China has decided to open a visa office in Peshawar to further boost economic relations with Pakistan, Radio Pakistan reported on Thursday. According to the state-run radio service, Chinese Ambassador to Pakistan Yao Jing made the announcement while talking to the media during his visit to China Window Centre — a Chinese cultural centre — in Peshawar. Yao […]
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A group of over 50 opposition leaders staged a protest in front of Parliament House in Islamabad on Thursday to protest the non-issuance of production orders for various politicians who are imprisoned. Ahead of a National Assembly session, protesting opposition leaders at the camp included PML-N leader Khawaja Asif, Ayaz Sadiq, Murtaza Javed Abbasi, Rana […]
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Prime Minister Imran Khan on Thursday met with Saudi King Salman bin Abdulaziz and expressed Pakistan’s resolve to stand with Saudi Arabia “in the event of a threat to its sanctity and security”, a statement by the Prime Minister’s Office said. The premier condemned the recent drone attacks on Saudi Arabia’s oil facilities and assured […]
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Civil society activists and members of the Hindu community are protesting in Karachi’s Clifton area against the Sindh government’s “failure to ensure the rights of minority citizens”. Protestors are staging a sit-in at Teen Talwar and carrying banners inscribed with slogans calling for the provision of justice for Dr Nimrita Chandani, who was found dead at a […]
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Peshawar High Court’s Bannu bench on Wednesday accepted the bail pleas of lawmakers Ali Wazir and Mohsin Dawar in the Kharqamar attack case. Justice Nasir Mehmood, who heard the bail applications of Dawar and Wazir in Bannu, asked the MNAs to report to police once a month. They will be released after legal formalities are completed. […]
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The Sindh government on Wednesday requested the sessions court of Larkana to hold a judicial probe into the death of Nimrita Chandani, a BDS final year student at Bibi Aseefa Dental College (BADC) who was found dead in her hostel room in Larkana earlier this week. Section Officer Aijaz Ali Bhatti wrote a letter to the district […]
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The Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) on Wednesday said it was “deeply concerned” over the government’s announcement to set up media tribunals. “Given the government’s woeful record on press freedoms, HRCP urges it to refrain from pressurising the media further,” the rights group said in a tweet. “How are tribunals expected to maintain the media’s […]
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Prime Minister Imran Khan on Wednesday formally inaugurated the opening of the Torkham border crossing for 24 hours. The premier was accompanied by Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Chief Minister Mahmood Khan as he inaugurated the Integrated Transit Trade Management System. He was also given a briefing on the border terminal. Addressing […]
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Federal Law Minister Dr Farogh Naseem on Saturday said that the enforcement of Article 149 of the Constitution will only empower and strengthen the local government systems in place across various provinces and is not a matter to be considered controversial in any way. His remarks came during a press conference in Islamabad during which […]
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Former accountability judge Muhammad Arshad Malik — suspended last month over the video leak controversy — was posted as an officer on special duty (OSD) at the Lahore Sessions Court on Saturday. A notification to this effect was circulated by the registrar after approval by the chief justice of the Lahore High Court. Judge Malik had been […]
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