Pakistan

LAKKI MARWAT/ PESHAWAR/MOH­MAND: Police continued to brave attacks from militants in multiple districts of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa over the weekend, even as President Asif Ali Zardari vowed to eliminate terrorism from the country, saying the blood of martyrs will not go in vain. After seven troops, including two officers, were martyred in North Waziristan’s Mir Ali area on Saturday, militants targeted a police …

The Foreign Office (FO) on Monday confirmed that Pakistan carried out “intelligence-based anti-terrorist operations” inside the border regions of Afghanistan, hours after Kabul said airstrikes conducted on its soil had killed eight people. A press release from the FO said the prime targets of the operation conducted in the morning earlier today were terrorists belonging to the Hafiz Gul Bahadur …

RAWALPINDI: Commander of the National Guard of the Kingdom of Bahrain, Gen Shaikh Mohamed bin Isa bin Salman Al-Khalifa, called on Pakistan’s Chief of the Army Staff (COAS) Gen Asim Munir at the GHQ on Saturday. The meeting focused on strengthening bilateral military cooperation. Both leaders discussed matters of mutual interest, including regional security dynamics, counterterrorism efforts and training exchanges, …

KARACHI: While the Muttahida Qaumi Movement-Pakistan (MQM-P) is facing serious issues over distribution of party tickets for the April 2 Senate elections, the ruling Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) is eyeing on all 12 Senate seats from Sindh, it emerged on Saturday. Although the PPP does not possess the required number of votes in the provincial assembly to win all 12 …

RAWALPINDI: As many as 70,000 registered deserving people were provided with ration bags under the Nighaban Ramzan package of Punjab Chief Minister Maryam Nawaz, while the remaining 35,000 will get the package before the 10th Ramzan. On the other hand, taking notice of the reports about the presence of ration packets in the Chakra Union Council secretary office, Deputy Commissioner …

RAWALPINDI: After the provincial government handed over the Kutchery Chowk project to the Punjab Communication and Works Department, the Rawalpindi Development Authority (RDA) has been left with only two mega projects – the Rawalpindi Ring Road and the metro track renovation. The RDA, which is the apex development body of the district, will not get any new uplift project till …

ISLAMABAD: A local court on Saturday rejected a legal suit filed by former chief justice of Pakistan Iftikhar Mohammad Chaudhry against PTI founder Imran Khan. Chaudhry was seeking Rs20 billion damages from Mr Khan for damaging his repute by accusing the judiciary of being part of alleged rigging in 2013 general elections and using derogatory words against him in June …

KARACHI: Amnesty Inter­n­a­tional has called for the im­mediate restoration of soc­ial media platform X (formerly known as Twitter) 29 days after the government blocked access to it. In a post on X, the human rights group said it has signed a joint statement with 28 civil society organisations for the restoration of X and urged “Pakistani authorities to uphold the rights …

KARACHI: Foreign Minister Ishaq Dar and Afghanistan’s Interim Foreign Minister Amir Khan Muttaqi on Saturday agreed to continue working together in building on fraternal bilateral relations. “Expanding cooperation in connectivity, trade, security, counterterrorism and people-to-people contacts is a top priority for Pakistan,” the foreign minister posted on X, after he received a congratulatory call from the Afghan minister.     …

The funeral prayers of two army officers, who were among seven martyred yesterday in a terrorist attack on a security forces’ post in North Waziristan, were offered on Sunday, the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) said. At 6:15am on Saturday, a group of six militants stormed the Frontier Corps’ post in the Khaddi market area in North Waziristan’s Mir Ali area. The militants rammed an …