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 […]
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Death toll from tribal clashes in Pakistan’s Kurram district rises to 102, 138 injured
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 […]
Protesters for jailed ex-PM Imran Khan cleared from Pakistan capital’s centre
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 […]
Imran Khan supporters breach lockdown in Pakistan’s Islamabad
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. […]
Four security forces killed in Pakistan as Imran Khan supporters flood capital
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 […]
Policeman killed, 70 injured, many taken ‘hostage’ as PTI party’s supporters clash with police in Pakistan
LAHORE — A policeman was killed and 70 others injured while many personnel were taken “hostage” when former prime minister Imran Khan’s supporters clashed with police in different parts of Pakistan, particularly in Islamabad, the Punjab government said on Monday. The 72-year-old former premier issued a “final call” on November 13 for nationwide protests on […]
Death toll from clashes in Pakistan’s Kurram rises to 88, 111 others Injured
ISLAMABAD — The death toll from clashes in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa’s Kurram district amid tribal tensions rose to 88 on Monday, a day after the government said that a ceasefire was agreed upon in the violence-hit region. Multiple people have been killed in the area since violence erupted following Thursday’s deadly attack when a convoy of […]
Warring tribes in northwest Pakistan agree to a cease-fire after bloodshed
PESHAWAR — Shiite and Sunni Muslim tribes in Pakistan’s northwest have agreed to a cease-fire, a government spokesman said Sunday, days after 42 Shiites were killed in an ambush. The attack on the convoy last Thursday in Kurram district triggered retaliatory attacks and rampages that killed dozens more people from both communities. A spokesperson for […]
Amid ongoing PTI protest social media platforms face disruptions in Pakistan
ISLAMABAD — With the government employing measures to stop the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf’s (PTI) march to Islamabad, social media users across the country are facing hindrances while accessing the platforms. Although hours have passed, the cause of the outage remains unknown, and no official notification has been issued, raising questions about its timing. The government had […]
82 killed, 156 injured in three days of sectarian violence in northwestern Pakistan
ISLAMABAD — Three days of bitter sectarian gunfights in northwestern Pakistan have killed at least 82 people and wounded 156 more, a local official said Sunday. Pakistan is a Sunni-majority country but Kurram district in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province — near the border with Afghanistan — has a large Shiite population and the communities have clashed […]








