ISLAMABAD: The security forces killed eight militants in an intelligence-based operation along the Afghanistan border in North Waziristan district, the military said Thursday, recovering weapons and ammunition and using the episode to sharpen its criticism of the Taliban-led government in Kabul.
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PM Sharif urges provinces to slash development spending, prioritise relief as oil crisis deepens from Iran war
ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif called on federal and four provinces governments on Thursday to set aside political differences, curtail development spending and redirect resources toward agriculture, public goods and transport as the country confronts the economic fallout from the global oil crisis triggered by the US-Israeli war on Iran.
Eight Muslim-majority nations, including Pakistan, denounce Israeli death penalty law for Palestinians as ‘apartheid’ escalation
ISLAMABAD: Eight Muslim-majority countries, including Pakistan and close US partners Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates, issued a joint condemnation Thursday of a new Israeli law that makes death by hanging the default sentence for Palestinians convicted in military courts of carrying out deadly attacks in the occupied West Bank.
Five killed in Karachi as torrential rains trigger electrocutions and building collapse
KARACHI: At least five people died in the sprawling port city of Karachi on Thursday as unusually heavy rains triggered a series of deadly electrocutions and sent part of a three-story building crashing onto a passerby, officials said.
Pakistan opens talks with Afghanistan in China, insisting on action against militants as border operation continues
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan has sent a senior delegation to the northwestern Chinese city of Urumqi for talks with Afghan officials aimed at resolving escalating border tensions, even as its military continues a counterterrorism operation inside Afghanistan, the Foreign Office said on Thursday.
Pakistan inflation accelerates to 7.3 percent in March, highest since August on energy shock
KARACHI: Pakistan’s consumer inflation quickened to 7.3 percent year-on-year in March, the fastest pace since August 2024, as surging energy costs tied to the Middle East conflict pushed household prices higher, according to data from the Pakistan Bureau of Statistics released on Wednesday.
Pakistan dismisses Afghan claims of border fence removal as fabricated
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan on Wednesday rejected as “fabricated and devoid of facts” claims by the Afghan Taliban that barbed wire fencing along the Durand Line had been dismantled or was being removed.
Vance pursues ceasefire through Pakistan as Trump claims Iran conflict nearing end but threatens ‘stone ages’ strikes
ISLAMABAD: US Vice President J.D. Vance held discussions with Pakistani intermediaries about the Iran conflict as recently as Tuesday, officials said, a sign of the administration’s parallel pursuit of diplomacy even as military operations intensify.
Trilateral meeting in China seeks to ease Pakistan-Afghanistan standoff
ISLAMABAD: Senior officials from Pakistan, Afghanistan and China convened in Urumqi on Wednesday for the first high-level trilateral meeting in months, an effort to ease escalating border tensions that have all but frozen diplomatic contacts between Islamabad and Kabul since Pakistan launched a military operation into Afghan territory six weeks ago.
China backs Pakistan’s diplomatic push to end Middle East conflict
ISLAMABAD: Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi told Pakistan’s deputy prime minister and foreign minister that Beijing appreciates Islamabad’s “active diplomatic role” in trying to end the Middle East conflict, Pakistan’s Foreign Office said on Wednesday, as the two countries unveiled a joint five-point initiative aimed at halting hostilities in the Gulf and broader region.