Pakistan

Payment delay may jeopardise newly established WASAs

Five-member committee to review 44 depts, institutions

Sources say complainant in 'fake encounter' case was expelled from police station

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From February 1, motorcycle lanes near Kachehri Chowk will be partially opened

Issue surrounding raid at Wah Cantt resolved after talks, detained workers released

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Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Ishaq Dar will leave on Friday night for Saudi Arabia to attend an extraordinary meeting of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) Council of Foreign Ministers, scheduled for Saturday. The meeting will discuss the implications of Israel’s recognition of Somaliland. “The session will address the implications of Israel’s recognition of the so-called Somaliland region of the Federal Republic of Somalia,” read a statement issued by the Foreign Office (FO) on Friday. It said the deputy prime minister will share Pakistan’s position on the issue of Somaliland. On the sidelines, Dar will also hold bilateral meetings with his counterparts from OIC member states to discuss further cooperation on regional and international issues, added the FO. Somaliland enjoys a strategic position on the Gulf of Aden and has its own currency, passport and army, but has struggled to win international recognition, amid fears of provoking Somalia and encouraging other separatist movements...

Information Minister Attaullah Tarar on Friday slammed the PTI for its stance towards the banned TTP and claimed the party has extended an “olive branch” towards the group. “The spokespersons of the political party are afraid of talking about the terrorist group, as they have taken exemption from it by extending an ‘olive branch’ to them,” said Tarar while addressing a press conference alongside former ANP senator Zahid Khan. The information minister also accused the PTI of initiating “confidence-building measures with the TTP” and added that they were afraid of being attacked by the TTP, so they didn’t call them terrorists. Tarar made this statement after playing a clip from a Hum News program in which the host openly called the TTP a terrorist group. However, Shafiullah Jan, an adviser to the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa chief minister, insisted that there are “groups within the TTP,” adding that those who are “against the state are terrorists.” “They are afraid of saying anything regarding the TTP,” said Tarar, citi...

Siberian winds grip Karachi, mercury to drop further, says weatherman

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Says general secretary had issued invitation without consulting governing body

Development budget increased from Rs55bn in 2008 to Rs1,018bn in 2026

End dharna on assurance of police to arrest nominated landlord

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Declares lapse in distribution untolerable

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