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 […]
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Over 150 Pakistani lawmakers condemn letter from US Congress members seeking Imran Khan’s release
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 […]
Pakistan President Asif Ali Zardari suffers foot fracture at Dubai airport
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 […]
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa CM confident Imran Khan will also be released soon
ISLAMABAD — Chief Minister of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Ali Ameen Gandapur is confident that Tehreek-e-Insaf founder chairman Imran Khan will also be out of the jail soon. Talking to The News on Tuesday, Chief Minister KP neither confirmed nor denied his role in the release of Bushra Bibi. When asked about his reported role, he avoided […]
Imran Khan, Bushra Bibi likely to be indicted in new Toshakhana case today
RAWALPINDI — Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) founder Imran Khan and his wife Bushra Bibi are likely to be indicted in the new Toshakhana case on Tuesday (today), days after the latter was released on bail in the reference. Special Judge (central) Shahrukh Arjumand will conduct hearing of the said case at the Adiala jail in Rawalpindi. […]
15 security personnel killed in Pakistan’s Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province in 48 hours
ISLAMABAD — At least 15 security personnel have been killed in attacks spread across Pakistan’s Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) province in the past 48 hours, sending the law enforcement agencies into a tizzy in a region plagued by unrest. The deadliest attack occurred in province’s Dera Ismail (DI) Khan, where at least 10 Frontier Constabulary (FC) […]
Pakistan’s Punjab govt lifts ban on meetings of Imran Khan in Adiala Jail
LAHORE — Pakistan’s Punjab government on Saturday lifted a ban on the meetings of former prime minister Imran Khan who has been incarcerated in Rawalpindi’s Adiala Jail for more than a year. “The Punjab government lifted the ban on the meetings of prisoners in Adiala Jail,” a senior officer said. The ban on meetings of […]
Pakistan world’s third worst country in managing law and order: WJP
ISLAMABAD — The World Justice Project (WJP) Rule of Law Index 2024 has ranked Pakistan as the world’s third worst nation among 142 countries, when it comes to maintaining the law and order situation. According to the report, Pakistan was ranked 140th along with Mali (141) and Nigeria (142) in terms of order and security. […]
Islamabad Court grants bail to Imran Khan’s sisters Uzma, Aleema in D-Chowk protest case
ISLAMABAD — The Anti-Terrorism Court (ATC) Islamabad on Friday granted bail to PTI founder Imran Khan’s sisters, Aleema Khan and Uzma Khanum, following their detention during a protest in the capital amid Section 144 restrictions. Earlier this month, hundreds of PTI activists, including senior leaders and the two sisters, had gathered at multiple locations in […]
Shaheen Afridi graces fans with first picture of baby boy
ISLAMABAD — Pakistan’s star fast bowler Shaheen Shah Afridi won the hearts of his fans and admirers by sharing the first picture with his new born son Ali Yar with a sweet caption on Thursday. The picture, which was uploaded on Shaheen’s official Instagram showed his baby boy resting in his arms as he looks […]









