NEW DELHI — India is seeking changes in a six-decade-old Indus water treaty and has formally notified Pakistan to amend the pact. The longstanding dispute concerning Kishanganga and Ratle hydroelectric projects has prompted India to seek a modification in the treaty. According to the treaty, the Indus, Jhelum, and Chenab waters were allocated to Pakistan, […]
LAHORE — A college teacher belonging to the Ahmadi minority community has been terminated following a large scale protest by students at a college in Pakistan’s Punjab province for being an Ahmadi, a statement from the community body said on Tuesday. Syed Ahmad, who has been teaching for the last 11 years at the Superior […]
ISLAMABAD — A 44-year-old man, who hails from the Gujarat district in Punjab, has tested positive for monkeypox virus or mpox after arriving in Pakistan from a gulf state marking the seventh mpox case in the country this year and the sixth since the World Health Organisation (WHO) declared an emergency last month. The patient, […]
ISLAMABAD — An Islamabad anti-terrorism court (ATC) on Monday granted bail to 10 PTI lawmakers arrested by the Islamabad police last week under the Anti-Terrorism Act and the newly imposed Peaceful Assembly and Public Order Act 2024. At least 11 PTI MNAs were arrested last week from different areas of Islamabad following the party’s long-waited […]
ISLAMABAD — Launching a scathing attack on Pakistan’s ruling coalition and the country’s institutions, incarcerated prime minister Imran Khan compared the current situation with the era of military ruler Yahya Khan and alleged that the country’s institutions are being “destroyed.’ Condemning the crackdown on PTI, the former premier called the current ‘establishment’ as “Yahya Khan […]
KARACHI — At least three passengers travelling to Karachi were suspected of monkeypox in a single day at the Jinnah International Airport, Geo News reported on Sunday citing sources. All three passengers were returning to Pakistan from Middle Eastern countries, the sources added. According to the insiders, all three passengers have been shifted to Sindh […]
LAHORE — A Pakistan court awarded a death sentence to a man from the Punjab province for insulting the Prophet Muhammad on social media, a court official said on Saturday. Blasphemy, especially insult to the Prophet, is an offense punishable by death in Pakistan. “Additional Sessions Court Judge Shahbaz Iqbal Tarar of Sarai Alamgir on […]
KARACHI — Thirteen members of a family died after consuming milk laced with poison in Pakistan’s Sindh province, police said on Friday. The deaths took place on August 19 in Haibat Khan Brohi village near Khairpur. The victims were identified as Gul Baig Brohi, his wife, five sons, three daughters and three other relatives. Some […]
LAHORE — Former foreign minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi on Thursday urged the government to reconsider its policies, warning that failure to do so could plunge the country into a major crisis. Talking to reporters in an anti-terrorism court, the PTI leader alleged that the government was obstructing the implementation of the Constitution, laws, and court […]
ISLAMABAD — Criticising the arrests of PTI lawmakers on Sunday’s crackdown, PPP Chairman Bilawal-Bhutto Zardari has warned the coalition government led by the PML-N of repercussions of victimising political opponents following in the footsteps of the previous Imran Khan-led regime. “If the government’s only job is to decide, who should we put behind bars today […]