PM Shehbaz to meet President Erdogan, attend diplomacy forum on third leg of tour today – World
Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif will meet Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and attend the Antalya Diplomacy Forum today on the third leg of a tri-nation tour, the Prime Minister’s Office (PMO) said on Friday. In a statement on X, the PMO said that the prime minister will participate in the leaders’ panel on the theme […]
Lebanese and Israeli envoys to meet as Israel presses war on Hezbollah
US Secretary of State is set to attend the meeting between Israeli ambassador to the US and his Lebanese counterpart Lebanon. Photo: AFP (file) Israeli and Lebanese envoys will meet in Washington on Tuesday as Israel presses its war on Hezbollah, a diplomatic milestone overshadowed by conflicting agendas, with Israel ruling out a ceasefire and […]
PM vows to meet army’s needs, seeks US support for economy – Pakistan
RAWALPINDI: Chief of Army Staff Gen Syed Asim Munir briefs Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif and key members of his cabinet on matters of national security, regional stability and counterterrorism operations at the General Headquarters, on Friday.—ISPR ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Friday committed to fulfilling the military’s resource requirements, as he sought US support […]
Afghanistan special envoys meet in Doha – World
National and regional special envoys to Afghanistan convened in Doha on Sunday in the second UN meeting of its kind in less than a year, though it remained unclear whether Taliban authorities would join the closed-session event. The two-day meeting, hosted by the UN secretary general, was due to discuss increasing engagement with Afghanistan and […]
NA can meet any time after Feb 21: minister
ISLAMABAD: Caretaker Minister for Information, Broadcasting and Parliamentary Affairs Murtaza Solangi on Wednesday said that the first session of the new National Assembly might be called on any date between February 22 and February 29. As per the Constitution, the president could convene the National Assembly’s session within 21 days of the polling date, the […]
Ogra seeks to raise gas prices again to meet IMF condition – Business
ISLAMABAD: In order to meet the IMF’s mid-February deadline, the Oil and Gas Regulatory Authority (Ogra) made significant concessions to the gas utilities — SNGPL and SSGC — to extract another Rs100 billion from consumers over the next four months through an increase of 9 to 35 per cent in tariffs. The decision comes as […]
National Security Committee to meet today amid Pak-Iran tensions – World
A day after Pakistan launched retaliatory strikes over an airspace violation by Tehran, the Cabinet Committee on National Security (NSC) is set to convene its emergency meeting on Friday. Iran on Tuesday had launched attacks in Pakistan targeting what it described as bases for the militant group Jaish al-Adl in the border town of Panjgur […]