ISLAMABAD: The federal government is “seriously considering” declaring an emergency in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, a senior minister has said, escalating a confrontation with the opposition-run province days before Imran Khan’s party marches on the capital.
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Indian delegation in Islamabad for first time in two years for regional bloc meeting
ISLAMABAD: A senior Indian diplomat has travelled to Pakistan for talks under Islamabad’s chairmanship of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO), marking a rare diplomatic contact between the neighbours more than a year after they fought a four-day military conflict.
Pakistan vows to use ‘whatever means’ to defend Saudi Arabia from Houthis
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan has said it will use “whatever means are available” to defend Saudi Arabia against Iran-backed Houthi rebels, signalling that the nuclear-armed country could be drawn directly into the widening Middle East conflict.
PTI rejects internal calls to delay Islamabad march for a second time, vows to go ahead Oct. 4
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf has rejected calls from within its own ranks to delay a march on Islamabad for a second time, with the chief minister of its stronghold province vowing that supporters will set out on 4 October whatever the consequences.
Seven militants killed in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Balochistan raids
ISLAMABAD: Security forces have killed seven militants in two operations in the country’s western provinces on Tuesday, officials said, after a month of deadly attacks, cross-border airstrikes and mounting recriminations between Islamabad and the Taliban regime in Kabul.
Security forces killed six militants in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Balochistan
ISLAMABAD: Security forces have killed six militants in two separate operations in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Balochistan, state media reported on Monday, citing security sources.
“I curse this chair”: CM Afridi defies threats of governor’s rule
PESHAWAR/ISLAMABAD: The chief minister of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province has said he would give up his office rather than bend to Islamabad, as a bitter dispute over how to confront a surge in militant violence hardened into an open constitutional standoff.
Pakistan says more than 70 militants killed in four-day Balochistan offensive
QUETTA: Pakistan’s military said on Sunday that security forces had killed more than 71 militants across Balochistan province over the previous 96 hours, in a serious blow to terrorists backed by India and sheltered by Afghanistan’s Taliban government.
Pakistan rejects Taliban claim of role in Nuristan clashes between rival rebel groups
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan has categorically denied any involvement in violence in eastern Afghanistan after the Taliban regime accused Islamabad’s security forces and intelligence agencies of recruiting former Afghan soldiers and funnelling Islamic State-linked fighters across the border — allegations that surfaced hours before a rival account emerged suggesting the casualties in question came from an unrelated battle against an anti-Taliban resistance group.
CM Afridi warns of ‘unprecedented’ backlash if province placed under federal control, calls for talks
The chief minister of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province warned on Saturday that any attempt by Islamabad to strip him of office would trigger a reaction “never witnessed” in the country’s history, as a stand-off between the opposition Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf and the PML-N led coalition government showed no sign of easing.