Tuesday, March 3rd, 2026
Netanyahu’s political future at stake with Iran war: experts
With elections approaching in Israel, the war with Iran has handed Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu an opportunity to restore an image deeply scarred by October 7, 2023 Gaza attack, experts say. But any political dividend would depend on how the conflict unfolds and how long it lasts, they say. A day after Iran’s supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei was martyred in a wave of US-Israeli strikes, Netanyahu said that his close ties with Washington had enabled Israel to “do what I have long aspired to do for 40 years: toRead More
PM invites lawmakers, party chiefs for in-camera briefing on regional conflict
ISLAMABAD, MAR 3: Prime Minister Shahbaz Sharif has invited parliamentary leaders and heads of political parties for a briefing on the regional situation, the PM’s adviser Rana Sanaullah said on Tuesday. Speaking to the media in Islamabad, he said the meeting will be held tomorrow at 11:30am to discuss domestic and regional security amid Pakistan’s response to the Afghan Taliban regime’s provocative actions along the border and the conflict in the Middle East. “We have come to invite opposition leaders and party heads on the instructions of the prime minister,”Read More
Türkiye, Pakistan join forces for Middle East peace
ISLAMABAD, MAR 3 /DNA/ – In a high-stakes telephone conversation tonight, Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan condemned the escalating military confrontation in the Middle East, with Islamabad explicitly denouncing the “Israeli attack on Iran” and subsequent strikes on Gulf nations. According to an official readout from the Prime Minister’s Office, Sharif strongly condemned the Israeli operations and reaffirmed Pakistan’s “full solidarity” with Gulf countries following what he described as “regrettable attacks” on “brotherly Gulf states.” The call comes as the region teeters on the brinkRead More
‘Pakistan’s airspace remains fully open’, PAA denies partial closure reports
KARACHI: The Pakistan Airports Authority (PAA) on Tuesday categorically denied reports that commercial flights had been restricted, clarifying that the country’s airspace remains fully open and safe for all civil aviation traffic. The clarification followed media reports suggesting that Pakistan had partially closed its airspace to commercial flights over security concerns linked to the US-Iran conflict, which has disrupted flight operations across parts of the region and beyond. In a statement, the authority stressed: “Pakistan’s airspace as a whole remains fully open, safe, and completely available for all civil aviationRead More
T20 World Cup: Aleem Dar ‘expressed reservations’ over inclusion of Babar, Shadab
KARACHI: Following Pakistan’s worst performance in the Super Four stage of the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup and the team’s exit from the event, a member of the national selection committee, Aleem Dar, has decided to resign. According to highly reliable sources, the ICC Elite Panel umpire stepped down due to extraordinary interference in selection matters by head coach Mike Hesson and the silence of the influential selection committee member Aaqib Javed. Aleem Dar complains that selectors had announced Pakistan’s best 20 players, but then the captain and coach choseRead More
IHC serves notice on plea seeking PTI founder’s shifting to hospital
ISLAMABAD, Mar 3: The Islamabad High Court (IHC) on Tuesday issued notices to the respondents including Adiala Jail admonistration on a petition seeking to shift the PTI founder to Shifa Hospital for treatment. The court, while removing the objections to the founder of PTI, directed the Registrar Office to fix a number for hearing on March 10, while also directing that the central appeal against the sentence be fixed for hearing next week. A division bench comprising Justice Arbab Muhammad Tahir and Justice Khadim Hussain Soomro, heard the miscellaneous applicationRead More