Usman Buzdar quits politics over May 9 violence
QUETTA: Former Punjab chief minister Sardar Usman Buzdar is the latest PTI leader to have quit politics. Addressing a presser at the Quetta Press Club,...
SC fixes JI’s plea for Panama Papers hearing
ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court on Friday fixed the petition related to Panama Papers for hearing. Justice Sardar Tariq Masood would preside over the nine-member bench...
NSC moot delayed owing to PM’s Turkiye visit
ISLAMABAD: A meeting of the National Security Committee (NSC) was postponed due to Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif’s visit to Turkiye to attend the inaugural ceremony...
PTI’s Pervez Khattak steps down from party position
Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) senior leader Pervez Khattak announced stepping down as the party’s Khyber Pakhtunkhwa chapter president late Thursday. Addressing a press conference in Islamabad,...
Five of family die in Kot Addu blast
KOT ADDU: Five family members were killed and three others injured when a blast tore apart a house at Daira Din Panah – a small...
Justice Iqbal Hameedur Rahman sworn in as Federal Shariat Court CJ
ISLAMABAD: Justice Iqbal Hameedur Rahman on Thursday took oath as the chief justice of the Federal Shariat Court. Chief Justice of Pakistan Umar Ata Bandial...
Sanaullah condemns attack on polio team in North Waziristan
ISLAMABAD- Interior Minister Rana Sanaullah Khan on Wednesday strongly condemned the attack on a polio vaccination team in North Waziristan and paid tribute to the...
Petrol price slashed by Rs8 per litre
The federal government reduced the prices of petroleum products Wednesday by up to Rs8 per litre. The decision was announced by Finance Minister Ishaq Dar...
Ex-PTI members from South Punjab formally join PPP
LAHORE: Former Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) members from South Punjab, who have recently parted ways with the party, have formally joined Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) on...
PM affirms Pakistan’s commitment to build beneficial tie with Belarus
Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has affirmed Pakistan’s commitment to build mutually beneficial cooperation with Belarus in the areas of economic, agriculture, science, technology, education and...
FM Bilawal leaves for Jordan to attend ‘royal wedding’
Foreign Minister Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari is travelling this afternoon to Jordan and Iraq, the state-run APP quoted Foreign Office as saying on Wednesday. In the first leg of...
Elections will be held on Nawaz Sharif’s return, says Talal Chaudhry
FAISALABAD: Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) leader Fawad Chaudhry on Wednesday said that elections will be held in the country upon the arrival of former prime...
Fawad vows to continue struggle in bid to take country out of quagmire
RAWALPINDI: Former Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) leader Fawad Chaudhry on Wednesday vowed to continue his political struggle in a bid to take the country out of...
Justice Isa-led audio leaks commission objects to SC bench
ISLAMABAD: The inquiry commission formed by the federal government to probe audio leaks has raised objections to the constitution and composition of Chief Justice of...
Dr. Fouzia meets Afia Siddiqui after 20 long years
New York: Dr. Afia’s elder sister met her after 20 years in Fort Worth town of United States where she is currently detained. Meanwhile, British...
Australian high commissioner calls on Imran Khan
LAHORE: Australian High Commissioner to Pakistan Neil Hawkins called on Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) chief and former prime minister Imran Khan. During the meeting at Imran...
Pakistan’s contribution in UN peacekeeping reflective of peace commitment: Hina
ISLAMABAD: Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Hina Rabbani Khar reaffirmed Pakistan’s strong commitment and support to the United Nations peacekeeping and peace-building programme. “Pakistan...
Four more alleged May 9 vandals handed over to military in Faisalabad
An anti-terrorism court (ATC) in Faisalabad on Tuesday approved handing over four accused involved in attacking defence installations during May 9 riots to the military...
Four die as bridge falls while being placed on pillars in Muzaffarabad
Four people died and three sustained injuries after the under-construction Bailey Bridge collapsed in Dhani area of Naseerabad tehsil in Muzaffarabad district. The injured were...
Pak-Belarus agree to beneficial partnership for prosperity
Pakistan and Belarus have aspired to build a comprehensive and mutually beneficial partnership that contributes to the prosperity and wellbeing of the people of both...
Khawaja Asif asks CJP to ‘recuse himself’ from hearing audio leaks case
ISLAMABAD: Defence Minister Khawaja Muhammad Asif on Tuesday has asked Chief Justice of Pakistan (CJP) Umar Ata Bandial to “distance himself” from hearing the audio...
Ali Muhammad Khan rearrested after being released from Adiala Jail
Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) leader Ali Muhammad Khan has been arrested by police shortly after being released from Rawalpindi’s Adiala Jail. Sources said that Ali Muhammad Khan...
Jinnah House attack: JIT summons Imran Khan today
LAHORE- Regarding May 9 incidents, the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Chairman, Imran Khan is summoned today by the Joint Investigation Team (JIT) to probe into the...
PM phones President Erdogan, felicitates on re-election
Prime Minister Muhammad Shehbaz Sharif has felicitated Turkish Recep Tayyip Erdogan on his re-election in the office on third term. In a telephonic conversation with...
Lightning strike kills six, injures eight in Tharparkar
THARPARKAR: A lightning strike killed at least six Hindu yatrees and critically injured eight other in Tharparkar, a district in Sindh province, on late Monday...
COAS says Nexus between internal collusive elements and external forces bas been exposed
RAWALPINDI: Chief of Army Staff (COAS) General Asim Munir has said that attempts to drive a wedge between the nation and military will never succeed...
PM Shehbaz holds Imran Khan responsible for economic crisis
Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif took to Twitter on Monday to express his opinion on the economic understanding of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) chairman Imran Khan. PM...
SSP dismisses ill treatment of women in captivity, assures them of care
LAHORE: Dr Anoosh Masood Chaudhry, Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) Investigation in Lahore, on Monday quashed PTI’s allegation about misbehaviour with women in jail. The...
Brain-eating amoeba kills one in Karachi
KARACHI: The brain-eating amoeba, naegleria fowleri, claimed the life of a 19-year-old man in Karachi on Monday, reported health authorities. Zahir Shah was brought to the hospital...
NAB Amendment Bill 2023 becomes law, despite president’s refusal to sign
ISLAMABAD: The NAB (National Accountability Bureau) Amendment Bill 2023 has officially become law, despite the president’s initial refusal to sign it for the second time....
SC (Practice and Procedure Bill 2023) case to be heard on June 1
ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court (Practice and Procedure Bill 2023) is scheduled for a hearing in the Supreme Court, as announced on Monday. An eight-member larger...
Jahangir Tareen, Aleem Khan exchange views on political situation
LAHORE: As Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf’s (PTI) exodus continues, former senior leaders of the party, Jahangir Khan Tareen and Abdul Aleem Khan discussed the political situation of...
Supreme Court adjourns hearing of ECP review plea
ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court of Pakistan on Monday adjourned for an indefinite period the Election Commission of Pakistan’s (ECP) review petition on its April 4 order...
PTI ticket-holder from Narowal Sajjad Mahais quits party
NAROWAL: As desertion from the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) continued, a ticket-holder from Narowal, Sajjad Mahais, on Monday parted ways with embattled Imran Khan over May...
Amir Mir denounces false propaganda regarding ill-treatment of arrested women
LAHORE: The Punjab Caretaker Information Minister, Amir Mir, dismissed allegations of ill-treatment towards the arrested women involved in the events of May 9, calling it...
Nawaz Sharif rejects Imran’s offer for talks
LONDON – PML-N supremo Nawaz Sharif on Saturday ruled out any possibility of holding talks with the PTI. It comes minutes after PTI chief Imran...
Imran Khan forms seven-member committee to hold negotiations with govt
LAHORE: PTI chief Imran Khan on Saturday constituted a seven-member committee to hold talks with the PDM-led government. It comes a day after he appealed...
Marriyum rebuffs Imran’s dialogue offer
ISLAMABAD: Information Minister Marriyum Aurangzeb on Saturday ruled out the possibility of holding talks with PTI Chairman Imran Khan, saying those who attacked the state...
Govt considering to slap ban on PTI: Sanaullah
ISLAMABAD: Interior Minister Rana Sanaullah said the government was considering to ban Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) due to its planned vandalism and attack against military installations...
PM vows to stamp out menace of terrorism from country
Prime Minister Muhammad Shehbaz Sharif says government and people stand by the armed forces for stability of country and to stamp out menace of terrorism...
Bilawal commends PAF martyrs for thwarting enemy’s plans
Foreign Minister Bilawal Bhutto Zardari says government will utilize all available resources to modernize Pakistan Air Force to ensure impregnable air defence of the country....
CJCSC, Services Chiefs, civil society reps pay rich tributes to martyrs of Pakistan
RAWALPINDI: On the eve of Youm-e-Takreem Shuhada-e-Pakistan, the Chairman Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee (CJCSC), Services Chiefs, retired services officers and representatives of civil society...
IHC annuls Ejaz Chaudhry’s arrest, orders his release
ISLAMABAD: Declaring arrest of Tehreek-e-Insaf leader and Senator Ijaz Chaudhry’s arrest under Section 3 of the Maintenance of Public Order (MPO) as null and void,...
‘Youm-e-Takreem Shuhada-e-Pakistan’ being observed today
The nation is observing ‘Youm-e-Takreem Shuhada-e-Pakistan’ on Thursday, to pay rich tribute to the martyrs who laid their lives while protecting the motherland and its...
Nation is proud of valiant martyrs of Pakistan: President, PM
President Dr Arif Alvi, Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif and the Services Chiefs have in their messages on the occasion of Yaum-e-Takreem-e-Shuhada-e-Pakistan have paid rich tributes...
Two ex-MPAs of Parvez Elahi’s group slide away from PTI
BAHAWALPUR: Two former MPAs Ihsanul Haq and Dr Muhammad Afzal on slid away from the PTI. Both leaders, who were part of the PML-Q’s Parvez...
Reko Diq Co forms committee for local development in Chagai
ISLAMABAD – Reko Diq Mining Company (RDMC) on Wednesday constituted a 25-member Community Development Committee (CDC) at Nokkundi in the Chagai district, comprising local stakeholders...
Asad Umar quits PTI secretary general post
ISLAMABAD: In the latest blow to the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf, Asad Umar announced Wednesday that he was stepping down as the party’s secretary general over May...
PM reiterates no one will be allowed to disrespect our Shuhada
Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has reiterated that no one will be allowed to disrespect our Shuhada, who rendered their lives in safeguarding the homeland. Addressing...
Nawaz Sharif criticizes judiciary
In a scathing tweet, Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) chief Nawaz Sharif directed sharp criticism at the judiciary, accusing it of various transgressions and expressing his...