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ISLAMABAD: Days after the hijacking of the Jaffar Express, which resulted in at least 31 casualties, the government announced it was convening an in-camera meeting of a parliamentary panel on national security to discuss the issue of terror attacks in Balochistan and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP). Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has asked National Assembly Speaker Sardar…

Loss of Woodrow Wilson think tank to diminish policy analysis available to US govt; homelessness programme, museums and libraries to also feel a massive pinch. • Loss of Woodrow Wilson think tank to diminish policy analysis available to US govt• Homelessness programme, museums and libraries will also feel a massive pinch WASHINGTON: President Donald Trump’s…

ISLAMABAD: With its net deficit for the fiscal year 2024-25 going beyond Rs318 billion, the aggregate losses and loans of the National Highway Authority (NHA) have crossed Rs1.82 trillion and Rs3.1tr, respectively, while its annual revenues stand at a mere Rs54.15bn. The NHA’s total assets, valued at Rs5.8tr, have been declining for the past two…

LONDON: While the creation of a “Strategic Bitcoin Reserve” in the United States is proof of President Donald Trump’s support for the cryptocurrency sector, there are misgivings about the move, with some blaming the US government for not returning bitcoin to all victims identified as suffering from a hack. Trump signed an executive order earlier…

• 18 of 155 injured stated to be in critical condition• Arrest warrants out for four suspects, probe begins• Neighbouring countries offer help SKOPJE: A fire tore through a nightclub in North Macedonia early on Sunday, killing 59 people, apparently after on-stage fireworks set the venue ablaze, authorities said, announcing arrest warrants for four people….

IN the opening weeks of his second term, President Donald Trump has used threats, intimidation and coercion against both America’s friends and adversaries to try to bend them to his will. His unilateralist ‘America First’ world view has led to measures and pronouncements that have reversed decades of US foreign policy, antagonised allies and alienated…

• Lenders claim coercion by govt to acquiesce; say they’d suffer losses if deal goes through• Question marks remain over strategy to curb line losses, theft THE government’s efforts to tackle mounting power-sector debt may have hit a snag, as several — if not all — commercial banks seem reluctant to restructure Rs683 billion in…

• CM Gandapur terms Centre’s policy to repatriate refugees back ‘inhumane’• Blames institutions ‘preoccupied with PTI’ for terror resurgence PESHAWAR: Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Chief Minister Ali Amin Gandapur on Sunday said his government would decide whether to follow the Centre’s directives to expel Afghans residing in the province after March 31. The federal government has asked…

IT is clear that in the midst of a fresh wave of terrorism, particularly after the Jaffar Express hijacking, the state cannot respond to the crisis using conventional approaches. Both the Baloch separatist insurgency and the TTP campaign of terror are posing existential threats to the nation, and if not handled with alacrity and foresight…

ISLAMABAD: The superintendent of Adiala Jail, where former prime minister Imran Khan is incarcerated, has reque­sted the Islamabad High Court (IHC) to club toge­ther all petitions regarding prison facilities provided to the ex-PM and his rights in the jail for hearing. Acting chief justice of the IHC Sardar Muhammad Sarfraz Dogar will hear the petition,…