PESHAWAR: The Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf on Wednesday moved the Peshawar High Court against the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government for allegedly stopping its leaders and workers from canvassing in the province, including the holding of rallies and gatherings, for the forthcoming general polls. In a joint petition, PTI provincial president Ali Amin Gandapur,...
ISLAMABAD: The Special Court (Official Secrets Act) seized with the cipher case against former prime minister Imran Khan and former foreign minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi is likely to indict both Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) leaders on Oct 9, it emerged during their trial behind bars on Wednesday. The Federal Investigation Agency...
India confirmed on Thursday that it had demanded a further reduction in Canada’s diplomatic presence, following reports that New Delhi had ordered dozens of foreign service officers repatriated in a dispute over the killing of a Sikh separatist. Relations between Delhi and Ottawa nosedived two weeks ago when Canada raised...
PTI Chairman Imran Khan on Thursday approached the Islamabad High Court (IHC) seeking suspension of the trial court verdict in the Toshakhana case. The move comes more than a month after the IHC had suspended Imran’s three-year sentence in the Toshakhana case. On August 5, a trial court in Islamabad had...
Disappearance is the renewed method of the Chinese authoritarian regime. No word from the state sources is heard as to why a disappearance is engineered, nor any clue as to how the kith and kin of the disappeared person have reacted. Disappearance of political opponents is understandable, and instances of...
China's economy is in danger of an "apocalyptic" collapse that would shatter global stock markets and have a disastrous impact around the world, an expert has warned. China's economy - easily the second biggest in the world behind the US - has been in rapid freefall in recent months, triggering...
The United States has condemned China’s reported sentencing of prominent Uyghur academic Rahile Dawut to life in prison, calling for the immediate release of the scholar known for documenting folklore and traditions of the Muslim minority in China’s northwestern Xinjiang region. The statement, released by the US State Department Friday,...
The daughter of a prominent Uyghur academic reportedly jailed for life in China has appealed for support from scholars around the world, saying authorities have shown her mother no mercy. The human rights group Dui Hua said last month that China had sentenced Rahile Dawut to life behind bars...
India's new representative to Taiwan Manharsinh Laxmanbhai Yadav is hoping the two sides' complementary strengths and shared values and interests will provide a solid foundation for deepening ties and cooperation for years to come. Yadav, who took over as director-general of the India Taipei Association (ITA) in August, told CNA...
In a first, India has allowed Nepal to sell electricity generated through two hydropower projects in its real-time energy market starting Saturday midnight, according to the Nepal Electricity Authority (NEA). The Central Electricity Authority of India has allowed trading of 44 MW generated from the 19.4 MW Lower Modi and...