PESHAWAR — Pakistan Security forces have killed at least 10 terrorists in five separate operations in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) on Friday. According to a statement issued by the military’s media wing, an intelligence-based operation (IBO) was conducted in general area of Khulachi in Dera Ismail Khan district. “During the conduct of […]
ISLAMABAD — Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif said Thursday the government was ready to form a parliamentary committee to advance talks with Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI), a couple of days after the latter quit negotiations with the government. The PTI abruptly quit the talks after three meetings, arguing that the government was not genuinely interested in addressing […]
ISLAMABAD — A provincial leader of jailed former premier Imran Khan’s party said on Thursday that it would hold a public rally in the Swabi area of Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa on February 8 – the day marks the first anniversary of the controversial general elections of last year. Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf’s Khyber Pakhtunkhwa unit chief, Junaid Akbar, said […]
ISLAMABAD — The dialogue process between the government and opposition Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf ran aground on Tuesday after jailed former premier Imran Khan’s party refused to join a scheduled huddle aiming to defuse the prevailing political tension in the country. National Assembly Speaker Ayaz Sadiq, who had fixed the meeting at the request of government negotiators, […]
ISLAMABAD — Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) founder Imran Khan and his wife, Bushra Bibi, have challenged their conviction in the £190 million case in the Islamabad High Court (IHC). An accountability court in Islamabad convicted the former prime minister and the former first lady in the £190 million case in a much-anticipated ruling earlier this month. […]
PESHAWAR — Thirty terrorists were killed in three separate counter-terrorism operations in Pakistan’s Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province on Saturday, the military said. The counter-terrorism operations were carried out in Lakki Marwat, Karak, and Khyber districts. While 18 terrorists were “sent to hell” in Lakki Marwat district, eight were killed in Karak, the army said in a […]
RAWALPINDI — Amid ambiguity surrounding the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf’s decision to call off the dialogue process with the government, PTI founder Imran Khan on Saturday demanded a meeting with his party’s negotiation committee ahead of the next round of talks scheduled for January 28. Sources told Geo News that the incarcerated former prime minister, during a […]
ISLAMABAD — Pakistan former PM Imran Khan said that neither he nor his wife Bushra Bibi benefitted financially from the Al-Qadir Trust case, and that business tycoon Malik Riaz could testify that he was the only prime minister who “never sought anything from him for personal or financial gain”. Imran and Bushra were convicted last […]
ISLAMABAD — Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) founder Imran Khan has called off negotiations with the government due to its failure to establish a judicial commission within the seven-day period, according to PTI Chairman Barrister Gohar Ali Khan. Speaking to the media outside Rawalpindi’s Adiala Jail, Barrister Gohar said that the party’s legal team, including himself, met […]
ISLAMABAD — Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Wednesday said that Pakistan would continue to “extend political, moral and diplomatic support to the people of Kashmir till they achieve the right to self-determination as per UN resolutions”. Shehbaz made the remarks while addressing an event in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir. He reaffirmed Pakistan’s commitment to continue “extending political, […]