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 […]
LAHORE — Pakistan’s jailed former prime minister Imran Khan said on Wednesday that a two-year extension to the three services chiefs, including Army Chief Gen Asim Munir, is a “massacre of democracy, the rule of law, and the rights of the people.” Khan made the comments during a conversation with the media and his lawyers […]
LAHORE — Pakistan’s Punjab Chief Minister Maryam Nawaz was admitted to a hospital due to health issues, the provincial government said on Monday. “CM Maryam Nawaz visited the Sharif Medical City Lahore last night due to health issues. She had her thyroid checked,” Senior Minister Marriyum Aurangzeb posted on X. The minister said: “CM Maryam […]
ISLAMABAD — A court in Pakistan on Monday witnessed emotional scenes when jailed former premier Imran Khan’s wife Bushra Bibi burst into tears, expressing her utter helplessness against the inefficient justice system and her husband’s “unjust sentencing”. The former first lady appeared before Islamabad District Magistrate Afzal Majoka’s court to acquire bail for her husband […]
ISLAMABAD — A Pakistan high court on Monday issued a notice to the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) seeking a response from the probe body to a bail application filed by jailed former premier Imran Khan in the Toshakhana II case. Islamabad High Court judge Justice Miangul Hasan Aurangzeb presided over the case. Khan has requested […]
LAHORE — Punjab Police have launched a massive crackdown on power theft, resulting in the arrest of 61,540 individuals across the province, including Lahore, ARY News reported. As per details, the police have registered 99,572 cases against power thieves, completed challans for 60,278 cases, and convicted 8,424 accused. In Lahore alone, 32,057 individuals have been […]
ISLAMABAD — A total of 198 people were killed and 111 others injured in separate terrorist attacks in Pakistan during October, the Pakistan Institute for Conflict and Security Studies (PICSS), an Islamabad-based think tank said on Saturday. Despite a slight reduction in the overall number of militant attacks, the month emerged as the second deadliest […]
COLOMBO — As many as 191 persons, including six candidates, have been arrested so far in connection with complaints related to the 2024 parliamentary elections, police said on Saturday. Voting for Parliamentary polls in set to take place on November 14. Police said they have received 168 complaints related to the parliamentary elections. “It includes […]
ISLAMABAD — Pakistan’s more than 150 lawmakers joined hands to condemn a letter from 62 US Congress members urging President Joe Biden to pressurize Islamabad into releasing jailed former premier Imran Khan, a media report said on Thursday. Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI)’s founding chairman Khan has been in jail since August last year and his overseas […]
DUBAI — President Asif Ali Zardari suffered a foot fracture while disembarking from a plane at Dubai airport last night, a spokesperson of the President’s House said on Thursday. According to the spokesperson, the president was immediately shifted to a hospital for first aid and his leg was plastered by doctors following his check-up. Zardari […]