QUETTA: The bodies of six kidnapped labourers were recovered in south-western Pakistan on Thursday, four days after gunmen ambushed their vehicle and dragged them away in an attack that has renewed alarm over the deteriorating security situation in Balochistan province.
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Pakistan-bound Qatari gas cargo slips through Hormuz amid renewed strikes
KARACHI: A cargo of Qatari liquefied natural gas bound for Pakistan cleared the Strait of Hormuz overnight, the first shipment from the world’s largest LNG exporter to make the transit in nearly three weeks, even as the war between the US and Iran shows no sign of abating.
Pakistan Navy rescues 19 fishermen, including eight Iranians, after engine failure off Gwadar coast
KARACHI: The Pakistan Navy rescued 19 fishermen, including eight Iranian nationals, after their vessel suffered engine failure roughly 120 nautical miles south of Gwadar and was left drifting in worsening monsoon weather, officials said on Thursday.
Pakistan says talks to de-escalate US-Iran conflict ongoing as Washington launches fresh strikes on Tehran
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan said on Thursday it was doing its “utmost” to bring the United States and Iran back into talks under a peace framework brokered in Islamabad last month, even as fresh American strikes on Iranian targets underscored how far the two sides remain from any lasting truce.
Lahore building collapse kills 11 of one family gathered for birthday celebration
LAHORE: At least 11 members of the same family have been killed after a three-storey residential building collapsed in the Pakistani city of Lahore, with rescue workers still combing through the wreckage on Thursday for a young girl believed to be trapped beneath the rubble.
Pakistan seeks higher power tariffs even as electricity demand slumps
ISLAMABAD: The government is pushing to raise electricity tariffs by Rs1.20 per unit even as power consumption falls, exposing the fiscal bind facing an energy sector caught between shrinking demand and rising fuel costs.
Deputy superintendent among nine officers killed in Taliban-linked militants’ ambush on Hangu checkpost
PESHAWAR: Nine Pakistani police officers, including a senior commanding officer, were killed and 28 more wounded after militants stormed a checkpost in the country’s restive north-west late on Wednesday, in the latest in a string of attacks to hit security forces in the region.
SBP sees financing gap narrowing as Gulf ally extends deposits
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s external financing requirements for the current fiscal year have fallen to $21.5 billion, State Bank of Pakistan Governor Jameel Ahmad said, as a three-year extension on $5 billion in Saudi Arabian deposits combined with $9 billion in central bank dollar purchases to ease pressure on the country’s foreign accounts.
Pakistan unveils four-year Haj policy allowing pilgrims to book their preferred pilgrimage year
ISLAMABAD: Pilgrims from Pakistan will for the first time be able to select which year they wish to perform Haj, under a new four-year policy that ministers have billed as the start of a fundamental overhaul of the country’s pilgrimage arrangements.
Rights groups demand independent probe into Azad Kashmir clashes that left dead and injured
ISLAMABAD: Rights groups have demanded an independent investigation into deadly clashes between protesters and security forces in Azad Jammu and Kashmir, as the Himalayan territory presses ahead with elections shadowed by weeks of unrest and a communications blackout that has only now begun to lift.