LAHORE: The powerful Sharif family convened a private meeting on Sunday to strategise over the escalating political tensions with the opposition Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf party and potential shifts in the Punjab government, as leaders across the political spectrum rallied to support the armed forces against what they described as a concerted effort to undermine state institutions.
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Imran Khan’s supporters rally in Peshawar, reject military accusations of threat to national security
PESHAWAR: Supporters of former prime minister Imran Khan rallied on Sunday to defend him against accusations from the military that his criticism of the armed forces posed a threat to national security, vowing that efforts to discredit him would only bolster his standing among the public.
Security forces kill 12 ‘Indian-backed’ militants in Balochistan: ISPR
ISLAMABAD: Security forces have killed 12 militants in an intelligence-led operation in the restive southern district of Kalat, Balochistan, on Saturday, according to a statement from the military’s public relations arm, amid a surge in terrorist attacks that has plagued the region.
US weapons left in Afghanistan now bolster Taliban and fuel militant attacks in Pakistan, watchdog finds
ISLAMABAD: Billions of dollars in American-supplied weapons and military equipment abandoned during the chaotic 2021 withdrawal from Afghanistan have become the core of the Taliban’s security forces, according to a final report by a United States government watchdog, with some of those arms already appearing in the hands of militants launching attacks across the border in Pakistan.
Pakistan rebukes Jaishankar over “inflammatory” remarks on military
ISLAMABAD: The Foreign Office on Sunday sharply condemned remarks by India’s external affairs minister, S Jaishankar, accusing him of making “highly inflammatory, baseless and irresponsible” statements about the country’s armed forces and labeling them “misleading.”
PTI rebukes military over accusations against Imran Khan
ISLAMABAD: Leaders of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf, the party founded by the imprisoned former Prime Minister Imran Khan, sharply criticised remarks by a top military spokesman that labeled Khan a national security threat, warning that such accusations risked further eroding democracy and unity in a country already strained by political turmoil and recent constitutional changes.
Govt defends military response to Imran Khan, accusing PTI of anti-state narrative
ce minister on Saturday sharply rebuked the opposition Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf party for its objections to a military spokesman’s blistering critique of the party’s imprisoned founder, Imran Khan, escalating a bitter feud between the government, the armed forces and Khan’s supporters.
Security forces kill 14 militants in KP and Balochistan, military says
ISLAMABAD: Security forces killed 14 militants in three separate operations across the restive provinces of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Balochistan, the military said on Saturday, as the government vowed to press ahead with a broad counterterrorism campaign amid a surge in attacks.
Tense calm returns to Chaman after deadly Pakistan-Afghanistan border clash
ISLAMABAD: Calm returned to the volatile border crossing at Chaman between Pakistan and Afghanistan on Saturday, a day after heavy clashes erupted between security forces on both sides, killing at least five people on the Afghan side and injuring three civilians on the Pakistani side, according to officials, in a fresh escalation that highlighted the deepening rift between the two neighbours.
Pakistani, Afghan troops exchange fire on tense border; both sides trade blame
ISLAMABAD: Pakistani troops and Afghan forces exchanged fire late on Friday along their tense shared border, with each side accusing the other of initiating the clash in violation of a fragile cease-fire that has held for the past two months.