ISLAMABAD: A South Korean state-owned power producer has taken its grievances over two long-delayed hydropower projects in Pakistan directly to Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif, warning that a $1 billion investment now risks being shelved after nearly a decade of preparatory work.
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Army chief vows ‘decisive response’ to defeat foreign-backed militants in Balochistan
Pakistan’s army chief has vowed to press ahead with military operations against separatist and militant groups in Balochistan, declaring that “foreign-sponsored proxies” attempting to destabilise the restive southwestern province would be defeated through a “firm and decisive response” from the armed forces.
Gunmen kill judge and bodyguard in Balochistan ambush
QUETTA: A district and sessions judge and his security guard were shot dead in Balochistan province on Thursday, in an attack officials say was a deliberate act of retribution against the judiciary, as the restive southwestern region endures its bloodiest spell of militant violence in months.
Roads collapse and villages cut off as Pakistan’s monsoon rains intensify
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s second monsoon spell of the season is overwhelming drainage systems in Punjab provinces and severing road links across the mountainous north, with the national disaster authority reporting a rising death toll and officials in three provinces now on high alert.
Pakistan business confidence rebounds, but renewed Iran-US fighting clouds outlook
KARACHI: Business confidence in Pakistan strengthened in the second quarter, with companies reporting less-negative views of current conditions and a sharply more optimistic outlook for the year ahead, according to a survey by Gallup Pakistan released on Thursday.
Pakistan condemns Houthi tanker attacks and pledges solidarity with Saudi Arabia as Red Sea crisis deepens
ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has condemned Houthi attacks on Saudi oil tankers in the Red Sea, pledging his country’s full solidarity with Riyadh in a telephone call with Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, as fears grow that the widening Middle East conflict is drawing in one of the world’s busiest shipping corridors.
Pakistan rejects Amnesty’s Kabul strike findings and hits out at EU over trade compliance report
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan has issued a double rebuke to international scrutiny of its conduct, rejecting outright an Amnesty International report into deadly air strikes in Kabul while separately voicing “disappointment” at a European Union assessment that found the country had regressed on several of its human rights and governance commitments.
Pakistan tells IMF reforms are working as it presses Washington for $10 billion cash backstop
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s finance minister told the International Monetary Fund that the government’s austerity-driven overhaul is delivering results, capping a Washington visit in which he also pressed US officials for a $10 billion currency backstop that Treasury has yet to publicly address.
Houthis strike Saudi oil tankers as US pounds Iran for 12th straight night
ISLAMABAD: Yemen’s Houthi rebels struck two Saudi Arabian oil tankers with a barrage of missiles and drones on Wednesday evening, the group claimed, in an attack that threatens to open a second maritime front in the Middle East war even as the United States pressed on with its bombing campaign against Iran, now in its twelfth consecutive night.
Curfew imposed in Balochistan district after gunmen kill three in ambush on Karachi-bound bus
QUETTA: Pakistani authorities have imposed an indefinite curfew across a sub-district of Balochistan province after gunmen opened fire on a passenger bus travelling to Karachi, killing three people and wounding five, in the latest bloodshed to hit the restive southwestern region.