US imposes more sanctions over Pakistan’s ballistic missile program

The United States said on Wednesday it was imposing new sanctions related to nuclear-armed Pakistan`s long-range ballistic-missile program, including on the state-owned defense agency that oversees the program.

Pakis­tan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) founder Imran Khan has warned that he would ask overseas Pakistanis to halt remittances if the government fails to meet his demands. 

A terrorist attack on a police check-post in Pakistan’s northwestern Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province on Tuesday left two policemen dead and three others injured, local authorities reported.

Pakistan`s Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Wednesday called for translating existing goodwill between Islamabad and Dhaka into `tangible cooperation,` his office said, as both countries move toward closer ties following the ouster of former premier Sheikh Hasina.

Pakistan’s imprisoned Former prime minister Imran Khan has threatened to launch a nationwide civil disobedience movement, in an apparent bid to keep his public mobilisation campaign intact and to force the country’s powerful authorities to agree to his demands.

A court in Pakistan has issued an arrest warrant for former Prime Minister Imran Khan`s wife, Bushra Bibi, in a graft case, media reported on Thursday.

China has emerged as Pakistan`s largest creditor, with nearly $29 billion in loans, according to the World Bank`s International Debt Report for 2023. The report highlights Pakistan’s mounting external debt challenges amid a weakening fiscal position and significant repayment burdens.

Pakistan`s former prime minister Imran Khan was booked in a murder case in connection with the death of paramilitary personnel who were run over by a speeding vehicle on the Srinagar Highway last week during a protest by the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI).

Feuding communities in northwest Pakistan on Wednesday agreed to a new 10-day ceasefire, as the death toll from a week-long spate of violence rose to 111, officials said.

The party of Pakistan’s jailed former Premier Imran Khan announced Wednesday that it is calling off its protest after security forces launched a massive operation to dislodge Khan’s supporters who had stormed the capital Islamabad to demand his release.

Pakistan`s army has been ordered to `shoot on sight` after clashes with demonstrators killed four soldiers and at least one protester.

Pakistani police arrested thousands of Imran Khan supporters as the capital remained under lockdown ahead of a rally there to demand the ex-premier’s release from prison, a security officer said Sunday.

A deadly suicide attack targeting a military outpost in northwest Pakistan killed 12 soldiers, the country`s armed forces reported on Wednesday.

The death toll from a passenger bus accident in northern Pakistan has climbed to 26, a local official said on Wednesday.

Pakistan and Iran agreed on Tuesday to enhance coordination to bolster border security and curb cross-border terrorism, with Iran reaffirming its commitment to preventing any terrorist threats against Pakistan.

Unprecedented air pollution levels in Pakistan`s second-largest city of Lahore prompted authorities to take emergency measures yesterday, including issuing work-from-home mandates and closing primary schools.