Kamran Haider

Pakistan and Afghan officials are holding negotiations in Qatar’s capital to find “immediate” steps to counter cross-border militancy and restore stability along their shared border.

Pakistan plans to hand over operation and management of the airport in the capital, Islamabad, to a firm from the United Arab Emirates under a government-to-government deal after rejecting an offer from a UK-Turkish consortium.

Pakistan’s inflation quickened last month as food prices jumped, driven by supply disruptions stemming from severe floods and the closure of the Afghan border amid heightened tensions between the two neighbors.

Pakistan said talks with Afghan officials ended without an agreement after the Taliban refused to provide firm assurances to curb cross-border militant attacks, a setback that could jeopardize the ceasefire reached between the two countries last month.

A suicide bomb attack outside the building of crowded district courts in Pakistan’s capital, Islamabad, killed at least 12 people and injured 21 others, Geo television channel reported.

Two Supreme Court judges in Pakistan resigned hours after the country’s parliament approved amendments to the constitution that cut the powers of the judiciary and further empowered the army chief.

Pakistan’s central bank has directed foreign exchange dealers to make deposits for resident citizens only through account-to-account transfers, in a move to encourage digital payments.

Pakistan’s forces carried out strikes in eastern Afghanistan that killed at least 10 people, the Taliban said, signaling renewed border tension after talks to end clashes collapsed.

Pakistan’s army convicted its former spy chief Lieutenant General Faiz Hameed, who was once considered loyal to ex-Prime Minister Imran Khan, in one of the most high-profile military trials in the country’s history.

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