ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s Foreign Office summoned India’s chargé d’affaires, Geetika Srivastava, to deliver a formal protest over what it described as India’s “aggressive and unilateral actions” following the Pahalgam incident. According to diplomatic sources, Srivastava was handed a demarche and a formal note verbale outlining Pakistan’s official response. The document included details of reciprocal measures Islamabad intends to implement. “India’s defence, …

ISLAMABAD: Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Ishaq Dar on Thursday challenged India to present evidence, if it had any, of Pakistan’s alleged involvement in a deadly attack in occupied Kashmir. Addressing a press conference after a high-level meeting of the National Security Committee, FM Dar said, “India has time and again played the blame game and if there is …

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan on Thursday announced the suspension of trade, bilateral accords and airspaces with India, among other moves, as it retaliated to New Delhi’s slew of aggressive measures against the country in the wake of a deadly attack in India-held Kashmir. The attack took place in Pahalgam, a tourist hotspot in India-occupied Kashmir that draws thousands of visitors every summer. …

PESHAWAR: A multi-party conference organised by the opposition Awami National Party on Wednesday rejected the draft Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Mines and Minerals Act, 2025, describing it a “direct attack on provincial autonomy” and demanded limiting the role of all institutions to the constitutional sphere. It warned that if the government tried to push the bill through the assembly, street protests would …

ISLAMABAD: Former Chairman Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee retired Gen Zubair Mahmood Hayat on Wednesday cautioned that the extremist influence on India’s strategic posture could destabilise the region. Speaking at the conference on ‘Nuclear Deterrence in the Age of Emerging Technologies’, hosted by the Centre for International Strategic Studies (CISS), Gen Hayat described India as “the only nuclear-armed state governed …

ISLAMABAD: A slew of knee-jerk punitive measures from India, angry rhetoric from its politicians, and sabre-rattling from its jingoistic media have sharply escalated tensions between the two hyphenated neighbours on Wednesday. Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif convened an emergency meeting of the principal national security forum on Thursday (today) to cobble up Pakistan’s response. Attendees at the National Security Committee (NSC) …

ISLAMABAD: India has announced sweeping measures against Pakistan after a deadly attack in Indian Illegally Occupied Jammu and Kashmir (IIOJK) that killed at least 26 tourists. In a press briefing after an emergency meeting of the Cabinet Committee on Security, Indian Foreign Secretary Vikram Misri outlined five key decisions under what New Delhi has termed a “decisive response to cross-border …

ISLAMABAD: The sisters and spokesperson of ex-premier Imran Khan urged the Islamabad High Court (IHC) to proceed against the Adiala jail authorities for not implementing court’s order permitting meetings with the PTI founder in prison. While the PTI petitions seeking contempt proceeding ag­­a­inst the jail authorities were not schedule for hearing, PTI spokesman Niazullah Khan Niazi approached the rostrum where …

ISLAMABAD: Leader of the Opposition in the National Assembly Omar Ayub Khan challenged in the Supreme Court on Wednesday the Election Commission of Pakistan’s (ECP) jurisdiction to proceed with a representation filed by his rival candidate, Babar Nawaz Khan, under Sections 8, 9, and 95 of the Elections Act, 2017. Omar Ayub, a PTI stalwart, was elected from NA-18 Haripur …

LAHORE: Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) President Nawaz Sharif has decided to return to Pakistan from London on an urgent basis, party sources confirmed on Tuesday. According to the sources, the former prime minister is expected to arrive in the country on Wednesday, though no official statement has yet been issued by the party leadership. The decision comes amid reports of …