ISLAMABAD: The government has extended the deployment of 3,000 paramilitary Rangers in Islamabad until 15 October, as negotiators worked on Saturday to head off a march on the capital by supporters of the jailed former prime minister Imran Khan.
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Pakistan summons Indian diplomat after two unarmed men shot dead at Punjab border
By Staff Reporter ISLAMABAD: Pakistan summoned India’s chargé d’affaires on Saturday to protest the shooting of two Pakistani unarmed men by Indian border guards, in
Draft agreement drawn up in Pakistan’s political standoff, but PTI says Imran Khan must have the final word
ISLAMABAD: The government and jailed former prime minister Imran Khan’s opposition party have reportedly reached an understanding aimed at averting a mass march on the capital due to begin Sunday, though the final decision rests with Khan.
Pakistan prepares to bring home survivors and the dead after tanker siege ends in bloodshed
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan is working to bring home four seafarers freed from a hijacked oil tanker off Somalia, along with the bodies of three colleagues killed by their captors, as families in Karachi brace for a homecoming that will bring relief to some and a funeral to others.
Centre “100 percent ready” to impose emergency rule in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, says Bhutto Zardari
KARACHI/ISLAMABAD: The government had made up its mind to impose emergency or governor’s rule in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and was dissuaded only by calls for a political solution, the leader of the Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) has said, a day before the opposition is due to march on the capital.
Civil servants who missed dual-nationality disclosure deadline get seven days to comply
ISLAMABAD: The government has given civil servants who have not disclosed foreign or dual nationalities, their own or their families’, a final week to do so or face disciplinary proceedings.
Minister Naqvi tells business leaders country’s system will be “reset”
LAHORE: Interior Minister Mohsin Naqvi has told business leaders in Lahore that the country’s system is about to be reset, renewing a call that has opened a rift within the governing coalition.
Petrol climbs past 392 rupees, diesel nears 400
Pakistan raised fuel prices for a second straight day, pushing petrol to 392.76 rupees a liter as the government keeps passing through swings in global oil markets caused by the war between the US and Iran.
Two unarmed civilians shot dead by Indian border guards near Kasur, Islamabad says
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan on Friday said Indian Border Security Force (BSF) personnel had shot dead two unarmed civilians near the international border in Punjab.
World Bank presses Pakistan to speed up tax overhaul under $20 billion plan
ISLAMABAD: The World Bank urged Pakistan on Friday to speed up tax and regulatory changes under their $20 billion reform partnership, pressing for harmonized sales taxes and overhauls of provincial agriculture and property levies.