ISLAMABAD: Pakistani Foreign Minister Ishaq Dar and US Secretary of State Marco Rubio held a phone call Monday, their second in recent weeks, signaling a strengthening of ties between Washington and Islamabad.
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Pakistan approves first international ferry service to link Iran, Gulf States
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s Ministry of Maritime Affairs approved its first international ferry service license on Monday, tapping Sea Keepers to connect the country’s ports with Iran and Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) nations, including Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates.
Pakistan’s top general pushes for stronger US ties with new trade, military pacts
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s Chief of Army Staff, Field Marshal Asim Munir, is pushing for a stronger US partnership, anchored by a new trade deal, military collaboration, and strategic talks on regional security. This deepening bond between Washington and Islamabad is gaining momentum since President Donald Trump’s return to office, marks a recalibration of US policy in South Asia.
Sharif announces Rs4 billion fund to rebuild flood-ravaged Gilgit-Baltistan
ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif announced a Rs4 billion fund on Monday to repair infrastructure devastated by monsoon floods in Gilgit-Baltistan, a mountainous northern region increasingly battered by climate change-driven disasters.
Sweet chaos
Pakistan’s sugar market is spiralling out of control, and the tremors are rattling global soft-commodity markets. What began as a domestic shortfall has morphed into a high-stakes drama of geopolitical brinkmanship, price manipulation, and supply-chain upheaval. A 2.1 million-metric-ton demand gap has forced Islamabad into emergency imports—three tenders in one month. Yes, two of them failed. The third tender for 200,000 metric tons is now in motion, the first shipment due in early September 2025, according to the Ministry of National Food Security and Research.
Pakistan issues new 100,000 tons sugar import tender to ease soaring prices after failed bids
ISLAMABAD: The government has opened a new international tender to import 100,000 metric tons of white refined sugar, a fresh bid to tame soaring domestic prices that have strained households.
PTI leaders go underground after court sentencing, await legal relief
ISLAMABAD: Opposition Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) party is grappling with a deepening crisis as several of its prominent leaders, recently sentenced by an Anti-Terrorism Court for their roles in the violent May 9, 2023, riots, have gone into hiding.
PTI leaders cast Lahore rally as launch of movement for Imran Khan’s release
LAHORE: Leaders of Pakistan’s Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) party said on Sunday a major rally scheduled for Tuesday at Minar-i-Pakistan in Lahore will mark a turning point in their campaign to free their jailed founding chairman, Imran Khan.
Ceasefire offers hope in volatile Bajaur district, but unease lingers
ISLAMABAD: A fragile ceasefire took root in Pakistan’s restive Bajaur district on Sunday, as negotiators from a local tribal council and the outlawed Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) struck an agreement to halt hostilities after three grueling rounds of talks, Dawn newspaper reported on Monday.
Gandapur denies Imran Khan resignation demand, says has full backing
PESHAWAR: Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) Chief Minister Ali Amin Gandapur on Sunday dismissed reports that Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) founder Imran Khan had demanded his resignation over the province’s worsening security situation, insisting he retains the full backing of the imprisoned former prime minister.