ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf’s interim chairman Barrister Gohar Ali Khan and secretary general Salman Akram Raja were among six lawyers listed to meet jailed former prime minister Imran Khan at Rawalpindi’s Adiala prison on Tuesday, as the party sought to capitalise on a cautious easing of tensions in parliament.
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Finance panel overhauls tax bill with digital monitors, EV duty tiers ahead of final vote
ISLAMABAD: The parliamentary finance committee on Monday approved the Finance Bill 2026 with approximately 30 amendments that introduce mandatory digital production monitoring for manufacturers, restructure electric vehicle import duties by price tier and authorise a centralised banking data repository — sweeping changes to the country’s tax architecture as the government intensifies its campaign against evasion before a final legislative vote expected this week.
Pakistan jails rights activist Mahrang Baloch for life over paramilitary’s death at 2024 protest
QUETTA: An anti-terrorism court on Monday sentenced prominent Baloch rights activist Dr. Mahrang Baloch to life imprisonment after convicting her of inciting a mob that killed a paramilitary soldier during a protest in the southwestern port city of Gwadar nearly two years ago, in a case her lawyers condemned as a travesty of justice.
Pakistan says 2025 worst year for militant violence, over 1,000 security personnel killed
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan suffered its highest annual toll of security and law enforcement personnel in the country’s history in 2025, a government minister told parliament on Monday, as Islamabad grappled with a surge in militant attacks that he described as the “peak” of terrorism in the nation.
Pakistan receives seventh LNG cargo since April as Hormuz flows resume
KARACHI: A Qatari liquefied natural gas tanker docked at Pakistan’s Port Qasim on Monday, the country’s seventh LNG delivery since April, as Islamabad moves to rebuild energy reserves following the crisis triggered by Iran’s closure of the Strait of Hormuz earlier this year.
Pezeshkian heads to Islamabad on state visit as US-Iran peace roadmap takes shape
ISLAMABAD: Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian will arrive in Islamabad on Tuesday for a state visit at the invitation of Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif, Pakistan’s Foreign Office said, as Tehran and Washington began a 60-day push toward a final agreement to end months of conflict following the first formal round of US-Iran talks in Switzerland.
PPP, PML-N sweep GB assembly offices unopposed as coalition takes hold
GILGIT: Pakistan Peoples Party and its ruling partner PML-N completed their takeover of Gilgit-Baltistan’s new assembly on Monday, sweeping the territory’s two top parliamentary offices without contest as a three-party power-sharing arrangement moved swiftly from deal to fact.
Vance hails “good foundation” as US-Iran talks survive Trump disruptions in Switzerland
ISLAMABAD: The United States and Iran agreed on Monday on a 60-day roadmap toward a permanent peace settlement after marathon overnight negotiations at a Swiss mountain resort, with Vice President JD Vance hailing a “good foundation” even as inflammatory statements from President Donald Trump thousands of miles away briefly caused Iran’s delegation to refuse to re-enter the negotiating room.
US and Iran keep fragile diplomacy alive with 60-day roadmap toward final deal
ISLAMABAD: The United States and Iran agreed on Monday on a 60-day roadmap toward a final deal, concluding an overnight session of high-level talks in Switzerland that survived an Iranian walkout, duelling public threats from Washington and Tehran, and a deepening crisis in Lebanon that placed the entire diplomatic effort under immediate strain.
PPP names lawyer Amjad Hussain to lead Gilgit-Baltistan
ISLAMABAD: Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari on Sunday named Amjad Hussain, a veteran lawyer and the Pakistan Peoples Party’s provincial president in Gilgit-Baltistan, as the region’s incoming chief minister, completing a swift consolidation of power after elections that were delayed, disputed and ultimately inconclusive in several constituencies.