LAHORE — The toxic smog which continues to grip Lahore and other parts of Pakistan, has worsened, with the city reporting over 15,000 cases of respiratory and viral infections in just 24 hours, Ary News reported. According to Ary News, Lahore’s hospitals are overwhelmed with patients suffering from dry cough, breathing difficulties, pneumonia, and chest […]
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‘March to Islamabad on November 24,’ Imran Khan gives ‘final call’ to supporters
RAWALPINDI — Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) founder Imran Khan has called on his supporters to march to Islamabad on November 24, his lawyer and sister said on Wednesday. Talking to reporters in Rawalpindi, lawyer Faisal Chaudhry said: “Imran Khan says this is the final call for a [anti-government] protest. The PTI founder has stressed that the […]
Imran Khan, other party leaders acquitted in section 144 violation case
ISLAMABAD — Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) founder Imran Khan along with other party leaders, has been acquitted in a case related to violating Section 144, ARY News reported. As per details, the Sessions Court in Islamabad announced the verdict, granting relief to Imran Khan, Asad Qaiser, Sheikh Rasheed, Faisal Javed, and other PTI leaders. The case […]
35 killed, 43 injured after driver hits a crowd at sports center in China
BANGKOK — A driver killed 35 people and severely injured another 43 when he deliberately rammed his car into people exercising at a sports center in the southern Chinese city of Zhuhai, police said Tuesday. Police had detained a 62-year-old man at the sports center in the southern Chinese city of Zhuhai following the ramming […]
Will announce nationwide protest march date shortly: ex-Pakistan PM Imran Khan
LAHORE — Pakistan’s jailed former prime minister Imran Khan on Monday said that in a few days he will announce the date for a nationwide “protest march” aimed at rallying support for his party’s demands. “This time, our people will not return to their homes. Our protest will continue until the restoration of the constitution, […]
Imran Khan’s post-arrest bails granted in four cases related to May 9 violence
LAHORE — An anti-terrorism court in Pakistan has granted post-arrest bail to jailed former prime minister Imran Khan in four arson cases in Lahore and adjourned hearings in another eight ones till November 30. The Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) supreme leader was booked in 12 cases in Lahore in connection with May 2023 violence, including for […]
Pakistan: Death toll rises to 26 in Quetta Railway Station blast, 62 injured
ISLAMABAD — At least 26 people were killed and 62 injured after a suicide blast ripped through a Quetta Railway Station on Saturday, local authorities and hospital officials said. The incident comes a week after a bomb blast near a girl’s school and a hospital in Balochistan’s Mastung district killed eight people, including five children. […]
At least 21 killed, 30 injured in blast near Quetta railway station in Pakistan
ISLAMABAD — At least 21 people were killed and 30 others were injured in a bomb explosion near Quetta’s railway station marking the latest incident of unrest in Balochistan. Preliminary reports indicate that the explosion took place at the railway station’s booking office, which usually witnesses a significant number of people, resulting in the high […]
Pakistan court directs jail authorities for meeting between Imran Khan and PTI leadership
ISLAMABAD — A Pakistan high court on Friday directed jail authorities to arrange a meeting of former prime minister Imran Khan with his party leaders next week, while an anti-terrorism court deferred his indictment in an army headquarters attack case. A three-member bench of the Islamabad High Court, headed by Justice Sardar Ijaz Ishaq Khan, […]
Pakistan unlikely to figure prominently on Trump’s foreign policy radar
ISLAMABAD — Foreign policy experts in Pakistan believe that the victory of Donald Trump in the US Presidential election is unlikely to trigger any change in the tough stance adopted by Washington towards Islamabad over the past many years. Analysts maintain that the US policy towards Pakistan was never based on good personal terms and […]