Category: Pakistan

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 […]

Despite multiple attacks targeting journalists and media persons, the federal cabinet did not take up the issue in any of its first 62 meetings, that were held between September 1, 2018 and January 30, 2020, a press release by Freedom Network said on Friday. The media rights watchdog obtained the information from the government after […]

Minister for Human Rights Shireen Mazari on Friday refuted reports that the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) had registered cases against journalists and rights activists under the Prevention of Electronic Crimes Act (Peca), 2016. Taking to Twitter, she said: “This was disturbing news so I checked and my information is that it’s incorrect. A private citizen […]