Dar heads to Kabul for security talks amid militant attack row

By Staff Reporter

ISLAMABAD:  Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Ishaq Dar will travel to Kabul on Saturday for talks dominated by security concerns and efforts to reset relations after months of strain, officials said, as Islamabad presses Afghanistan’s Taliban administration to curb cross-border militant attacks it blames for surging violence.

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PPP threatens to exit coalition over Indus canal dispute, warns of unity risk 

By Staff Reporter

HYDERABAD: Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) Chairman Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari on Friday threatened to withdraw his party’s support from Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif’s ruling coalition if the government proceeds with contentious plans to build new canals on the Indus River, escalating a feud that risks fracturing an already fragile alliance and deepening provincial discord.

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