ISLAMABAD: Deputy Prime Minister Ishaq Dar announced on Thursday that the militaries of India and Pakistan have agreed to extend last week’s ceasefire until Sunday, May 18. Addressing the Senate on Thursday, he said the extension paves the way for renewed political dialogue. “Now it [ceasefire] has been extended till [May] 18, so obviously, now ultimately, things will go to …
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan has proposed a zero-tariff bilateral trade agreement with the United States aimed at expanding trade relations in multiple sectors, has learnt on the authority of credible sources. The development came after the US president expressed interest in enhancing trade with Pakistan, the sources said, adding that the Pakistani government has proposed a bilateral agreement based on mutual interests, …
ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Thursday said the agriculture sector was being developed on modern lines to achieve self-reliance and directed the development of a comprehensive regulatory framework for the sector. During the second quarter of FY25, the agriculture sector experienced a significantly declined growth rate of 1.10pc compared to 5.80pc the previous year. The prime minister has previously …
ISLAMABAD: A powerful explosion targeted the vehicle of local JUI-F leader Maulana Noorullah on Thursday near a seminary in the lower South Waziristan district of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, police said. The explosion hit Maulana Noorullah’s car near Shahzad Madrassah, adjacent to a police station in the district’s Azam Warsak market. According to a police statement, the bomb attack was carried out …
ISLAMABAD: Days after heightened tensions brought Pakistan and India — two nuclear-armed rivals — to the brink of a full-blown war, a PPP lawmaker on Wednesday welcomed the ceasefire but said it should not be the conclusion but the beginning of a long overdue reckoning in the region. “It should be a reckoning where truth triumphs over propaganda, dialogue triumphs …
ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Wednesday invited India to a comprehensive dialogue to address all contentious issues, including the Kashmir dispute and the water distribution, between the two nuclear-armed neighbours. The prime minister floated this offer during his visit to the frontline area of Pasrur Cantonment in Sialkot, where he lauded the armed forces for giving an exemplary response …
LAHORE: An anti-terrorism court on Wednesday allowed the prosecution/police to conduct polygraph (lie detection) and photogrammetric (facial and voice analysis) tests of incarcerated PTI founding chairman Imran Khan in 12 cases of May 9 (2023) riots against him. ATC-I Judge Manzer Ali Gill granted the permission to the prosecution accepting its written application, which was opposed by the lawyer of …
ISLAMABAD: Justice Naeem Akhtar Afghan, a member of the Supreme Court’s constitutional bench (CB), has questioned why the offices of the president, prime minister and the law division are being dragged into the controversy over the appointment of judges when allegations had been levelled against intelligence agencies for interference in judicial affairs. The observation came when senior counsel Muneer A. …
ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Wednesday visited the frontline areas of Operation Bunyanum Marsoos, part of Marka-e-Haq (Battle for Truth), expressing solidarity with armed forces and lauding their role in defending the country’s sovereignty. On May 10, Pakistan launched Operation Bunyanum Marsoos and deployed its Al-Fatah missile and targeted multiple Indian military installations. Pakistan destroyed BrahMos storage facilities at …
ISLAMABAD: A special court in Islamabad on Tuesday instructed the Adiala Jail authorities to allow PTI founder Imran Khan to hold a telephone conversation with his sons abroad and also be allowed a medical checkup by his personal physician. Last month, Special Judge Central Shahrukh Arjumand approved two petitions filed on behalf of Imran related to the requests. The court …