Category: Pakistan

Admiral Amjad Khan Niazi on Wednesday assumed command as the 22nd Chief of Naval Staff (CNS) during a change of command ceremony held at PNS Zafar in Islamabad. During the ceremony, outgoing CNS Admiral Zafar Mahmood Abbasi formally handed over the command of Pakistan Navy by presenting the traditional scroll to Admiral Niazi. The outgoing […]

The Islamabad High Court (IHC) on Monday dismissed a petition seeking a ban on PML-N supremo Nawaz Sharif’s speeches, noting that the “tendency of invoking the constitutional jurisdiction of a high court in matters involving political content is certainly not in public interest”. The petition stated that Nawaz has started actively participating in politics and […]

A professor belonging to the Ahmadiya community was shot dead in a targeted attack in Peshawar on Monday, allegedly over his religious beliefs, police and officials said. Police identified the deceased as Prof Dr Naeemuddin Khattak, who was a faculty member at the Government Superior Science College Peshawar. Naeemuddin, 57, whose death coincided with International […]

Former president Asif Ali Zardari on Monday called out senior PML-N leader Khawaja Asif for creating rifts within the opposition after the latter said he still had “reservations” about the PPP co-chairman. “Khawaja Asif made the remarks against me at someone’s behest. It is an attempt to create rifts within the opposition,” Zardari said during […]

President Arif Alvi on Monday visited Kuwait to offer condolences over the demise of former Kuwaiti emir Sheikh Sabah Al Ahmad Al Sabah, who passed away last week at the age of 91. A statement released by the President’s office prior to his departure said Pakistan and Kuwait are bound by a close fraternal relationship. “Under the leadership of […]

Six marriage halls and 103 restaurants have been sealed in Karachi for failing to comply with health guidelines and Covid-19 prevalence, the National Command and Operation Centre (NCOC) said on Friday. In a statement, the body said all provinces — as well as Gilgit-Baltistan, Azad Jammu and Kashmir and Islamabad Capital Territory — have been […]

The Federal Investigation Agency’s (FIA) cybercrime wing on Friday issued a statement saying they had suspended an official for acting as the unofficial spokesperson for the agency. “Assistant Director Asif Iqbal was suspended and issued an explanation for maintaining a private Twitter account bearing CCW which stands for CyberCrime Wing. He was acting as the […]

The Election Commission of Azad Jammu and Kashmir has warned political parties against using portraits of army officers, mainly the chief of army staff, and heads of any other institutions such as the judiciary in their newspaper advertisements and panaflex banners and posters. An order to this effect was issued by Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) […]

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 […]