Pakistan’s most senior army officers have warned that any attempt to stir unrest or recreate the violence of 9 May 2023 will be met with “decisive force”, days before the party of the jailed former prime minister Imran Khan sets out on a march towards the capital.
Politics
Govt, PTI open talks to seek way out of crisis before march on capital
ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan Muslim League Nawaz-led coalition government and the party of the jailed former prime minister Imran Khan began talks in Islamabad on Friday, three days before a planned long march on the capital that has pushed Islamabad and the opposition-run province of Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa (K-P) towards a constitutional confrontation.
Security forces kill seven TTP militants in North Waziristan raid
ISLAMABAD: Security forces have killed seven militants in a raid in North Waziristan, state media reported on Friday, the latest in a run of operations in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa as the country endures its worst spell of militant violence in more than a decade.
Pakistan backs Saudi Arabia after Houthi drone strike near Al-Masjid an-Nabawi
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan has condemned a drone attack on a power distribution station that supplies electricity to the Prophet’s Mosque in Medina, calling it a “grave provocation” and reaffirming its support for Saudi Arabia as fighting in Yemen intensifies.
Pakistan pledges to follow “applicable” Iran sanctions, but won’t say which ones
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan has signalled a more cautious approach to the latest US sanctions on Iran, pledging to follow “all applicable sanctions regimes” but declining to say which restrictions it considers to apply.
Pakistan presents man India said it killed in Kashmir encounter
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s military has produced a retired soldier whom Indian authorities and media said had been killed as a Lashkar-e-Taiba militant in Kashmir, presenting him alive at a press conference and accusing India of staging the episode.
Govt and Imran Khan’s party agree to talks days before Islamabad march
ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz-led coalition government and the opposition Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) are due to hold talks on Friday, three days before the party of the jailed former prime minister Imran Khan plans to march on Islamabad.
Six militants killed in Balochistan operation using quadcopters
ISLAMABAD: Security forces have killed six militants in a quadcopter-assisted operation in southwestern province of Balochistan, state media reported on Thursday, hours after Islamabad said fresh airstrikes inside Afghanistan had killed 22 terrorists.
PM Sharif weighs emergency rule in Imran Khan’s heartland days before Islamabad march
ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif is preparing to consult his coalition partners on whether to take direct control of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, the north-western province run by Imran Khan’s party, days before a planned march on Islamabad.
Pakistan launches fresh airstrikes in Afghanistan, says 22 militants killed
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan has carried out fresh airstrikes on terrorist camps and safe havens inside Afghanistan, killing at least 22 militants, according to the Information Ministry on Thursday, in an operation targeting groups Islamabad blames for attacks on Pakistani soil.