Islamabad , May 10: Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) leader Asad Umar was arrested from the Islamabad High Court's (IHC) premises a day after the country's former prime minister Imran Khan was arrested.
The Secretary General of PTI was apparently arrested by the Anti-Terrorist Squad of the Islamabad police today.
Umar was taken into custody while waiting...
, November 27: Pakistan's Lahore on Monday remained on top of the list of the most populated cities of the world with an average pollution reading of 415.
According to the air pollution data shared by the Punjab Environment Protection Department, Upper Mall remained the most polluted locality with a...
Gilgit-Baltistan (PoK), March 30: The construction contractors in Gilgit-Baltistan, which is illegally occupied by Pakistan, have stopped work over pending dues from the Government.
The contractors have stopped work on development projects because their dues of 13 billion rupees have not been paid by the government of Pakistan.
The Chief Secretary has stopped issuing notices...
The outgoing government of Pakistan has passed a raft of legislation during the last 30 days. Many parliamentarians have complained that some of those Bills were not properly debated and oftentimes not even referred to parliamentary committees – sparking fears about the setting of negative precedents in the South Asian country.
At...
Karachi , March 17: Expressing grave concerns over the shortage of different medicines including life-saving drugs, the Pakistan Medical Association (PMA) demanded the government to ease the process of opening letters of credit (LCs) for drug manufacturers, Dawn reported.
In a statement issued here on Thursday, the PMA said that...
Balochistan , January 31: The China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) Highway in Balochistan was blocked after a case of enforced disappearance came to the fore. Baloch activist Mahrang stated that his family has blocked the CPEC route and demanded his release.
Mahrang Baloch accused Pakistan's Frontier Corps officers of threatening and...
The families affected by the Dasu hydropower project in Pakistan announced that work on the 4380 megawatts energy initiative would remain suspended until Wapda fulfils its commitments regarding land acquisition and financial package, reported Dawn.
They made the announcement during a Jirga in the Kamila area of the Upper Kohistan...
LONDON: Days after a convoy of Chinese engineers was attacked in Pakistan's southwestern province of Balochistan, a prominent Baloch activist justified the incident calling it an attempt by the indigenous people to protect their identity and land.
Hakeem Baloch, a journalist and a senior activist of the Baloch National Movement...
New Delhi , May 5: A rights activist has slammed Pakistan Foreign Minister Bilawal Bhutto Zardari, who is in Goa to attend the SCO Foreign Ministers' meeting, over the killing of seven school teachers in separate incidents in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa region on Thursday.
Condemning Zardari over the mass killing of Shia teachers in Pakistan , Shujaat Ali...
Islamabad , January 23: Former Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan has questioned the transparency of the elections set to be conducted on February 8 and added that the 'preferential treatment' meted out to a single political party had turned these polls into the 'mother of all selections'.
He asked Pakistan...
