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NO cause can justify the murder of innocent non-combatants, particularly children. That is why Wednesday’s suicide blast targeting a school bus in Khuzdar is particularly abhorrent. Among the five confirmed victims were three children. A large number were injured — some of them are in critical condition. The military’s media wing and the Prime Minister’s Office have said India, through its proxies, is responsible for the terrorist act. Apart from attacks on security forces, numerous non-combatants have been killed in Balochistan’s separatist insurgency. The slayings of non-Baloch workers by separatist militants have been a particularly gruesome aspect of the ongoing insurgency. The Balochistan chief minister has said the administration had intelligence that India was about to carry out destabilising activities, while ISPR had earlier this week stated 12 terrorists belonging to “Indian proxy” outfits had been eliminated in separate operations in KP and Balochistan. While no group ha...

• Three students, two soldiers martyred; eight critical among 43 injured in Khuzdar • Shehbaz reaches Quetta, asks world to confront use of terrorism as a foreign policy tool • Army sees India’s hand in attack, says Delhi using ‘proxies’ to foment terrorism in Pakistan • Bombing draws across-the-board condemnation, including from US and China QUETTA/KHUZDAR: At least six people, including three students, lost their lives and over 40 others — mostly students — sustained injuries after a bomb targeted a school bus in Khuzdar on Wedn­esday, prompting the prime minister to visit Quetta to take stock of the security situation amid across-the-board condemnations. The condition of at least a dozen is said to be serious due to critical injuries, officials said, adding that at least 15 girl students are among the injured. The incident occurred near Zero Point in Khuzdar on the Quetta-Karachi highway when the bus was on its way to drop the students at the Army Public School in Khuzdar Cant...

ISLAMABAD: The Org­a­nisation of Islamic Coop­eration (OIC) adopted the Tehran Declaration on Tuesday, highlighting efforts for cooperation in artificial intelligence for sustainable development among member countries. The declaration, relea­sed after the conclusion of the OIC-15 Dial­ogue Platform’s Second Minis­terial Meeting in Tehran, stated the goal as, “Trustworthy and ethical artificial intelligence for sustainable develo­pme­nt.” High-level delegations from Brunei, Indo­nesia, Kazakhstan, Mala­ysia, Pakistan, Saudi Ara­bia, Tunisia, Turkiye, and Qatar attended. The joint document emphasises cooperation in AI education, research, infrastructure, governance, and technology transfer. Initiative includes developing ‘AI-ready ecosystems’ Member states committed to promoting AI-ready ecosystems, talent mobility, public-private partnerships, and the exchange of best practices. The declaration also calls for investment in AI startups, fellowships, training programmes, and inn...

• Envoy summoned, sanctions announced • UN relief agency says ‘everything is empty’ in Gaza • Israeli ground operation threat to peace efforts, Pakistan says LONDON: Britain paused free trade talks with Israel on Tuesday, summoned its ambassador, and announced further sanctions against Jewish settlers in occupied West Bank after Prime Minister Keir Starmer said he was horrified by the military escalation in Gaza. After the Israeli military’s new operation last week, Prime Minister Netanyahu said Israel would take control of the whole of Gaza. Israel has blocked the entry of medical, food and fuel supplies into Gaza since the start of March and international experts have warned of looming famine. British Foreign Secretary David Lammy said the offensive was not the way to bring remaining prisoners home, called upon Israel to end the blockade of aid and condemned “extremism” in some sections of Israel’s government. “We cannot stand by in the face of this new deterioration. It is...

A person was killed while a few others, including a deputy superintendent of police (DSP), were injured after police resorted to a baton charge to disperse protesters in Sindh’s Naushahro Feroze district against the construction of proposed canals over the Indus River, according to officials. The police attempted to disperse the protesters in the city of Moro to restore traffic on the motorway by-pass road but faced resistance. Consequently, the police resorted to a baton charge and gunshots were also fired. Peoples Medical Hospital Medical Superintendent Haider Jamali told Dawn.com that one protester was killed and brought to the hospital, while three others and two pedestrians were injured. DSP Ghulam Hussain Dahiri was also injured after being beaten with sticks. The protesters allegedly turned violent and set two trailers on fire after news of the death reached the site of the protest. They also barged into the house of Sindh Home Minister Ziaul Hassan Lanjar, ransacked it and...

IT appears that the ceasefire will hold, at least in the near term. As Islamabad and New Delhi retreat cautiously from the precipice of a full-blown war , talks between senior military officials have continued to build on the groundwork laid by the Trump administration’s diplomatic intervention. The most immediate relief is that the two sides seem to have acknowledged that, their respective political leadership’s statements notwithstanding, the break in hostilities does not have an ‘ expiry date ’ and will be adhered to without a recurring need for formal renewal. Meanwhile, the DGMOs in Pakistan and India are in touch to ensure that the ceasefire can be made more ‘sustainable’. The Foreign Office spokesperson has said they have maintained periodic contact and agreed to develop a structured mechanism for de-escalation. This will likely involve a phased reduction of forward deployments and regular troops along the international border, with the Pakistan Rangers and India’s Bord...

WASHINGTON: Paki­stan and the International Monetary Fund (IMF) opened high-level policy talks in Islamabad on Monday to discuss the upcoming federal budget for fiscal year 2025-26, officials said. The current round of discussions, which will continue till May 23, will help determine whether Pakistan’s proposed bud­get meets the fiscal and reform targets agreed with the IMF under the Exte­nded Fund Facility (EFF). An IMF delegation arrived earlier in Islamabad for the formal policy-level nego­t­­i­ations on budget final­isation, after last week technical discussions held via video link amid heig­htened tensions between India and Pakistan. The Islamabad talks focus on revenue targets, expenditure controls, and budgetary projections as Pakistan grapples with mounting fiscal and external financing pressures. An agreement between the IMF staff mission and the authorities on next year’s budgetary measures and macroeconomic framework would lead to the announcement of the federal budget o...