KARACHI: Pakistan’s economy will expand more slowly than the government’s own target for a second consecutive year, the Asian Development Bank said, as fallout from the Middle East conflict keeps energy costs elevated and complicates the country’s push to lock in a fragile recovery.
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Dar tells OIC that India cannot “set aside” international law over Kashmir and water treaty
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan has told a gathering of Muslim-majority nations at the United Nations that India cannot simply walk away from its international obligations “when they become inconvenient”, reigniting a bitter dispute over a six-decade-old water-sharing treaty that has become the latest flashpoint between the nuclear-armed neighbours.
UN Security Council condemns Kohat mosque attack, demands justice
ISLAMABAD: The United Nations Security Council has condemned last week’s twin terrorist attack on a police compound in north-west Pakistan, demanding that those responsible be tracked down and brought to justice, as the country’s military pressed ahead with retaliatory strikes against suspected militant hideouts across the Afghan border.
Pakistan hardens defence commitment to Saudi Arabia after drone targeted Islam’s holiest city
ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has renewed Pakistan’s pledge to defend Saudi Arabia “to any extent” against Houthi attacks, using a message marking the kingdom’s National Day to underline a defence partnership that is being tested by the most serious escalation in the Yemen conflict in years.
Pakistan deploys Rangers across four Punjab districts ahead of Imran Khan supporters’ march
LAHORE: The Punjab government has asked Islamabad to deploy paramilitary Rangers across four districts in the province, as Pakistan’s security establishment braces for a mass opposition march on the capital that officials fear could draw as many as two million people onto the streets.
Pakistan shoots down eight drones in latest Afghan border clash
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s air defence systems shot down eight drones launched from Afghanistan early on Wednesday, four of them near the Torkham border crossing and four in the mountains around Kohat, as the military accused the Taliban administration in Kabul of a “cowardly attempt” to strike civilian areas.
Pakistan repels militant infiltration bid, drives Afghan Taliban from border posts
ISLAMABAD: Pakistani troops forced Afghan Taliban to abandon several checkposts along the border on Tuesday, security sources said, after opening retaliatory fire in response to unprovoked shooting by Afghan forces following a foiled militant infiltration attempt in Kurram.
Petrol, diesel prices cut for second time in three days
ISLAMABAD: The government lowered petrol and diesel prices for a second time in three days, tracking a retreat in global crude that gathered pace after Saudi Arabia moved to restore a key pipeline and Iran signaled it could reopen the Strait of Hormuz within a week.
Finance ministry rejects claim fuel levy drives $7 billion IMF program
ISLAMABAD: The Finance Ministry disputed a report that portrayed a fuel levy as the linchpin of the country’s $7 billion International Monetary Fund program, pushing back as street protests over gasoline prices force the government onto the defensive just as Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif seeks to keep the loan on track.
KP minister vanishes after gunmen storm his car in broad daylight
PESHAWAR: Masked gunmen opened fire on a provincial minister’s car and dragged him away on a Pakistani motorway in broad daylight, in an incident that has plunged the country’s restive northwest into a fresh political turmoil and will now be examined by judges after his family went to court demanding his return.