Islamabad , November 18: Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) chairman Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari has warned political leaders not to join Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) as they will lose their "political weightage" if they enter the party's fold.
He made the statement on Friday while addressing a workers convention in Mardan. He stressed...
Islamabad , November 18: A woman and her minor son were killed after a high-speed Suzuki pickup crashed into a motorcycle near Aga Khan Jamaat Khana on Shahra-e-Pakistan in Karachi on Thursday. The woman's brother was critically injured while a three-year-old girl riding with them remained unhurt.
According to details,...
Islamabad , November 18: An accountability court in Lahore on Saturday acquitted Pakistan's former Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif and others in the Ashiana-e-Iqbal Housing Scheme case.
Accountability court judge Ali Zulqurnain announced the verdict and acquitted Shehbaz Sharif, senior bureaucrat Fawad Hasan Fawad, former director general of the Lahore Development...
The version of “Game of Thrones” currently being enacted in the Pakistani political theatre is no less exciting and unpredictable than what the original HBO blockbuster offered viewers the world over.
The fortunes of the dramatis personae—two former Prime Ministers and a general and the supporting cast—have changed dramatically in...
United Nations Human Rights Chief Volker Türk said he is “alarmed” by reports that Afghan refugees are being abused in Pakistan as the country carries out its policy of forced mass deportation.
In a statement Wednesday, Türk expressed concern at reports that “the arbitrary expulsion of Afghan nationals from Pakistan...
KARACHI: Heavily-armed men have taken three police constables hostage after they attacked a security checkpoint in Pakistan's restive Balochistan province, officials have said. The incident took place on Wednesday at the police checkpoint in Turbat.
The armed men, besides taking three constables hostage, also took away their official submachine guns...
Seeking urgent funds to the tune of $65 billion via infrastructure investment, Pakistan’s caretaker Prime Minister Anwaarul Haq Kakar,on October 20, completed a five-day trip to Beijing. He was also attempting to allay China’s demands regarding the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC), the ambitious infrastructure project spearheaded by Beijing from...
Islamabad , November 14: Ahead of the general elections, Pakistan People's Party (PPP) Chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari took a jibe at Pakistan Muslim League Nawaz (PML-N) supremo Nawaz Sharif over his recent visit to Balochistan, advising him to concentrate on addressing issues in Lahore.
Notably, differences have occurred between PPP...
Islamabad , November 14: The Islamabad High Court on Tuesday halted trial proceedings against Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) chairman and former prime minister, Imran Khan, in the cipher case till November 16.
A two-member bench of Justice Mian Gul Hassan Aurangzeb and Justice Saman Raffat announced the stay order on Imran...
Islamabad , November 13: The Islamabad Accountability Court has issued arrest warrants for Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf chairman and former Pakistan PM Imran Khan in the Toshakhana and 190 million pounds Al-Qadir Trust cases, Samaa News reported on Monday.
The Toshakhana reference case was a landmark decision by the Election Commission of...
