ISLAMABAD: The interior minister was due in Tehran on Sunday for what Iran called a purely bilateral visit, as Islamabad struggled to keep its role as go-between in the Iran-US war while being pulled ever closer to a new front in Yemen.
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Taliban threaten “crushing response” if Pakistan strikes Afghanistan – but ask Saudi Arabia to help broker peace
ISLAMABAD: The Taliban have warned Pakistan of a “crushing response” to any military action on Afghan territory, while at the same time appealing for Saudi Arabia to help resolve the bitter dispute between the two neighbours.
Pakistan warns Red Sea and Hormuz crises threaten global energy and food supplies
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan has called on Yemen’s Houthi movement to halt attacks on merchant shipping in the Bab al-Mandab Strait, as the United Nations Security Council met for the second time in a week to discuss the growing threat to one of the world’s most important trade routes.
Security forces kill 11 militants in two Balochistan operations
QUETTA: Security forces have killed 11 militants in a pair of operations in the restive southwestern province of Balochistan, state media reported on Saturday, the latest in a rapid succession of military actions as violence across the region intensifies.
21-hour siege at Kohat police compound ends after eight IUMP militants killed
PESHAWAR: Security forces have ended a siege of a police compound in the north-western city of Kohat, killing eight militants after an assault that began with a suicide car bombing at a mosque and left at least 23 people dead.
Pakistan sees profit repatriation fall to $558 million on payout timing
KARACHI: Foreign companies took less money out of Pakistan in the first two months of the fiscal year, a lagging signal of how thinly the country attracted investment during a Gulf war that is still unfolding.
Textile exports rise 5.6 percent as costs, regional war weigh on growth
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s textile and clothing exports grew at a modest pace in the first two months of the fiscal year, held back by high input costs and by shocks that have disrupted shipments to two of the country’s regional markets.
Pakistan property gets a lift as Gulf war sours investors on Dubai
KARACHI: Some of Pakistan’s wealthiest investors are selling Dubai property and steering part of the proceeds into luxury real estate in Karachi, builders and dealers say, an unexpected windfall for the local market from a war that has undermined the emirate’s standing as a haven for South Asian money.
Lambeth Palace rescinds interfaith honour to cleric Tahir Ashrafi who offered bin Laden the title “Sword of God”
ISLAMABAD: The Archbishop of Canterbury’s office on Thursday withdrew an interfaith award it had presented to a prominent Pakistani cleric six days earlier, after remarks he made about Osama bin Laden in 2007 resurfaced and drew condemnation on the 25th anniversary of the Sept. 11 attacks.
Pakistan trims fuel prices slightly after week of steep increases
ISLAMABAD: The government trimmed the price of petrol and diesel on Friday, a modest reversal after a week in which fuel costs climbed to their highest in months and pushed the government into a fresh round of austerity and subsidies.