Amid a public outcry over inflated electricity bills, Pakistan's interim PM Anwaar ul Haq Kakar held an emergency meeting on Sunday in which he directed authorities to devise "concrete steps" within the next 48 hours for a reduction in electricity bills.
Protests were held in several cities, including Multan, Lahore and Karachi, against...
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...
Just as Pakistan had begun preparing for the parliamentary elections, its army chief, Gen Asim Munir, acted swiftly to ensure that popular cricketer-turned-politician and former Prime Minister Imran Khan was rendered ineligible to contest the elections. Imran was arrested, convicted and imprisoned on the charges of corruption. The army...
Brussels , August 24: Pakistan Christians community Europe staged a protest demonstration in front of the European Parliament in Brussels to show solidarity with Christian victims of the Jaranwala violence that occurred in Pakistan.
In the protest, the protesters expressed grave concerns over the religious freedom violations and stifling state...
The Islamabad High Court (IHC) on Friday observed that the trial court, which convicted Imran Khan in the Toshakahna corruption case, “did wrong” as it adjourned until Monday the hearing on jailed former prime minister’s appeal against his conviction and sentence.
On August 5, a sessions court in Islamabad convicted...
A nail-biting rescue of children dangling hundreds of metres in the air in a cable car in Pakistan this week faced unprecedented challenges, with officials fearing the last remaining cable could snap at any moment, rescuers and military officers said.
The sixteen-hour rescue effort gripped global attention, as Pakistan’s air...
A senior Pakistani lawyer representing Imran Khan and 16 others were rescued after they were briefly trapped in a malfunctioning elevator in the Islamabad High Court on Friday.
Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) counsel Latif Khosa hopped into the lift on the third floor of the Islamabad High Court (IHC) after engaging...
Eleven people were killed in a suspected militant attack in northern Pakistan, caretaker Prime Minister Anwaar-ul-Haq Kakar said on Sunday.
Kakar posted on X, previously known as Twitter, that a 'terrorist attack' in North Waziristan 'claimed the lives of 11 innocent laborers.'
According to security and police officials, a suspected improvised...
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...
India, Aug. 15 -- China is trying to use local Uyghurs as a part of its propaganda tool to showcase the happy face of the community among Pakistani people.
Experts see it as an attempt made by China to downplay the Chinese government's horrific treatment of Uyghur Muslims in Xinjiang.
Several...
