ISLAMABAD: The government has scaled back a World Bank-backed program to rebuild homes for families displaced by the 2022 floods, leaving more than 65,000 verified households in Balochistan province without the housing they were promised, after investigations into record tampering and duplicate payment claims stalled the project.
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Sitting and former AJK premiers face off in fiercely contested election phase under heavy security
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Curfew imposed in Surab as Khuzdar shortens business hours amid Balochistan security concerns
QUETTA: The district administration in Surab has imposed a curfew across the district that will run until 15 August, as authorities in neighbouring Khuzdar separately ordered markets and commercial premises to close earlier each evening, amid a wider tightening of security measures across Balochistan.
Pakistan rejects Taliban’s weapons smuggling claims as ‘baseless’, demands action against militant sanctuaries
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan has dismissed as “frivolous” and “baseless” claims from the Afghan Taliban that weapons are being smuggled across the border for use in subversive activities, instead calling on Kabul to confront militant networks operating from its territory.
Security forces kill 15 in Balochistan operations amid record surge in violence
ISLAMABAD: Security forces in Balochistan province killed 15 militants over the weekend in a series of raids across eight districts, the interior ministry and state media said, as the country’s largest province by area continues to record its bloodiest period of violence in more than a decade.
Pakistan sees $5 billion refinery deals as Türkiye revives offshore drilling
ISLAMABAD Pakistan expects to begin signing $5 billion worth of binding investment agreements to modernize its aging oil refineries starting next month, as the South Asian nation moves to shore up energy security following months of supply disruptions tied to the war between the US and Iran.
Judicial commission to probe Mir Raza Ali’s murder after second postmortem rules out suicide
ISLAMABAD: The Sindh government has decided to seek a judicial commission to investigate the killing of 25-year-old businessman Mir Raza Ali, the province’s home minister said on Sunday, as authorities moved to overhaul the inquiry into a death that has gripped Karachi for more than a week.
Makkah defence pact ‘open to any country’ willing to honour its principles, says Dar
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s deputy prime minister has said the newly signed defence pact between Islamabad, Riyadh and Ankara is open to any country in the region prepared to uphold its founding principles, as he moved to clarify the scope of an agreement struck at a moment of acute regional tension.
Pakistan truckers halt nationwide freight in fuel-price standoff
KARACHI: Pakistan’s goods transport industry ground to a halt Saturday as thousands of truckers began an indefinite nationwide strike, escalating a dispute with the government over daily diesel price adjustments, toll charges and tax policy that threatens to disrupt supply chains across the South Asian nation.
Muslim world hails trilateral defence pact as landmarks across Saudi Arabia lit up in celebration
ISLAMABAD: Landmarks across Saudi Arabia were lit up with the flags of Pakistan, Türkiye and the kingdom over the weekend, as reaction continued to pour in to a new trilateral defence pact binding the three nations to treat an attack on any one of them as an attack on all.