ISLAMABAD: President Asif Ali Zardari summoned Interior Minister Mohsin Naqvi to Karachi on Monday for an urgent meeting amid escalating tensions between the governments of Sindh and Punjab, as lawmakers from the Pakistan Peoples Party staged walkouts from both houses of parliament in protest over a bitter exchange of barbs with their coalition partners in the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz.
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Pakistan dispatches first critical minerals to US in $500 million partnership push
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan has shipped its first batch of rare earth elements and other critical minerals to the US, marking a key step in a $500 million deal aimed at bolstering economic ties and integrating the South Asian nation into global supply chains for materials vital to defence and technology.
Prime Minister Sharif lands in Malaysia to bolster ties amid push for economic gains
ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif landed in Kuala Lumpur on Saturday for a three-day official visit aimed at deepening economic and strategic bonds with Malaysia, a key partner in the Muslim world that has seen Pakistan’s investments swell to nearly $400 million this year.
Pakistan’s sovereign default risk plunges, ranking second globally in CDS improvement
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan has notched one of the sharpest drops in sovereign default risk worldwide, emerging as the second-best performer globally according to Bloomberg data on credit default swap (CDS)-implied probabilities, an adviser to the finance minister said on Sunday.
Defence minister Asif warns renewed Indian aggression will draw “robust” response
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s Defence Minister Khawaja Muhammad Asif on Sunday warned that any renewed aggression from India would trigger a robust response, accusing New Delhi of attempting to rebuild its image after setbacks in a brief May 2025 border conflict.
Eight Muslim nations back Hamas’s moves on Trump’s Gaza peace plan, seeing path to ceasefire
Eight Muslim countries that collaborated with President Donald Trump’s administration on a proposal to halt Israel’s military campaign in Gaza welcomed on Sunday what they described as “steps taken by Hamas” toward accepting the plan, viewing the militant group’s partial agreement as a potential breakthrough for a cease-fire after nearly two years of devastating conflict.
Coalition partners trade barbs over flood aid and provincial rivalries
KARACHI: A senior leader from Pakistan Peoples Party accused the Punjab provincial government on Sunday of using his party as a pretext to undermine the central administration led by Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif, escalating a public feud between two key allies in the federal coalition.
Pakistani official denies offering US access to proposed Pasni port, calls talks ‘exploratory’
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan on Sunday pushed back against reports that it had extended an offer to the United States for access to a proposed port in the coastal town of Pasni, with a senior security official insisting there had been no formal outreach to Washington and characterising any related talks as “purely exploratory.”
Army says India is seeking pretext for conflict, warns any future war would bring mutual destruction
ISLAMABAD: The military on Saturday accused India of fabricating pretexts for renewed aggression and warned that it would strike deep inside its nuclear-armed neighbor if fresh hostilities erupt, escalating a war of words that threatens to unravel a fragile ceasefire along their disputed border.
Security forces kill 14 militants in raid in restive Balochistan
ISLAMABAD: Security forces killed more than 14 terrorists in a raid in the restive Balochistan province, officials said on Saturday, in what the interior minister described as a “major success” against groups the government accuses India of sponsoring to destabilise the region.