Four Pakistani soldiers have been killed in the country’s restive northwestern province of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa during a raid on a militant hideout, the military said Wednesday. The four soldiers including an officer were conducting a raid in the province’s Upper Dir district in the early hours of Wednesday when the ...
Pakistan’s parliament elected ex-oil minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi as prime minister on Tuesday, days after three-times premier Nawaz Sharif was ousted by the Supreme Court. Abbasi is seen by the ruling party as a placeholder for Sharif’s designated successor, his younger brother Shahbaz, who must first secure election to the ...
