ISLAMABAD: India has begun work to boost reservoir holding capacity at two hydroelectric projects in the India-occupied Kashmir, sources with knowledge of the matter told Reuters, after fresh escalation with Pakistan led it to suspend the Indus Waters Treaty. Tensions between the two countries have spiked following the April 22 attack in occupied Kashmir’s Pahalgam that killed 26 people, mostly …
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) on Sunday announced that it would not attend the government’s briefing over continuously escalating tension with India. The main opposition party has instead suggested holding a multiparty conference (MPC) to take political parties into confidence over the issue and develop a joint course of action. The PTI has made it clear that in case of any …
ISLAMABAD: All mainstream political parties, except PTI, on Sunday vowed that Pakistan would give a robust response to India if it resorted to any ‘misadventure’ against the backdrop of the Pahalgam incident, in which 26 civilians were gunned down. The political leaders made this pledge during an in-camera briefing by the civil and military leadership on Sunday, in which the …
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s civil-military leadership will conduct a national security briefing on Sunday for representatives of political parties amid heightened tensions with India following a attack in IIOJK. According to the state-run Associated Press of Pakistan (APP), the briefing will be led by Federal Information Minister Attaullah Tarar and Director General of Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR), Lt. Gen. Ahmed Sharif Chaudhry. …
PESHAWAR: Seven terrorists, including a high-value target, were killed and two other militants were arrested in separate encounters in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP), official sources said on Saturday. Also, a security official embraced martyrdom in a bomb attack on a convoy of security forces. In separate clashes between security agencies and militants, two terrorists were killed in North Waziristan, three were …
ISLAMABAD: President Asif Ali Zardari promulgated four ordinances on Friday — one of them to increase the salaries of federal ministers and ministers of state to match those of National Assembly members (MNAs). In February, the lower house of the parliament passed the Members of Parliament Salaries and Allowances (Amendment) Bill 2025 — already approved by the Senate — with …
ISLAMABAD: The opposition party, PTI, has accused the government of harassing journalists and viewing the freedom of expression as a “threat”. In a statement issued on World Press Freedom Day, the party claimed dozens of journalists have been harassed, abducted or targeted with false cases over the past year. “Incidents like the martyrdom of renowned journalist Arshad Sharif stand as …
QUETTA: The president of Balochistan National Party (BNP-M), Sardar Akhtar Mengal, has announced “politics of national resistance” as the parliament, judiciary and other forums have failed to uphold people’s rights. Speaking at a party meeting at Shahwani stadium on Friday night, Mr Mengal said his party “will not bother seeking the government’s permission for its politics”. “When the government asks …
RAWALPINDI: The Pakistan Army has warned of a “sure and decisive” response to any Indian attempt to impose war, following what it called provocative actions by New Delhi in the aftermath of the deadly Pahalgam attack, the military’s media wing reported. According to a statement issued by the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR), a Special Corps Commanders’ Conference (CCC) was chaired …
ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Saturday said that Pakistan’s reaction had been responsible and measured so far despite India’s provocative actions following severe tensions between the two countries in wake of the Pahalgam incident. The April 22 attack in Pahalgam killed 26 people, mostly tourists, in one of the deadliest assaults since 2000. India has implied cross-border links without …