ISLAMABAD: King Abdullah II of Jordan, arriving in Pakistan on a two-day official visit, on Sunday received the country’s highest civilian honour and oversaw a display of Pakistani military capabilities alongside Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif, underscoring the deepening defence and diplomatic partnership between the two nations.
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Pakistan says it ‘welcomes’ Iran effort to revive stalled Taliban talks
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan said it welcomed Iran’s offer to mediate between Islamabad and the Taliban government in Kabul, signalling openness to a new diplomatic channel after the collapse of Turkey- and Qatar-brokered talks earlier this month and persistent cross-border terrorist attacks.
PPP set to topple AJK PM Haq in decisive no-trust vote
ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan Peoples Party is poised to seize control of the government in Azad Kashmir on Monday, when the regional Legislative Assembly is expected to vote out Prime Minister Chaudhry Anwarul Haq and install the party’s regional secretary general, Raja Faisal Mumtaz Rathore, in his place.
Afghanistan turns north in search of trade partners as Pakistan ties fray
ISLAMABAD: The Taliban government is urgently pushing Afghan merchants to redirect trade toward Central Asia’s oil-rich republics, seeking to break decades of reliance on Pakistan after the most serious armed clashes in years and a month-long border shutdown that cost traders hundreds of millions of dollars.
Pakistan delays NFC meeting again as growth forecast cut
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan has again postponed the inaugural meeting of the newly constituted National Finance Commission (NFC), with a session previously planned for Nov. 18 now delayed indefinitely, as the government downgraded its economic growth forecast for the current fiscal year by up to 0.7 percentage points to 3.5%, Dawn newspaper reported on Monday.
Seven TTP militants killed in northwestern Pakistan after hours-long battle
ISLAMABAD: Seven militants from the banned Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan were killed Saturday in a hours-long gun battle with police and counterterrorism forces who received critical support from local residents in a remote corner of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Province, officials said.
Diesel rises to Rs284.44/liter, petrol left unchanged
ISLAMABAD: The government on Saturday left the retail price of gasoline unchanged but increased high-speed diesel by Rs6 per litre to Rs284.44 for the November 16-30 fortnight, a significantly milder adjustment than the jump of up to Rs9.60 projected earlier in the week.
Detentions of Afghans jump 11-fold in Pakistan in 2025: UN agencies
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan arrested or detained more than 100,000 Afghan nationals in the first 10 months of 2025, the vast majority of them holders of Afghan Citizen Cards or undocumented migrants, as the country pressed ahead with a sweeping deportation drive, according to a United Nations refugee agency report.
Lahore High Court judge resigns over 27th Constitutional Amendment
LAHORE: A judge of the Lahore High Court resigned on Saturday, saying he could no longer serve “in good conscience” after the passage of the 27th Constitutional Amendment, in the first departure from a provincial high court since the sweeping changes to the judicial system took effect a day earlier.
Pakistan’s dollar bonds seen extending rally on IMF discipline and market return hopes
KARACHI: Pakistan’s US dollar-denominated sovereign bonds, already the standout performers among high-yield emerging-market credits this year, are expected to push higher as investors bet on credit-rating upgrades and a successful return to international capital markets in 2026, fund managers said.