ISLAMABAD — The political committee of the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) has issued an official statement after a crucial meeting, calling for full access to party founder Imran Khan due to concerns over his health and safety, media reported. The committee on Sunday highlighted that Imran Khan’s well-being is a matter of grave concern, with growing […]
KURRAM — At least six more people were killed, and eight others wounded in District Kurram on Sunday, police said, as the deadly tribal clashes continued for the 11th consecutive day. Police said the death toll in the recent incidents of violence has surged to 130 and while the number of people who sustained injuries […]
KURRAM — The death toll from ongoing tribal clashes in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa’s District Kurram has risen further, as two more individuals lost their lives and 10 others were injured in fresh incidents of firing, sources told Geo News. The police confirmed that the latest spell of violence, now entering its tenth day, has claimed 124 […]
LAHORE — Minarets of three Ahmadi minority’s places of worship were destroyed by police and religious extremists while 31 Ahmadis who came to stop the desecration were booked in Punjab province of Pakistan, a community organisation said on Friday. Jamaat-e-Ahmadiyya Pakistan (JAP) said the incidents took place in Sialkot and Faisalabad districts of Punjab, some […]
KURRAM — Firing incidents in various areas of District Kurram have claimed 12 more lives and left 17 injured on the ninth day of ongoing tribal clashes, police said on Friday. Despite a recent ceasefire agreement, violence persists, bringing the total death toll to 122 and the number of injured to 168. According to the […]
ISLAMABAD — Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) founder Imran Khan on Thursday removed Barrister Gohar Ali Khan from the party chairmanship, ARY News reported. Speaking after his meeting with Imran Khan, Barrister Ali Zafar confirmed that the PTI founder has nominated former National Assembly speaker Asad Qaiser for the post of PTI chairman. Barrister Ali Zafar said […]
ISLAMABAD — The recent clashes between the two warring sides in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa’s Kurram district continued for the seventh consecutive day as the death toll in the violence-hit territory passed 100, with three people losing their lives overnight. The police said one of the injured from a firing incident on vehicles carrying passengers from […]
ISLAMABAD — Protesters who marched on the Pakistan capital to demand the release of jailed former prime minister Imran Khan were cleared from the city centre on Wednesday after a sweeping security crackdown. More than ten thousand protesters had surged into Islamabad since the weekend, answering Khan’s call to protest his sidelining from February elections […]
ISLAMABAD — Supporters seeking the release of Pakistan’s jailed former Prime Minister Imran Khan broke through a ring of shipping containers locking down the capital, Islamabad, battled police, and ignored a government threat to respond with gunfire. Police used tear gas to disperse the crowds on Tuesday, with reports of several people killed in clashes. […]
ISLAMABAD – Pakistani protesters demanding the release of ex-prime minister Imran Khan on Tuesday killed four members of the nation’s security forces, the government said, as the crowds closed in on the centre of the capital. Protesters armed with sticks and slingshots took on police in western Islamabad on Tuesday morning, less than 10 kilometres […]