Category: Pakistan

As part of the government’s renewed efforts to eradicate polio, anti-polio campaigns are set to start in various parts on the country — including Lahore, Khyber Pakhtunkhawa and Balochistan — on Monday. The campaigns of various lengths will span over the next 7 days. Previous attempts at such campaigns and use of the anti-polio vaccine […]

Prime Minister Imran Khan on Monday took the nation into confidence on the government’s strategy regarding Indian-occupied Kashmir through a national address, vowing that Pakistan “will go to any lengths” to support the cause of the oppressed Kashmiri people. The premier started his address by saying that he wanted to share with the public the […]

Prime Minister Imran Khan on Monday appointed nine lawmakers from the National Assembly as parliamentary secretaries. According to a notification issued by the Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs, the lawmakers have been made parliamentary secretaries with immediate effect and until further orders. Parliamentary secretaries assist the government in the lower house in the absence of relevant […]

Justice Qazi Faez Isa — who is currently facing a misconduct reference filed by the president against him in the Supreme Judicial Council (SJC) — has in a new application requested the Supreme Court to constitute a full court bench to hear his petition against the SJC’s proceedings. In support of his argument, Justice Isa […]

MULTAN: Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi said on Sunday the United Arab Emirates (UAE) or any other country had the right to maintain bilateral relations with countries of their choice. “International relations are above religious sentiments. The UAE and India have a history of relations in connection with investment. However, I will soon have a […]

A police constable and his accomplice were arrested on Monday after a case was registered against them at the Aabpara police station in Islamabad for making inappropriate videos of a young man, blackmailing him and attempting to sexually assault him. Inspector General (IG) of Islamabad Police Mohammad Amir Zulfiqar Khan had taken notice of the […]

Karachi police on Saturday said Ferozabad Station Investigation Officer Farooq Azam and his team have been booked and arrested for allegedly extorting money from family members of a suspect in the Bahadurabad lynching case. SSP East Ghulam Azfar Mahesar said in a statement that a case, number 245/2019, has been filed against the suspects under Articles […]

ISLAMABAD: Intervening in the Karachi’s worsening cleanliness problem, Prime Minister Imran Khan on Friday issued directives for early removal of waste and garbage from the city, urging elected representatives of ruling Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) to vehemently take part in the ‘Clean Karachi’ campaign. “Karachi is a commercial hub of the country but past maladministration marred […]

A sessions court in Lahore on Saturday restrained police from arresting retired Capt Mohammad Safdar, the husband of PML-N vice president Maryam Nawaz, after accepting his application for pre-arrest bail. Police had on Wednesday booked Safdar and 14 PML-N workers for hurling threats at policemen during the court appearance of party leaders. According to the FIR, on […]

ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court on Friday held the video clip related to accountability court judge Mohammad Arshad Malik could only benefit former prime minister Nawaz Sharif if properly produced before the Islamabad High Court (IHC) in an appeal pending against his conviction. The video clip, which was aired by Maryam Nawaz at her press conference […]