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Malaysia, Pakistan to boost intel sharing, step up fight against cross-border drug trafficking, says Saifuddin

KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia and Pakistan are set to strengthen intelligence sharing and coordinated operations to combat increasingly sophisticated transnational drug trafficking networks, says Home Minister Datuk Seri Saifuddin Nasution Ismail.

Ex-PM taken back to jail after hospital checks

Former prime minister Imran Khan has been transferred back to jail, hours after being taken to a private hospital for court-ordered medical checks, the government said.

Final body recorded from Pakistan's broad peak after deadly avalanche

ISLAMABAD: (Bernama-dpa) The last body from an expedition that killed 10 climbers on Pakistan's Broad Peak was recovered on Friday (Aug 21), three weeks after they were swept away by an avalanche in one of the deadliest mountaineering accidents in decades, German Press Agency (dpa) reported.

US climber’s body recovered from Broad Peak avalanche

GILGIT: The body of US climber Sarah Mallory Geis, who was part of a 10-member expedition team that died in an avalanche on Broad Peak on July 30, was recovered on Friday.

Malaysia, Pakistan agree to set up joint working group on security cooperation

KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia and Pakistan have agreed in principle to establish a working group between their respective ministries to strengthen cooperation in security and law enforcement.

US India ambassador's Kashmir remarks rile Pakistan; envoy summoned

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan summoned Washington's top envoy in Islamabad and "strongly condemned" remarks by the US ambassador to New Delhi calling disputed Kashmir "an important part of India".

Govt contests hospital move order

THE government will challenge the Supreme Court's order to move jailed former prime minister Imran Khan (pic) to a private hospital for medical checks, the law minister said.

Pakistan expands Unesco World Heritage tentative list with 12 new sites

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan has expanded its Unesco World Heritage Tentative List from 25 to 37 properties with the inclusion of 12 new cultural and heritage sites, strengthening the country's prospects for securing further international recognition for its historical and civilisational legacy

Supreme Court orders Imran moved from jail to hospital

The country's Supreme Court ordered that jailed former prime minister Imran Khan be moved to hospital for medical checks, after a petition by his lawyers over claims of poor health.

Over 200 Pakistan-backed ‘terror operatives’ arrested

Local security agencies arrested more than 200 "terror operatives" linked to Pakistan, thwarting potential "subversive attacks" around the country's Inde­pen­dence Day last week, Home Minister Amit Shah said in one of the largest such crackdowns in years.