MIRPUR: Nawaz Sharif’s coalition partner has accused his party of political bribery, after the former prime minister used the final hours of campaigning in Azad Kashmir to hand out gifts of electric buses and take a pointed swipe at the Pakistan Peoples Party’s chairman.
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Pakistan pushes through fifth straight fuel hike under new daily pricing rules
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan raised pump prices for gasoline and diesel for a fifth consecutive session on Friday, the latest increase under a newly installed daily pricing mechanism that has left the government managing both a volatile Gulf oil market and an increasingly restive network of fuel retailers.
Pakistan to import 1 million tons of wheat as prices surge, shortages spread
KARACHI: Pakistan will import one million tons of wheat and release existing government stockpiles to its provinces, as the South Asian nation grapples with a supply shortfall that has driven up flour prices and squeezed household budgets.
As US-Iran conflict deepens, Pakistan explores a path back to talks
ISLAMABAD: Drones packed with explosives were shot down over the northern Iraqi city of Irbil on Friday morning, the latest sign that the war between the United States and Iran is spilling ever further beyond Iranian territory nearly five months after it began.
Trump imposes 10%-12.5% tariffs on 60 trading partners, including Pakistan, over forced labour
ISLAMABAD: The Trump administration imposed fresh tariffs of 10% to 12.5% on goods from 60 trading partners on Friday, invoking allegations that these countries have failed to adequately police forced labor in their supply chains, a levy that takes effect just as a temporary global tariff lapses.
New nuclear oversight body gets its first chief as Pakistan’s military restructuring takes shape
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan promoted Lieutenant General Aamer Raza to four-star general on Friday and named him the first commander of the National Strategic Command, the newly established military body that will oversee the country’s nuclear arsenal and wider strategic capabilities.
Pakistan monsoon death toll rises to 86 as fresh flooding warning issued for weekend
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s monsoon death toll has climbed to 86 after five more people were killed in rain-related incidents over the past 24 hours, disaster management officials said on Friday, as forecasters warned that a fresh spell of heavy rain could bring urban flooding and flash floods to large parts of the country over the coming days.
PM Shehbaz launches Pakistan’s largest data centre, hails ‘awe-inspiring’ Sky47 AI facility
ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Friday inaugurated Pakistan’s largest data centre, along with the Sky47 AI cloud platform, in a ceremony in Islamabad that the premier called nothing short of “awe-inspiring.”
Twelve soldiers among 15 dead as Taliban militants ram explosives-laden vehicle into Tank checkpost near Afghan border
PESHAWAR: Fifteen people, among them 12 soldiers, two police officers and a forestry official, were killed after militants stormed a joint security checkpost in northwestern Pakistan overnight, in an assault that has again exposed the scale of the militant threat facing the country’s western border regions.
Pakistan raises petrol 4.40 rupees to 331.52, diesel 3.62 to 378.66 in second straight hike
Pakistan raised gasoline and diesel prices for a second straight day on Thursday, deepening the burden on consumers already grappling with some of the highest fuel costs in the country’s history as the fallout from renewed fighting between Iran and the US sends crude prices surging.