ISLAMABAD — An anti-terrorism court in Pakistan on Tuesday sentenced Gilgit-Baltistan’s former chief minister Khalid Khurshid Khan to 34 years in prison for threatening the region’s security agencies. Cases of sedition and terrorism were registered against Khan following a protest in July 2024, where he was accused of delivering a threatening speech. The Anti-Terrorism Court […]
NEW YORK — The PTI will start a campaign for the release of its leader Imran Khan on the oath-taking of US President-elect Donald Trump in Washington on January 20. According to sources, the party will hire trucks and use pictures and videos for propaganda against alleged human rights violations in Pakistan and the state […]
RAWALPINDI — Aleema Khan, the sister of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) founder Imran Khan, said that the former prime minister has refused to strike any deal, asking “why he would enter any deal when he has already spent one-and-a-half years” in prison. “The PTI founder said that his cases have been wrapped up and he was […]
ISLAMABAD — At least 18 people were killed and 37 sustained injuries in two separate traffic accidents on Monday, including a bus overturning incident near Punjab’s Fateh Jang and a collision between a wedding van and trawler in Sindh’s Naushahro Feroze. 11 people, including six women and five men, were killed after a bus met […]
NEW DELHI — Notwithstanding the economic issues faced by it back home, the Pakistan Army is fully backing the militant infrastructure as 60 per cent of militants killed in Jammu and Kashmir this year were Pakistanis. The local recruitment of militants in the Pakistan-sponsored terror groups ia also very low as only four locals have […]
LAHORE — Pakistan’s star batter Babar Azam has been named among the nominees for the International Cricket Council (ICC) Men’s T20I Cricketer of the Year Award. Babar, who currently is the top-ranked one-day international (ODI) batter and is at the sixth spot on the T20I rankings, is nominated alongside India’s Arshdeep Singh, Australia’s Travis Head […]
LAHORE — Mumbai attacks alleged mastermind Hafiz Saeed’s brother-in-law and banned Jamaat-ud-Dawa deputy chief Hafiz Abdul Rahman Makki died of heart attack here on Friday. According to the Jamaat-ud-Dawa (JuD), Prof Abdul Rahman Makki had been ill for the past few days and was undergoing treatment following high diabetes at a private hospital in Lahore. […]
RAWALPINDI — A Pakistan Army major embraced martyrdom while 13 terrorists were killed during three separate operations in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, the military’s media wing said on Thursday. According to the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR), an intelligence-based operation was conducted on the reported presence of terrorists in the general area of Jani Khel in Bannu district. […]
ISLAMABAD — Pakistan on Thursday confirmed that it carried out strikes targeting militants’ hideouts in Afghanistan, amid strong protest from the Afghan leadership, which condemned it as a “brutal act” and said such arbitrary actions are not a solution to any problem. According to the Afghan officials, at least 46 people, including women and children, […]
RAWALPINDI — Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) founder Imran Khan’s nephew Hassan Khan Niazi is among 60 more “culprits” sentenced by the military court for their involvement in the May 9 riots, the military’s media wing said on Thursday. “The Field General Court Martial has promulgated the punishments to the following remaining 60 culprits after examining all […]