Category: Pakistan

Gilgit-Baltistan Caretaker Chief Minister Mir Afzal on Friday said help would not be taken from the Pakistan Army in the upcoming elections for the Legislative Assembly. Elections on the 24 general seats of the GB Legislative Assembly will be held on Nov 15, according to a notification signed by President Arif Alvi last month. In a […]

The Islamabad High Court on Wednesday said that it needs to be determined if former prime minister Nawaz Sharif, who has been staying in the United Kingdom since November 2019 on medical grounds, was evading court proceedings on purpose. The federal government told the court that the non-bailable arrest warrants issued for Nawaz earlier this month, in […]

Former prime minister and PML-N supremo Nawaz Sharif on Wednesday said that he has been informed that “someone else” was running the parliament, in lieu of its members. “People tell me that someone else is running the parliament. Other people come and give directions about the day’s agenda and voting on bills etc,” he said […]

Prime Minister Imran Khan on Wednesday directed the PM Delivery Unit (PMDU) to set up a national emergency helpline within two months, the Ministry of Information said. “Motorway incident: Big decision by Prime Minister Imran Khan. Government decides to establish a national emergency helpline. Prime Minister Imran Khan has made the PM Delivery Unit responsible […]

ISLAMABAD: The Islamabad High Court (IHC) on Tuesday upheld the promotions of bureaucrats in BS-20 and 21 and dismissed the petitions filed against them, declaring that the government has the right to enhance the qualifications and standards for recruitment and promotion in order to maintain efficiency in service. The petitioners in the matter included incumbent […]

The Senate human rights panel was irked on Monday during a briefing on the Lahore-Sialkot motorway gang-rape case provided by Lahore Capital City Police Officer Umar Sheikh, who once again seemed to fault the victim for the incident. The members also took exception to the “contradictory” police findings, which they observed had created “doubts and suspicions” about […]

Prime Minister Imran Khan on Monday said the government would fully concentrate on developing tribal areas so that plans of “certain elements” who do not want stability in those areas could be thwarted. Addressing the inauguration ceremony of Nahakki Tunnel and Shaikh Zayed Road in Mohmand district, the premier said tribal areas had not been […]

PML-N Vice President Maryam Nawaz on Monday strongly criticised the arrest of her uncle and party president Shehbaz Sharif, saying he was being “punished” for standing by his brother former prime minister Nawaz Sharif’s side. She was addressing a press conference alongside other top leaders of the PML-N, hours after Leader of the Opposition in […]

An Islamabad accountability court on Monday indicted former president Asif Ali Zardari and his sister Faryal Talpur in the mega money laundering case. The former president appeared before the court along with Talpur and his daughter, Asifa Bhutto-Zardari. The court also indicted Omni Group Chairman Anwar Majeed and his son, Abdul Ghani Majeed, during today’s […]

Federal Minister for Human Rights Shireen Mazari said on Friday that no law for the public hanging of rapists is in the offing, adding however that the government was mulling several measures to prevent such incidents from taking place and ensuring justice for victims. In an informal conversation with journalists at the Ministry of Human […]