ISLAMABAD: The government on Thursday denounced as “fake and fabricated” a New York Times report that Pakistan Air Force fighter jets were being used against Yemen’s Houthi movement in Saudi Arabia’s escalating war.
Politics
Pakistan confirms its troops are already in Saudi Arabia under new defence pact
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan has confirmed that its soldiers are already stationed in Saudi Arabia, days after Riyadh, Islamabad and Ankara activated a new three-way defence pact in response to escalating attacks by Yemen’s Houthi rebels.
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa power struggle puts governor’s powers and rule to the test
PESHAWAR/ISLAMABAD: The chief minister of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa has accused the province’s governor of mounting an “attack on the Constitution and democracy” by chairing a security meeting, deepening a confrontation with Islamabad, while his party’s long march continues.
Imran Khan’s party presses on with march towards Islamabad after PM sets terms for talks
PESHAWAR: Sohail Afridi, the chief minister of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, led a convoy of supporters of the jailed former prime minister Imran Khan from Kohat towards Peshawar on Tuesday, the day Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif said he would talk to the party only if it called off its march on Islamabad.
Four customs officials, policeman killed in attacks in Dera Ismail Khan
PESHAWAR: Four customs officials and a traffic policeman were shot dead in two separate attacks in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province on Tuesday, the same day security forces said they killed five militants in a raid in North Waziristan.
PM Sharif offers PTI fresh talks if it halts long march on Islamabad
ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has said the government will sit down again with the opposition Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) only if it ends a march on Islamabad, as a convoy led by a provincial chief minister pushed on through the north-west towards the capital to demand the release of the jailed former prime minister Imran Khan.
Moscow talks on Afghanistan end without joint statement after Pakistan-Taliban clash
ISLAMABAD: Regional talks on Afghanistan in Moscow ended without a joint statement on Monday after Pakistani and Taliban delegations failed to agree on language about terrorism, in what is possibly the first time the Russian-led forum has broken up without a communique.
Imran Khan’s supporters resume march on capital despite threat of emergency rule
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s main opposition party resumed its march towards Islamabad on Monday to demand the release of the jailed former prime minister Imran Khan, defying a federal government that has vowed to stop any gathering in the capital and is weighing emergency powers in the province leading the protest.
Pakistan and Turkey to send forces to Saudi Arabia under Mecca defence pact
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan, Saudi Arabia and Turkey have agreed to rapidly deploy military forces and capabilities in the kingdom, putting the collective defence commitments of their Mecca pact into practice after an emergency meeting in Riyadh on Monday.
PTI rules out reconciliation with government without Imran Khan at the table
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) has declared that it cannot reconcile with the government unless its jailed founder, Imran Khan, is included in the dialogue, a day after weekend talks collapsed and the party’s chief minister in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (K-P) set off on a long march towards Islamabad.