ISLAMABAD: The Economic Coordination Committee of the cabinet cut the interest rate for its main subsidised mortgage program to a uniform 5 percent, heeding a direct call from the prime minister to make home loans more affordable for a wider range of buyers.
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Pakistan presses border strikes in Afghanistan, says 297 militants killed; Taliban offers talks
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s armed forces continued ground and air operations against Afghan Taliban positions overnight and into Saturday, security sources said, in a sustained response to Taliban-linked terrorism emanating from Afghan soil.
At OIC summit, Foreign Minister Dar demands reversal of Israeli moves in occupied West Bank
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s deputy prime minister and foreign minister on Friday condemned Israel’s approval of procedures to register large areas of the occupied West Bank as state property, describing the move as the latest sign of an “annexationist and expansionist mindset” that disregards international law and humanitarian norms.
PM Sharif, after military briefing, declares zero tolerance for Afghan Taliban attacks
ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif visited General Headquarters in Rawalpindi on Friday, receiving a detailed briefing from military leaders on the tense situation along the Pakistan-Afghanistan border following unprovoked attacks by Afghan Taliban forces the previous day.
Global powers urge Pakistan and Afghanistan to halt border attacks and pursue diplomacy
ISLAMABAD: Global powers moved swiftly on Friday to contain rising tensions between Pakistan and Afghanistan, issuing urgent appeals for both sides to stop cross-border attacks and return to diplomatic channels before the situation spirals further.
Top court returns Imran Khan hospital transfer application with objections
ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court of Pakistan on Friday raised objections to an application seeking the transfer of former prime minister Imran Khan from jail to a hospital for treatment of an eye ailment.
Fuel prices poised for Rs4.50-Rs7 jump as global oil edges higher
KARACHI: The government is preparing to lift prices of all petroleum products by Rs4.50 to Rs7 a liter starting Saturday for the fortnight through March 15, the first broad increase in weeks, after benchmark crude posted modest gains amid regional tensions.
Pakistan says it killed at least 274 in retaliatory strikes against Afghan Taliban after unprovoked border attacks
RAWALPINDI: Pakistan’s military said Friday that it had killed at least 274 personnel of the Afghan Taliban regime and affiliated terrorists in a sweeping retaliatory operation that followed an unprovoked cross-border firing from Afghanistan the previous night.
Pakistan Decides It Has Had Enough
The explosions that shattered Kabul before dawn on Friday were not the opening shots of an unprovoked war. They were the sound of a neighbour’s patience finally snapping – and the first ominous notes of a conflict that could spiral far beyond anyone’s control. Residents described up to eight powerful detonations starting at 1.50am local time, homes shuddering, fighter jets roaring low overhead, then nearly an hour of gunfire echoing through the capital’s central districts. Similar strikes hit Kandahar – the spiritual heartland of the Taliban movement, where supreme leader Hibatullah Akhundzada is believed to keep his austere court – and the southeastern province of Paktia.
Pakistan strikes Kabul, other provinces after border clashes kill 133 Afghan Taliban
By Staff Reporter ISLAMABAD: Pakistani forces carried out airstrikes and ground operations targeting Taliban military installations across multiple provinces inside Afghanistan early on Friday, destroying