QUETTA: At least two coal miners have been killed and more than 20 others remain trapped after a methane gas explosion ripped through a privately operated mine in the Sorange area near Quetta, the capital of Pakistan’s Balochistan province.
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Pakistan’s governance system has ‘collapsed’, new provinces the only way forward – minister
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s interior minister has called on the country’s political parties to reach a consensus on carving out new administrative units, telling a major economic gathering in Islamabad that the system under which the country is currently governed has “collapsed” and cannot deliver the reforms the country desperately needs.
Bhutto-Zardari warns of ‘countdown’ for PML-N government if Kashmir election is stolen
MUZAFFARABAD: Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari has warned that a stolen election in Azad Jammu and Kashmir would set off a “countdown” for the federal government, escalating a rigging row with coalition partner PML-N that has overshadowed the territory’s staggered legislative elections.
Six labourers found shot dead in Balochistan days after mass abduction
QUETTA: The bodies of six kidnapped labourers were recovered in south-western Pakistan on Thursday, four days after gunmen ambushed their vehicle and dragged them away in an attack that has renewed alarm over the deteriorating security situation in Balochistan province.
Pakistan-bound Qatari gas cargo slips through Hormuz amid renewed strikes
KARACHI: A cargo of Qatari liquefied natural gas bound for Pakistan cleared the Strait of Hormuz overnight, the first shipment from the world’s largest LNG exporter to make the transit in nearly three weeks, even as the war between the US and Iran shows no sign of abating.
Pakistan Navy rescues 19 fishermen, including eight Iranians, after engine failure off Gwadar coast
KARACHI: The Pakistan Navy rescued 19 fishermen, including eight Iranian nationals, after their vessel suffered engine failure roughly 120 nautical miles south of Gwadar and was left drifting in worsening monsoon weather, officials said on Thursday.
Pakistan says talks to de-escalate US-Iran conflict ongoing as Washington launches fresh strikes on Tehran
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan said on Thursday it was doing its “utmost” to bring the United States and Iran back into talks under a peace framework brokered in Islamabad last month, even as fresh American strikes on Iranian targets underscored how far the two sides remain from any lasting truce.
Lahore building collapse kills 11 of one family gathered for birthday celebration
LAHORE: At least 11 members of the same family have been killed after a three-storey residential building collapsed in the Pakistani city of Lahore, with rescue workers still combing through the wreckage on Thursday for a young girl believed to be trapped beneath the rubble.
Pakistan seeks higher power tariffs even as electricity demand slumps
ISLAMABAD: The government is pushing to raise electricity tariffs by Rs1.20 per unit even as power consumption falls, exposing the fiscal bind facing an energy sector caught between shrinking demand and rising fuel costs.
Deputy superintendent among nine officers killed in Taliban-linked militants’ ambush on Hangu checkpost
PESHAWAR: Nine Pakistani police officers, including a senior commanding officer, were killed and 28 more wounded after militants stormed a checkpost in the country’s restive north-west late on Wednesday, in the latest in a string of attacks to hit security forces in the region.