Category: Pakistan

NAWABSHAH: If the prime minister was not removed soon, he will bring the nation to a point where “we too won’t be able to run the country”, former president Asif Ali Zardari said while addressing a gathering of party workers and notables at an iftar party hosted in his honour by Ismail Dahiri, a close […]

KARACHI: Nation is celebrating Eid-ul-Fitr with great religious fervour and enthusiasm to mark the end of holy month of Ramzan today (Wednesday). The day  dawned with special prayers for peace, progress and prosperity of the country at the mosques. Eid is an Arabic term meaning “festivity” or “celebration” while Fitr means “to break the fast”. […]

MULTAN: At least 10 people were killed on Wednesday in an armed clash between two groups in Jalalpur Pirwala Tehsil of Multan District after Eid prayers. According to details, two groups resorted to indiscriminate firing upon each other after a dispute killing six people on the spot and injuring several others. Sources said members of […]

ISLAMABAD: A total of 820 prisoners were released from jails of Punjab and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa on Monday to celebrate Eid along with their families. The development took place after Prime Minister Imran Khan directed the governments of both provinces to ensure release of those prisoners who had completed their imprisonment but were not being released […]

Afghan President Ashraf Ghani has said he will visit Pakistan on June 27 to open a new chapter in his country’s relationship with its neighbour and mend ties that are often characterised by mistrust and tit-for-tat accusations. In his message to mark Eidul Fitr, Ghani said he agreed to visit Prime Minister Imran Khan after […]

Special Assistant to Prime Minister (SAPM) on Information and Broadcasting Dr Firdous Ashiq Awan on Tuesday declared that cabinet members should “abandon the poisonous narrative that might affect someone’s integrity”. Awan, who was speaking to journalists at the Lahore Press Club, said that members of the cabinet should keep in mind that they were “players […]

Bannu: An Anti-terrorism Court on Tuesday rejected police request for extension in the physical remand of MNA Ali Wazir. The lawmaker was produced before the ATC in Bannu by the Counter-Terrorism Department (CTD) of KP police. According to Geo News, Wazir has been shifted to Peshawar Central Jail on judicial remand. Ali Wazir was taken […]

A day after Khyber Pakhtunkhwa’s Wildlife Department confiscated the snakeskin sandals meant for Prime Minister Imran Khan, its creator, Nooruddin Shinwari, got the shoe back on Monday after paying a fine of Rs50,000. The department took action against Shinwari, the famous Kaptaan Chappal creator, after the pictures of snakeskin sandals went viral on social media, saying […]

British Airways on Monday resumed operations to Pakistan, over a decade after they were suspended  in Sept 2008 in the wake of the Mariott Hotel bombing in Islamabad. British Airways’ Boeing 787 Dreamliner departed from Heathrow, London, with 240 passengers on board, and touched down at Islamabad International Airport (IIA) at 9:15am this morning. The […]

The Lahore High Court (LHC) on Monday extended the interim pre-arrest bail of Leader of the Opposition in the Punjab Assembly Hamza Shahbaz till June 11. A two-member bench, headed by Justice Mazahir Ali Naqvi, heard the appeals for extension in the interim bail of Hamza Shahbaz in three cases filed against him by National […]