ISLAMABAD: At least four crew members — three of them Pakistani — were killed and several others wounded on Tuesday when a cargo vessel carrying food supplies came under missile fire in the Bab al-Mandeb Strait, in what would be the first fatal Houthi strike on shipping since the war between Iran and Israel erupted in February.
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Pakistan says US and Iran are nearing Hormuz deal — but Trump, Tehran dig in over compensation
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan believes the United States and Iran are edging towards an agreement capable of defusing the confrontation that has kept global energy markets on edge for months, even as Washington and Tehran continued on Tuesday to trade incompatible demands over compensation and control of the Strait of Hormuz.
Man shot dead by security forces after opening fire on Rawalpindi patrol; govt, PTI clash over affiliation claims
ISLAMABAD: A man was shot dead by security forces in Rawalpindi on Tuesday after he allegedly opened fire on a police patrol on the city’s Mall Road, wounding one officer, in an incident that has reignited a bitter row between the government and Pakistan’s largest opposition party.
Truckers’ strike enters fourth day as fuel cost standoff persists; petrol pumps threaten to join shutdown
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s nationwide truckers’ strike ground into a fourth day on Tuesday after a fresh round of talks between the government and the country’s largest transport alliance again failed to produce a breakthrough, leaving oil tankers, container trucks and freight haulers parked nationwide with no resolution in sight.
President Zardari signs off on new high court judges after weeks of constitutional wrangling
ISLAMABAD: President Asif Ali Zardari has approved the appointment of additional judges to five of the country’s high courts, ending a weeks-long standoff with the government that had left senior judicial posts vacant and prompted a legal challenge in the Islamabad High Court.
Karachi police reopen Mir Raza Ali murder case after second autopsy contradicts suicide finding
KARACHI: A newly formed police investigation team has begun formal inquiries into the murder of young businessman Mir Raza Ali, days after a second post-mortem examination overturned earlier suggestions that he had taken his own life.
PTI rift deepens over timing of Islamabad march for Imran Khan’s release
PESHAWAR: Khyber Pakhtunkhwa’s chief minister has insisted that Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf’s entire political leadership, along with its allied group, is united behind a long march on Islamabad scheduled for September 27, as he moved to shut down suggestions from within his own party that the date was the product of a backroom deal with the government.
Muslim Conference’s Sardar Attique loses Dhirkot seat he held for 40 years, as AJK’s third-phase polling descends into rigging claims
BAGH: Voters across Azad Jammu and Kashmir’s Poonch division delivered one of the biggest shocks of this year’s assembly election on Monday, unseating a political dynasty that had held power for four decades, as polling in four constituencies was overshadowed by allegations of rigging, outbreaks of violence and the suspension of voting at several stations.
Pump fuel prices stay flat after Platts benchmark goes missing
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan left retail prices for gasoline and diesel unchanged for Tuesday after international benchmark data needed to calculate a new rate failed to materialise, a gap that underscores the growing pains of a pricing system introduced just weeks ago to respond faster to swings in global oil markets.
Supreme Court bars tax penalties from being imposed retroactively
ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court of Pakistan has ruled that penalties imposed under the Income Tax Ordinance 2001 cannot be applied to assessments completed before June 2002, delivering a judgment that settles years of legal uncertainty over how far tax authorities can reach back when punishing non-compliant taxpayers.