ISLAMABAD — Former Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan and his wife Bushra Bibi have filed separate post-arrest bail pleas in the new Toshakhana case related to a jewellery set gifted by the Saudi crown prince, Pakistan-based Geo News reported. Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) founder Imran Khan and his wife have filed the applications through Barrister Salman […]
PESHAWAR — Twenty-five militants, including a top militant commander, were neutralised while eleven others injured after Pakistan’s security forces conducted “extensive” intelligence-based operations in the restive Khyber tribal district against the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) and two of its affiliate groups, the army said Tuesday. The operations were based on “robust intelligence” and resulted in major […]
QUETTA, PAKISTAN — At least 73 people were killed in Pakistan’s province of Balochistan when separatist militants attacked police stations, railway lines and highways, officials said Monday, noting that security forces have launched retaliatory operations. The assaults were the most widespread in years by ethnic militants fighting a decades-long insurgency to win secession of the […]
ISLAMABAD — Separatist militants killed at least 39 people in “coordinated” attacks in southwestern Pakistan on Monday that largely targeted ethnic Punjabis, government officials said. In one of the attacks, dozens of militants stopped vehicles travelling on a highway through Balochistan province and shot 23 people dead — one of the worst shootings in the […]
RAWALPINDI — Bangladesh clinched a thrilling final day victory over Pakistan in the first Test of the two-match series in Rawalpindi on Sunday. Bangladesh made history by securing their first-ever Test victory over Pakistan, triumphing by 10 wickets in the opening match of the series. This landmark win came after 14 encounters with Pakistan, where […]
ISLAMABAD — At least 37 people, including 11 pilgrims, were killed and several others injured in two separate bus accidents in Pakistan Sunday. The first accident occurred when a bus carrying 70 people, bringing Shia pilgrims back from Iran to Punjab province, veered off the Makran Coastal Highway in Balochistan province. The Makran Coastal Highway […]
ISLAMABAD — Former Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan’s cases in connection with the May 9 riots might go to military courts, the Pakistan government’s spokesperson for legal affairs, Barrister Aqeel Malik, said. Notably, countrywide protests erupted on May 9 last year after the paramilitary Rangers whisked away Imran from the Islamabad High Court (IHC) in […]
RAWALPINDI — Pakistan’s Saud Shakeel’s batting average witnessed a huge boost after a fine century against Bangladesh at Rawalpindi on Thursday, becoming the second-highest among current Test batters with a minimum of 10 Test innings. Shakeel accomplished this feat in the first Test against Bangladesh. In the first innings, Shakeel smashed 141 in 261 balls. […]
ISLAMABAD — Pakistan’s capital was tense on Thursday after jailed former prime Imran Khan’s party threatened to go ahead with its plan to hold a rally here in the capital despite the government’s refusal to permit it. Khan’s Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) party had sought to hold a power show after months of political wrangling over […]
ISLAMABAD — Pakistan’s jailed former prime minister Imran Khan has applied to become the next chancellor of Britain’s prestigious University of Oxford, his party said. Khan, prime minister from 2018 to 2022, has just marked one year in prison on various charges from corruption to inciting violence that he said are politically motivated and designed […]