President tasks PM, FM Dar with proactive US-Iran engagement for peace process success

​President Asif Ali Zardari tasked Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif and Foreign Minister Ishaq Dar on Tuesday to remain proactively engaged with the United States and Iran to ensure the sustainability of the ongoing peace process between them. Pakistan took centre stage when it brokered a 14-day ceasefire between the United States and Iran, followed by high-stakes […]

K-Electric, HESCO to be excluded from govt’s daily loadshedding plan: Power Division

K-Electric and the Hyderabad Electric Supply Company (HESCO) will be excluded from the federal government’s daily loadshedding plan, the Power Division’s spokesperson said on Tuesday. Earlier today, the division said that due to rising electricity demand during peak hours, electricity would be suspended for around 2.25 hours daily between 5pm and 1am countrywide under its […]

No discussions over payment of funds to stop Iranian attacks, Qatari official says

There have been no ​discussions between Qatar ‌and Iran over the payment ​of funds to ​stop Iranian attacks ⁠on Qatar and ​any suggestions that ​such discussions took place are untrue, the ​Qatari foreign ​ministry spokesperson said on Tuesday. “There ‌is ⁠a high level of coordination with Pakistan and ​the ​United ⁠States, our demands are ​being […]