ISLAMABAD: Pakistan and China on Tuesday jointly proposed a five-point initiative to restore peace and stability in the Gulf and the wider Middle East, calling for an immediate cessation of hostilities in the US-Israeli war on Iran, the prompt launch of peace talks and the protection of civilian infrastructure and vital shipping lanes.
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Dar reaches Beijing to align with China on push for US-Iran talks
ISLAMABAD: China said Tuesday it would strengthen strategic coordination with Pakistan over the Iran crisis, as the deputy prime minister Ishaq Dar arrived in the Chinese capital for a one-day visit aimed at advancing diplomatic efforts to end the month-old war between the United States, Israel and Iran.
Provinces agree to share oil subsidy burden as government shelves lockdown plans
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s four provinces have reached an agreement to help finance the federal government’s oil subsidies for consumers, easing pressure on the national budget at a time of acute fuel-supply strains from the Middle East conflict, officials said.
Pakistan’s public debt breaches legal limits, hit Rs80.5 trillion as ratio worsens to 71.7 percent of GDP
ISLAMABAD: The government conceded to parliament on Monday that public debt rose sharply in fiscal 2025, pushing the debt-to-GDP ratio higher and increasing the per-capita burden even as fiscal consolidation measures took hold and macroeconomic conditions improved.
India plots false-flag border operation using Pakistani detainees to mask diplomatic reversals
ISLAMABAD: Pakistani security officials said on Monday that Indian authorities are preparing a false-flag operation against Pakistan that would press innocent Pakistani detainees held in Indian prisons — including Kashmiris who crossed the border inadvertently — into service as unwitting participants in a staged border provocation.
Pakistan’s top leaders hold talks on security and economic strain amid regional tensions
ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif met President Asif Ali Zardari on Monday to review the country’s national security situation and the array of economic and energy challenges confronting Pakistan, the President’s Secretariat said.
Kuwait assures Pakistan of full diesel and jet fuel deliveries
ISLAMABAD: Kuwait has pledged to provide full logistical support for diesel and jet fuel shipments to Pakistan, ending a supply impasse caused by the closure of the Strait of Hormuz during the ongoing US-Israeli war on Iran.
Subsidised fuel for rickshaws, bikes in pipeline
ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Shehbaz said the government is moving to protect lower- and middle-income Pakistanis from the impact of higher fuel prices triggered by the global energy shock following the war involving Iran.
PCB fines Naseem Shah Rs20 million over social media post on Maryam Nawaz
LAHORE Fast bowler Naseem Shah was on Monday handed a Rs20 million fine by the Pakistan Cricket Board for breaching multiple clauses of his central contract after a social media post that criticised Punjab Chief Minister Maryam Nawaz.
A court acquits two lawmakers and six others in 2018 triple murder of political family in Sindh
KARACHI: A court on Monday acquitted all eight defendants — including two members of the Sindh provincial assembly — in the 2018 assassination of a former union council chairman from the Pakistan Peoples Party and his two sons, ruling that prosecutors had failed to present sufficient evidence to secure convictions.