PESHAWAR: Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam- Fazl (JUI-F) chief Maulana Fazlur Rahman is tight-lipped on his one-on-one meeting with Taliban supreme leader Maulvi Sheikh Haibatullah Akhunzada and has not even updated the other members of his delegation what the two discussed, reported The News on Friday. According to the publication, the Maulana Fazl-led delegation is likely to conclude the visit […]
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ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) and the Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) on Thursday sought a Senate session to ensure timely general elections in the country, The News reported. Both parties are in the lead using different platforms to ensure the holding of general elections on February 8. It was learnt that PTI Senator Ali Zafar took signatures […]
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ISLAMABAD: Nawaz Sharif has emerged as the most popular leader in Punjab, according to a newly released survey, whereas he is fast catching up with Imran Khan at the national level as the former’s graph goes up and the latter’s is going down after incarceration. A survey released by Gallup Pakistan on Thursday laid out […]
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ISLAMABAD: President Dr Arif Alvi on Friday accepted the resignation of Justice Ijaz Ul Ahsan, the third senior-most judge of the Supreme Court who stepped down abruptly a day earlier, on Prime Minister Anwaar-ul-Haq Kakar’s advice. Justice Ahsan resigned under Articles 179 and 206 (1) of the Constitution. Article 179 allows an SC judge to […]
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LAHORE: After the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) fielded its candidates in Punjab’s Gujrat district, an upset Pakistan Muslim League-Quaid (PML-Q) said it has scrapped the seat adjustment plans with the party weeks before the country is set to witness a much awaited general elections on February 8. The party, in a statement on Friday, alleged that the PML-N […]
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ISLAMABAD: Days after a resolution seeking to delay election in the country was passed by the upper house of parliament, another similar resolution was submitted to the Senate on Friday. The resolution moved by independent Senator Hidayat Ullah called for postponing February 8 general elections in view of the “security challenges”. It said the upper […]
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Chief Justice of Pakistan (CJP) Qazi Faez Isa on Friday observed that the Elections Commission of Pakistan (ECP) was “overtly generous” with the PTI during its government by granting the party two years to hold internal elections. He passed these remarks as a three-member Supreme Court (SC) bench — comprising the CJP, Justice Muhammad Ali […]
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German Football player turned manager Franz Beckenbauer, the legend of the game, died at his family home aged 78, his family confirmed on Sunday. Beckenbauer popularly known as ‘Der Kaiser’, has won the Ballon d’Or twice while he also clinched the World Cup title twice — as the captain of West Germany in 1974 and […]
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Dutch far-right election winner Geert Wilders has withdrawn a 2018 proposal banning mosques and the Holy Quran, in a concession to potential coalition partners, a day before talks to form the next government resume following the November election. According to Euro News, the bill’s abandonment could be critical in gaining the trust and support of three […]
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US naval officer Wenheng Zhao pleaded guilty to passing sensitive information and blueprints to Chinese intelligence and has been sentenced to 27 months in Jail. Zhao was a petty officer working at the Californian Ventura County naval base. According to BBC, he passed on military information about operational instructions, electrical diagrams, and blueprints for the radar system […]
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