Islamabad : Several politicians across different parties have moved to the Supreme Court of Pakistan, urging the apex court to intervene in the interim government's decision to deport the "illegal foreigners" from the country, The News International reported. The caretakers last month directed 1.7 million Afghans -- living in the...
ISLAMABAD: Two Pakistani soldiers and one militant were killed in a roadside bomb explosion and in a separate shootout during an overnight military operation against militant activity in the northwest alongside the border with Afghanistan, the military said on Saturday. A military statement said an intelligence-based operation was conducted...
Islamabad, Oct 25 The IMF will send its delegation to Pakistan next week to hold talks for the release of USD 710 million second tranche of a USD 3 billion loan to the cash-strapped country to stabilise its debt-ridden economy, media reports said on Wednesday.   The Washington-based global lender transferred...
Islamabad, Oct 25: Pakistan's Chief Justice Qazi Faez Isa has questioned the utility and purpose of having caretaker governments while noting that the responsibility of holding free and fair elections lies with the Election Commission and not the interim setup.   The top judge made the remarks on Tuesday while hearing...
RAWALPINDI: Once a profitable entity and the pride of a nation, the national flag carrier’s fortunes plummeted to an all-time low on Sunday, when its operations ground to a halt yet again, due to a lack of fuel. While Pakistan International Airlines (PIA), suffering losses to the tune of Rs750...
WASHINGTON: The United States is imposing sanctions on three China-based companies that it said on Friday have worked to supply missile‐applicable items to Pakistan’s ballistic missile program. A US State Department statement identified the firms as General Technology Limited, Beijing Luo Luo Technology Development Co Ltd, and Changzhou Utek Composite...
NEW DELHI: Former Pakistan PM Imran Khan was on Monday indicted in an Official Secrets Act case. "He has been indicted today and the charge was openly read out," said Shah Khawar of Pakistan's Federal Investigation Agency outside Adiala jail. This come as another huge blow to the cricketer-turned-politician, who is already in...
The Senate Standing Committee on Religious Affairs and Interfaith Harmony convened on Tuesday to discuss the implications of the Saudi government's decision to significantly reduce the number of Pakistani Hajj Group Organizers (HGOs) from 905 to only 46. Chaired by Maulana Abdul Ghafoor Haideri, the committee gathered with the participation...
RAWALPINDI: The restrictions on fuel supply owing to non-payment of dues as well as certain ope­r­ational issues continued to affect the flight operati­ons of the Pakistan Inter­na­tional Airlines (PIA) on Tuesday, forcing the loss-making state-owned entity to cancel at least 24 domestic and international flig­hts and delay 12 others.   Among...
Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) faced fresh turbulence as its domestic flight operations were disrupted on account of non-payment of dues, leading to a complete halt in the supply of aviation turbine fuel to the carrier. Pakistan State Oil (PSO) halted the supply of aviation fuel to the national carrier on...