PESHAWAR: The security forces carried out two drone strikes in a remote border area of Mohmand district, killing at least eight suspected militants and wounding four others, while unidentified attackers blew up a primary school in North Waziristan, officials said on Friday.
Politics
Bhutto-Zardari says no talks on KP governor’s rule , but signals conditions may warrant it
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) Chairman Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari said on Thursday there had been no discussion with coalition partner Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) about imposing governor’s rule in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, but the Pakistan Tahreek-e-Insaf-led provincial government was heading in a direction that could create conditions for such an option.
Pakistan welcomes Afghan scholars’ pledge to block cross-border attacks but says guarantees still lacking
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan on Thursday hailed a resolution by Afghan scholars barring the use of their country’s territory for attacks on other nations as a positive step, but dismissed it as insufficient and renewed demands for formal written guarantees from the Taliban government in Kabul to curb cross-border terrorism.
Ex-ISI chief Faiz Hameed gets 14-year sentence in rare military court verdict on political meddling
ISLAMABAD: A military court has sentenced Faiz Hameed, the former head of the country’s powerful intelligence agency, to 14 years of rigorous imprisonment after finding him guilty of political interference, violating secrecy laws and misusing his authority, the army’s public relations wing said on Thursday.
Pakistan warns UN of ‘gravest threat’ from Afghan-based terrorism
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan warned the United Nations Security Council on Wednesday that terrorism originating from Afghan soil represented the “gravest threat” to its national security and sovereignty, amid a surge in militant attacks that Islamabad attributes to groups harbored by the Taliban government in Kabul.
US approves $686 million sale to upgrade Pakistan’s F-16 fighter jets – report
KARACHI: The United States has approved the sale of advanced communications systems and other support for Pakistan’s fleet of F-16 fighter jets, a package valued at $686 million that aims to bolster interoperability with American forces in counterterrorism operations, according to a letter from the Defence Security Cooperation Agency to Congress.
Police weigh charges against PTI leaders after clash outside Imran Khan’s jail
RAWALPINDI: Police in Rawalpindi on Wednesday sought legal advice on filing formal charges against leaders and supporters of the opposition Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf party over a protest outside Adiala jail, where the former prime minister Imran Khan is imprisoned.
PM Sharif urges clerics to combat militancy, linking national unity to Pakistan’s progress
ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif urged religious scholars on Wednesday to help stamp out militancy and sectarianism, warning that the nation’s progress hinges on fostering unity amid a spike in extremist violence that has plagued the border regions.
Jailed Imran Khan to remain in Adiala as transfer rumors swirl
ISLAMABAD: The prison authorities on Wednesday dismissed reports that imprisoned former prime minister Imran Khan could be relocated from a jail near the capital to a more isolated facility, possibly in remote Balochistan province, calling the claims “pure speculation” even as a senior government official confirmed deliberations over such a move amid escalating political clashes that have reached a “point of no return.”
PPP cries foul after NA session halted ahead of Benazir airport renaming notice
ISLAMABAD: The ruling coalition showed fresh signs of strain on Wednesday as lawmakers from the Pakistan Peoples Party accused their allies in the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz of conspiring with the opposition Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf to derail a parliamentary push to rename Islamabad’s international airport after slain former prime minister Benazir Bhutto.