ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif pledged on Friday to spare no effort protecting Chinese nationals working in Pakistan, delivering his most emphatic assurance yet as the two countries signed nine pharmaceutical and healthcare agreements worth roughly $440 million.
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Bhutto-Zardari presses Islamabad to reopen Kashmir, warns election is test for Pakistan
MIRPUR: Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari opened his party’s campaign for this month’s Kashmir elections with a direct challenge to the federal government on Friday, telling a rally here that if Pakistan could broker peace between the United States and Iran, it could just as easily end the monthlong standoff that has cut off food, fuel and medicine to the region.
Govt hands fuel pricing to Ogra for daily revisions
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan will begin adjusting petrol and diesel prices every day instead of on its traditional fortnightly schedule, as the government moves to pass through international market swings tied to the widening conflict between Iran and the United States, Petroleum Minister Ali Pervaiz Malik said on Friday.
Power firms seek Rs1.20 per unit fuel charge on costly LNG
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s power distribution companies are seeking regulatory approval to pass on Rs1.20 per unit in additional fuel charges to consumers next month, as the cost of imported liquefied natural gas nearly doubled and pushed generation expenses above budgeted levels.
US and Iran broaden war as infrastructure becomes the new battlefield
ISLAMABAD: The United States and Iran dramatically widened the scope of their conflict on Friday, striking bridges, a port facility, and energy infrastructure in a sixth consecutive night of American attacks, while Tehran answered with a barrage of missiles and drones that reached as far as Qatar, Kuwait, Bahrain, Jordan, and, for the first time, Syria.
Forecasters warn of flooding, windstorms as monsoon deepens across Pakistan
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s national weather agency warned on Friday that a powerful monsoon system barreling in from the Arabian Sea would bring more than a week of heavy rain, high winds and thunderstorms to much of the country, with forecasters cautioning that flash floods and urban flooding could threaten low-lying cities from the capital to Lahore.
Pakistan plans record spot LNG buying as Qatar supply falters
KARACHI: Pakistan is preparing to buy as many as six liquefied natural gas cargoes on the spot market for August delivery, according to people familiar with the matter, a buying spree that would mark the country’s heaviest reliance yet on costly emergency purchases since the US and Iran went to war in February.
Imports outrun record remittances as Pakistan’s current account slips into deficit in FY26
KARACHI: Pakistan’s current account swung to a deficit in the fiscal year through June, as a jump in imports overwhelmed record remittance inflows and left exports essentially unchanged, threatening to complicate the central bank’s path toward further interest-rate cuts.
Security forces kill 24 militants in intelligence-led raids near Afghan border
ISLAMABAD: Security forces have killed 24 militants in a wave of gun battles in the northwestern district of Bannu over the past 24 hours, the military said on Friday, as authorities pressed a widening offensive against a resurgent insurgency near the Afghan border.
China, Pakistan press US, Iran to halt fighting, return to table as Hormuz truce unravels
By Staff Reporter ISLAMABAD: China and Pakistan pressed the United States and Iran on Friday to halt their renewed fighting and resume negotiations, warning that