ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s power regulator approved uniform grid-access fees for large electricity users, clearing a final hurdle before the country launches competitive trading in a market long dominated by state-run distributors.
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EU warns Pakistan not to take GSP+ trade perks for granted- report
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan cannot assume its preferential access to European Union markets will continue, the bloc’s ambassador to Islamabad said, as the two sides engage in high-stakes talks over a trading arrangement worth billions of euros to the South Asian nation’s export economy.
Pakistan taps international market to offload leftover sugar from last year’s costly import binge
KARACHI: The state trading company has put more than 107,000 tons of white refined sugar up for international sale, moving to clear the remnants of an emergency import that has become a case study in the country’s chronic mismanagement of its sugar supply.
As province fight sharpens, President Zardari cuts short London visit
ISLAMABAD: President Asif Ali Zardari of Pakistan will cut short a visit to London and return home Sept. 8, according to people familiar with his travel plans, as a dispute over restructuring the country’s provinces threatens to strain the ruling coalition.
CM Afridi completes contested run to Karachi, sharpens fight over jailed ex-premier
KARACHI — Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Chief Minister Sohail Afridi rolled into this port city in the early hours of Monday after a drive of more than six hours through detours, blocked highways, and what his party described as deliberately dug-up pavement, capping a five-day mobilisation tour that has hardened the standoff between his party and Pakistan’s provincial authorities ahead of a nationwide protest planned for September 27.
Kashmir dispute resurfaces in unlikely venue: a fight over world maps
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s Foreign Office said Monday that India’s assertions about the disputed Kashmir region carry no legal weight, the latest exchange in a decades-old standoff that found new life this week in an unlikely arena: a United Nations vote on how continents are drawn on a map.
PTI says senior leader Hammad Azhar arrested in 2023 riot case; police say they have no confirmation
A senior leader of opppsition Pakistan Tahreek- e- Insaf party said on Sunday that police had arrested former finance minister Hammad Azhar in the eastern city of Multan and transferred him to custody in Lahore, an action the party branded political retaliation.
Military reports major toll in three-day campaign against India-backed militants near Afghan border
Pakistan’s military said on Sunday that security forces killed at least 36 militants in a series of operations along the Afghan border over three days, as the government renewed its demand that the Taliban administration in Kabul curb cross-border attacks it blames on Afghan soil.
Pakistan condemns demolition of century-old mosque in India, citing 1992 Babri Masjid destruction
The Foreign Office on Sunday condemned the demolition of a century-old mosque in India’s Uttar Pradesh state, calling it part of what the government described as an “Islamophobic and Hindutva-driven campaign” to erase Islamic heritage from the country.
Afridi vows to stay in until Karachi rally is held
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Chief Minister Sohail Afridi said on Sunday night he would not leave Sindh without holding a planned Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf rally in Karachi, raising the possibility that the standoff over the gathering could stretch into a second day.