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...
ISLAMABAD (PAKISTAN): Pakistan's former prime minister Imran Khan's wife Bushra Bibi demanded ‘B-Class facilities’ for her husband under ‘Pakistan Prison Rules’, ARY News reported on Friday. Bushra Bibi wrote a letter to the home secretary of Punjab province and noted that B-Class facilities are liable to be given to Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI)...
Pakistan electronic media watchdog has stopped TV channels from giving air space to 11 people, including journalists, accused of criticising the military and the Shehbaz Sharif-led previous government and declared ‘proclaimed offenders’ or absconders by courts. The Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority (Pemra) issued a directive on Saturday, citing a...
Balochistan , August 13: The Chinese Consulate General in Karachi issued a safety warning on Sunday following the targeted attack on a Chinese convoy in Balochistan. A convoy of Chinese engineers was attacked in Gwadar in Pakistan’s Balochistan on Sunday. “The Chinese Consulate General in Karachi, Pakistan issued a safety warning...
The Baloch people have also declared 14 August as "Black Day" in Balochistan. The Pakistan Army occupied the independent state of Baluchistan on March 28, 1947. On the occasion of the 76th anniversary of the creation of Pakistan, which is being observed on August 14, political repression is on the...
Ahead of the 77th Independence Day celebration in Pakistan on August 14, several political activists and youth organisations in Pakistan occupied Kashmir (PoK) have decided to observe it as “Black Day” as a mark of protest against the atrocities of the Pakistan government. According to a report from the news...
Last Saturday, police in Pakistan arrested former prime minister Imran Khan after a court sentenced him to three years in prison. He was accused of buying and selling state gifts worth around US$500,000 during his premiership from 2018-22. Khan, a former Pakistan cricket captain turned politician, was taken into custody in May by paramilitary...