ISLAMABAD: Drones packed with explosives were shot down over the northern Iraqi city of Irbil on Friday morning, the latest sign that the war between the United States and Iran is spilling ever further beyond Iranian territory nearly five months after it began.
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Trump imposes 10%-12.5% tariffs on 60 trading partners, including Pakistan, over forced labour
ISLAMABAD: The Trump administration imposed fresh tariffs of 10% to 12.5% on goods from 60 trading partners on Friday, invoking allegations that these countries have failed to adequately police forced labor in their supply chains, a levy that takes effect just as a temporary global tariff lapses.
New nuclear oversight body gets its first chief as Pakistan’s military restructuring takes shape
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan promoted Lieutenant General Aamer Raza to four-star general on Friday and named him the first commander of the National Strategic Command, the newly established military body that will oversee the country’s nuclear arsenal and wider strategic capabilities.
Pakistan monsoon death toll rises to 86 as fresh flooding warning issued for weekend
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s monsoon death toll has climbed to 86 after five more people were killed in rain-related incidents over the past 24 hours, disaster management officials said on Friday, as forecasters warned that a fresh spell of heavy rain could bring urban flooding and flash floods to large parts of the country over the coming days.
PM Shehbaz launches Pakistan’s largest data centre, hails ‘awe-inspiring’ Sky47 AI facility
ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Friday inaugurated Pakistan’s largest data centre, along with the Sky47 AI cloud platform, in a ceremony in Islamabad that the premier called nothing short of “awe-inspiring.”
Twelve soldiers among 15 dead as Taliban militants ram explosives-laden vehicle into Tank checkpost near Afghan border
PESHAWAR: Fifteen people, among them 12 soldiers, two police officers and a forestry official, were killed after militants stormed a joint security checkpost in northwestern Pakistan overnight, in an assault that has again exposed the scale of the militant threat facing the country’s western border regions.
Pakistan raises petrol 4.40 rupees to 331.52, diesel 3.62 to 378.66 in second straight hike
Pakistan raised gasoline and diesel prices for a second straight day on Thursday, deepening the burden on consumers already grappling with some of the highest fuel costs in the country’s history as the fallout from renewed fighting between Iran and the US sends crude prices surging.
Korean state utility presses PM Sharif on stalled $1 billion Pakistan hydropower project – report
ISLAMABAD: A South Korean state-owned power producer has taken its grievances over two long-delayed hydropower projects in Pakistan directly to Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif, warning that a $1 billion investment now risks being shelved after nearly a decade of preparatory work.
Army chief vows ‘decisive response’ to defeat foreign-backed militants in Balochistan
Pakistan’s army chief has vowed to press ahead with military operations against separatist and militant groups in Balochistan, declaring that “foreign-sponsored proxies” attempting to destabilise the restive southwestern province would be defeated through a “firm and decisive response” from the armed forces.
Gunmen kill judge and bodyguard in Balochistan ambush
QUETTA: A district and sessions judge and his security guard were shot dead in Balochistan province on Thursday, in an attack officials say was a deliberate act of retribution against the judiciary, as the restive southwestern region endures its bloodiest spell of militant violence in months.