ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif warned on Thursday that a temporary ceasefire with Afghanistan would not be tolerated as a mere stalling tactic, saying Pakistan stood ready for talks only if Kabul met Islamabad’s “justified” conditions to curb cross-border militancy.
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Petrol down Rs5.66 per liter, diesel Rs1.39
ISLAMABAD: The government cut fuel prices late Wednesday, offering relief to consumers grappling with high living costs in a move that could temporarily ease inflationary pressures.
Policeman guarding polio team shot dead in Pakistan’s northwest
NOWSHERA: A police constable assigned to protect a team administering polio vaccines was shot dead by unidentified gunmen on Wednesday in Pakistan’s volatile northwest, authorities said, in an assault that underscored the perilous risks facing health workers in the country’s renewed push to stamp out the crippling disease.
FBR grants second extension, sets Oct. 31 tax filing cutoff
ISLAMABAD: The Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) extended the deadline for filing income tax returns for the 2025 tax year by 16 days, setting October 31 as the new cutoff, according to a notification issued on Wednesday.
Pakistani passport ranked fourth worst for fifth year, Henley Index shows
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s passport has been ranked the fourth least powerful in the world for the fifth consecutive year, according to the 2025 Henley Passport Index, which evaluates 199 passports based on the number of destinations accessible without a prior visa.
PTI’s Afridi takes charge as KP chief minister under Imran Khan’s shadow
PESHAWAR: Sohail Afridi, a young lawmaker from the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf party, was sworn in as chief minister of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa on Wednesday, capping a turbulent transition in the restive northwestern province marked by legal wrangling, opposition boycotts and directives from the party’s imprisoned founder, Imran Khan.
Border gate destroyed and forces killed before Pakistan and Afghanistan agree to 48-hour truce
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan and Afghanistan agreed on Wednesday to a temporary 48-hour ceasefire amid escalating border clashes that have killed dozens on both sides and further strained relations between the two neighbors, the Pakistani Foreign Office announced.
Pakistan says it repelled Afghan Taliban cross-border attack near Chaman, killing up to 20
ISLAMABAD: Pakistani security forces repelled a cross-border attack by Afghan Taliban militia in the Spin Boldak area of Balochistan province early on Wednesday, killing between 15 and 20 of the assailants, according to the military’s public relations arm.
Military dismisses India’s account of May clashes as ‘Bollywood-style propaganda’
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s military on Tuesday dismissed recent Indian claims of inflicting heavy casualties and destroying air assets during a brief but intense border conflict in May, labelling the assertions as “delusional, fabricated and provocative propaganda” designed to reshape history through “outlandish, Bollywood-style scripts.”
Afghan Taliban tanks, posts hit in fresh cross-border clashes in Kurram
ISLAMABAD: Fighting erupted anew along the Pakistan-Afghanistan border on Tuesday night, with Pakistani forces reporting intense clashes in the Kurram district of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province after what they described as unprovoked fire from Afghan Taliban fighters and militants affiliated with the banned Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP).