ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s biggest oil refiner is turning into an unlikely pressure valve for two of Islamabad’s most pressing problems at once: a lopsided trade relationship with Washington and a Gulf supply line that suddenly looks less reliable than it used to.
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Pakistan rejects Indian claims linking it to militant network
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan on Monday rejected allegations that it is connected to a criminal network India says it has been dismantling in a nationwide crackdown, with a senior Pakistani official dismissing the claims as an attempt by New Delhi to distract from problems at home.
Jailed ex-prime minister’s vision improving, but blood pressure report fuels new dispute
ISLAMABAD: Prison officials told the Supreme Court of Pakistan on Monday that former prime minister Imran Khan’s eyesight has improved dramatically since he began treatment for a vision-threatening condition earlier this year, even as internal medical records attached to the same filing revealed the jailed opposition leader has reported uncontrolled blood pressure, heart palpitations, and mounting anxiety tied to his prolonged isolation.
Trump hails Saudi-Turkish-Pakistani defence pact as Gulf states edge away from US security umbrella
ISLAMABAD: US President Donald Trump has praised the trilateral defence agreement between Saudi Arabia, Turkey and Pakistan, describing it as a “big, bold, important first step” for a region he said was “finally” learning to defend itself — remarks that arrive as Gulf states quietly accelerate their search for security guarantees beyond Washington.
Emirati ex-aide’s mockery of Pakistan lays bare his own country’s contradictions — and a deepening Gulf rift
ISLAMABAD: An Emirati political analyst and former aide to the UAE president has triggered a wave of anger after mocking Pakistan’s poverty and illiteracy rates in an attempt to question the country’s standing as a defender of Saudi Arabia — a post that has instead exposed the contradictions in his own position, and the depth of an unfolding rift between the UAE and its Gulf neighbours.
Kashmir assembly to elect eight reserved seats on 24 August as poll turmoil continues
MUZAFFARABAD: Voting for eight reserved seats in the Azad Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly will take place on 24 August, the region’s Election Commission announced on Sunday, setting in motion the final stage of a general election that has already been marred by allegations of rigging and disrupted by law and order concerns in two districts.
Pakistan joins seven Muslim-majority states in condemning Israel’s Gaza road map rejection
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan has joined seven other Muslim-majority nations in a strongly worded rebuke of Israel, accusing it of jeopardising the fragile peace process in Gaza after Benjamin Netanyahu’s government rejected the road map for implementing Donald Trump’s plan to end the war.
Jamaat-i-Islami threatens to turn fuel price protests into anti-government movement
LAHORE: Jamaat-i-Islami has warned that its escalating campaign against fuel taxes could tip into a full-blown push to remove Pakistan’s government, as the Islamist party’s sit-ins entered their second phase across four provincial capitals.
Carriage ride through Islamabad parade draws cries of ‘colonial’ excess
The horses arrived first. The applause never did.
That is the image Pakistanis have been passing around since Saturday: two of the country’s senior bureaucrats, riding into an Independence Day parade in a carriage built for heads of state, to a crowd that would not clap.
Truckers suspend 9-day strike with 40-day truce after govt offers concessions
KARACHI: Pakistan’s largest goods transport alliance called off a nine-day nationwide strike on Sunday, agreeing to a 40-day pause after the federal and Sindh governments offered concessions on fuel pricing, toll taxes and vehicle load limits that had brought cargo movement across the country to a standstill.