KARACHI: A resolution by the Sindh provincial assembly affirming Karachi’s unbreakable ties to the province has triggered a sharp political confrontation, with leaders of the Muttahida Qaumi Movement-Pakistan denouncing it as an attack on the country’s foundational laws and a sign of hidden separatist ambitions.
Opposition rips into government over ‘flawed’ policies, soaring poverty
ISLAMABAD: Leaders of Pakistan’s opposition alliance, Tehreek Tahafuz Ayeen-i-Pakistan (TTAP), unleashed a barrage of criticism against the government on Sunday, branding its domestic and foreign policies as deeply flawed and accusing it of driving the country toward irreversible harm through poor economic management and questionable international engagements.
US envoy’s Huckabee’s remarks on Israeli expansion spark outrage from Pakistan, Arab allies
ISLAMABAD: A coalition of 14 Muslim-majority countries, including Pakistan, Egypt and Saudi Arabia, issued a sharp rebuke on Sunday to comments by the US ambassador to Israel, Mike Huckabee, who suggested in a recent interview that he would not object to Israel claiming vast territories across the Middle East based on biblical boundaries.