Category: Pakistan

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan has conveyed to Iran its intention to shelve the Iran-Pakistan (IP) gas pipeline project under an out-of-court settlement framework, while also offering to revive the project if a waiver from United States sanctions can be secured, sources said on Monday. The IP gas pipeline project has remained stalled since 2014 due to US sanctions against Iran, despite Tehran granting extensions of more than a decade. Iran has also initiated legal proceedings over Pakistan’s failure to execute the project within the stipulated timeframe. According to the sources, Iran has…

TALAGANG: A fierce exchange of gunfire broke out on Sunday between the Crime Control Department (CCD) Police and suspected drug traffickers in the suburban locality of Peer Nara, on the outskirts of Talagang, leaving one proclaimed offender dead while another escaped under the cover of darkness.

ISLAMABAD: The Federal Constitutional Court (FCC), set up under the 27th Constitutional Amendment, has formally shifted to the Federal Shariat Court (FSC) building in Islamabad, officials said on Monday. Chief Justice Aminuddin Khan inaugurated the new premises along with other judges. Three benches of the FCC have already started hearing cases at the FSC building, including a three-member bench headed by the chief justice that is taking up super tax cases. Federal Law Minister Azam Nazeer Tarar and Attorney General Mansoor Usman Awan also attended the inauguration. Renovation work at…

Pakistan’s Senate Standing Committee on Information Technology has reviewed allegations of embezzlement linked to money collected from illegal call centres during a meeting chaired by Senator Palwasha Khan. Officials told the committee the case relates to the National Cyber Crime Investigation Agency (NCCIA) and concerns an alleged monthly amount of Rs15 million taken from illegal call centres. Read: 34 arrested, including 15 foreigners, in Karachi cyber fraud crackdown Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) representatives said the matter is being handled as an Anti-Corruption Wing case. They stated that a first information report…

ISLAMABAD: Islamabad is closely following the situation in Iran and does not want an upheaval in the neighbouring country, as any major instability across the border would have far-reaching implications for Pakistan’s security, economy and regional standing. Islamabad understands that a section of the Iranian population is protesting against inflation, unemployment and the rising cost of living but there is also a clear concern within Pakistan’s security and diplomatic circles that Iranian dissidents based abroad are actively trying to amplify the unrest and push it in a particular political direction.…

President Asif Ali Zardari will embark on an official visit to Bahrain from January 13 to 16, accompanied by a high-level delegation. According to the Foreign Office post on X, the president is scheduled to hold talks with King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa and Crown Prince and Prime Minister Salman bin Hamad Al Khalifa. The meetings will focus on strengthening bilateral relations, as well as discussing regional and international issues of mutual interest. The visit aims to deepen Pakistan’s longstanding partnership with Bahrain and explore new avenues of cooperation…

LAHORE: Tehreek-e-Tahaffuz-e-Ayeen-e-Pakistan (TTAP) Chairman Mahmood Khan Achakzai on Sunday warned that Pakistan risked further fragmentation if constitutional violations and political repression continued unchecked, saying some regions could be pushed toward declaring separation within months if the crisis deepened. Addressing a news conference and public interactions in Lahore, Achakzai said the country was facing an “existential moment” driven not by external threats but by internal injustices, erosion of democratic norms and repeated interference with the Constitution. He described the TTAP movement as a final alarm, likening it to an SOS call…

ISLAMABAD: Islamabad is closely following the situation in Iran and does not want an upheaval in the neighbouring country, as any major instability across the border would have far-reaching implications for Pakistan’s security, economy and regional standing. Islamabad understands that a section of the Iranian population is protesting against inflation, unemployment and the rising cost of living but there is also a clear concern within Pakistan’s security and diplomatic circles that Iranian dissidents based abroad are actively trying to amplify the unrest and push it in a particular political direction.…

ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif said on Saturday that the timely completion of federally funded development projects in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa and the resolution of public issues were among the top priorities of the incumbent government. He said the federal government was “fully aware” of the problems faced by the people of K-P and was taking tangible steps within its jurisdiction to ensure sustainable solutions. The prime minister expressed these views in a meeting with K-P political representatives, the PM Office Media Wing said in a statement. During the meeting, a detailed…