The National Emergencies Operation Centre (NEOC) of the National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) has issued multiple alerts across Pakistan, warning of potential Glacial Lake Outburst Floods (GLOF), flash floods, landslides and heavy monsoon rainfall across northern and southern regions over the next 24 hours. A combination of sustained high temperatures, intensified monsoon currents, and a […]
The defence ministers of Pakistan and India may meet for the first time since last month’s four-day military conflict, as both Khawaja Asif and his Indian counterpart Rajnath Singh are attending a Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) meeting in China. The two-day SCO defence ministers’ summit has begun in Qingdao City, located in China’s eastern Shandong […]
As tension thickens over the political future of jailed former prime minister Imran Khan, both nationally and within his own party, the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) on Wednesday rejected what it described as a concerted campaign to politically sideline its founder amid renewed murmurs of a “minus Imran” formula. Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa Chief Minister Ali Amin Gandapur denounced […]
Pakistan and the US have resolved to conclude trade talks next week, the South Asian nation said on Wednesday after a meeting between its Finance Minister Muhammad Aurangzeb and US Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick. The negotiations, focused on reciprocal tariffs, are part of a broader push to reset economic ties at a time of shifting […]
The Pakistan Peoples Party has refused to vote in favour of new “draconian” powers for taxman to arrest people in tax fraud cases, resulting in a new round of negotiations between the two key partners of the alliance just hours before the approval of the budget from the National Assembly. On behalf of the government, […]
Federal Law Minister Azam Nazeer Tarar came down hard on the PTI on Wednesday as opposition lawmakers interrupted him with loud chants of “chor, chor” (thief, thief) and “jhoota, jhoota” (liar, liar). Addressing the National Assembly, Tarar expressed disappointment that what he expected to be constructive cut motions on human rights turned into political point-scoring. […]