ISLAMABAD: The security forces have killed 11 militants linked to the banned Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan in two separate operations in the restive northwestern province of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, the military said on Saturday.
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ISLAMABAD: Turkey is nearing an agreement to join a mutual defence pact forged between Pakistan and Saudi Arabia, a development that could coalesce a potent new security bloc in the Muslim world and alter the geopolitical landscape from the Middle East to South Asia, Bloomberg reported on Friday.
Pakistan nears $1.5 billion arms deal with Sudan, report
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan is in the final stages of sealing a $1.5 billion agreement to supply weapons and aircraft to Sudan, a former senior air force official and three people familiar with the negotiations told Reuters, a move that could significantly strengthen Sudan’s military in its grinding war against a powerful paramilitary group.
In Karachi, KP’s chief minister takes jailed Imran Khan’s campaign to the streets
KARACHI: Khyber Pakhtunkhwa’s chief minister, Sohail Afridi, arrived in this bustling port city on Friday, kicking off a three-day visit aimed at galvanizing support for his party’s nationwide street protests demanding the release of its jailed founder, Imran Khan.
Remittances rise 16 percent to $3.6 billion in December
KARACHI: Pakistan’s workers’ remittances surged to a monthly high of $3.6 billion in December, providing a vital boost to the country’s foreign-exchange reserves amid efforts to stabilize the economy under an International Monetary Fund bailout.
As Taliban rule in Kabul, Pakistan pays the heaviest price
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan has emerged as the country most severely battered by the Taliban’s seizure of power in Afghanistan in 2021, according to a new report by the International Crisis Group, which warns that a fragile ceasefire between the two neighbours could shatter if cross-border militant attacks continue, prompting Islamabad to unleash fresh military strikes.
Pakistan sets dollar-based spectrum prices ahead of long-delayed 5G sale
ISLAMABAD: The government has cleared the way for a long-awaited auction of spectrum for next-generation mobile services, addressing key telecom industry demands by pegging fees to the dollar and shifting interest rates to local benchmarks, according to a policy directive issued by the Ministry of Information Technology and Telecommunication.
Pakistan inaugurates first passenger ferry terminal in bid to boost coastal tourism
KARACHI: Pakistan has opened its first passenger ferry terminal at Karachi Port and granted the country’s inaugural ferry service license, marking a push to develop maritime tourism and draw private investment into a sector long dominated by cargo operations.
PTI rejects accusations of aiding terrorists, calls for unified strategy
ISLAMABAD: Leaders of the main opposition party, the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf, forcefully rejected accusations from the military that they were facilitating terrorism in the restive northwestern province of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, insisting on Thursday that the party had always condemned attacks and urged a national consensus to combat the threat without political rancor.
Pakistan, Muslim nations calls Israel’s Somaliland trip a breach of Somalia’s sovereignty
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan and a coalition of more than 20 predominantly Muslim nations, joined by the Organization of Islamic Cooperation, issued a forceful condemnation on Thursday of a visit by Israel’s foreign minister to the breakaway region of Somaliland, calling it a blatant infringement on Somalia’s sovereignty and a threat to regional stability.