Category: Pakistan

Former president Asif Ali Zardari’s spokesperson on Friday dismissed criticism of the PPP co-chairperson’s speech in the National Assembly on August 7, which has been critised by some political quarters as being anti-Muhajir (refugees). While speaking during the second day of the joint session of parliament on Wednesday, Zardari had asked Prime Minister Imran Khan to keep “historical context” […]

The Army’s media wing on Friday dismissed a statement made by the Indian Chinar corps commander — in which he accused Pakistan of being “involved in disrupting the peace in Kashmir Valley” — as “usual blatant lies”. Chinar Corps Commander Lt Gen Kanwal Jeet Singh Dhillon, during an interaction with reporters, was asked if he […]

A day after he announced the discontinuation of the Samjhauta Express, Railways Minister Sheikh Rashid on Friday said the Thar Express train service to India will be suspended as well. “As long as I am railways minister, Samjhauta Express and Thar Express will not operate. That’s it,” he declared at a press conference in Islamabad today. Thar […]

A deputy prosecutor general of the National Accountability Bureau (NAB), Sardar Muzaffar Khan, on Friday lodged a complaint with police after he was allegedly targeted by unidentified persons in a gun attack. According to a first information report (FIR) registered in Islamabad’s I-9 police station, the NAB official had come out of his house on […]

Prime Minister Imran Khan on Thursday questioned whether the global community would have the “moral courage” to stop a possible genocide from taking place in Indian-occupied Kashmir. Taking to Twitter a day after Pakistan expelled the Indian ambassador in protest over New Delhi’s move to revoke occupied Kashmir’s special status, the premier said the entire world was waiting to […]

Five women drowned in the River Indus while washing clothes in Jaglot town of Gilgit district on Thursday, police said. Local residents in Jaglot recovered the bodies of two women while search for the remaining three is underway, Superintendent of Police (SP) Gilgit Mohammad Ayaz said. He said that rescue teams had been dispatched from […]

The Sindh government on Thursday announced it will be enforcing a complete ban on plastic bags throughout the province with effect from October 1. Barrister Murtaza Wahab, spokesperson for the Government of Sindh, held a press conference in Karachi to announce that, starting the first of October, there will be a complete ban on the […]

ISLAMABAD: Justice Qazi Faez Isa challenged in the Supreme Court on Wednesday the filing of a presidential reference against him, wondering if it was moved by a proxy with mala fide intention to achieve a collateral purpose. Drafted and filed by Justice Isa himself under Article 184(3) of the Constitution, the 71-page petition sought a […]

ISLAMABAD: Special Assistant to the Prime Minister on Information Dr Firdous Ashiq Awan on Wednesday rejected rumours circulating over social media that Prime Minister Imran Khan had consented to the Kashmir development during his recent visit to the US. Addressing a press conference with Kashmiri Hurriyat leaders, she said that there was no truth in […]

MULTAN: After a member of the provincial assembly facing rape allegations reportedly left for UAE, the police concerned claimed on Wednesday that they received no complaint against him. The PML-N MPA was accused by a girl, who had been working and studying in an institution owned by the lawmaker, of repeatedly raping and blackmailing her. […]