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President Alvi asks ECP to propose dates for general elections

President Dr Arif Alvi on Wednesday wrote a letter to the Election Commission of Pakistan to propose dates for holding general elections in the...

Hamza Shehbaz ‘elected’ Punjab chief minister, opposition claims

After the Punjab Assembly was on Wednesday sealed off with barbed wires and the building’s main gate was locked, the opposition lawmakers, led by...

‘We have failed Kashmiris and Palestinians,’ PM Imran tells OIC...

Prime Minister Imran Khan delivered a keynote address at the inaugural session of the 48th Council of Foreign Ministers (CFM) of Organisation of Islamic...

PM Imran says has a ‘massive surprise’ up his sleeve for...

Prime Minister Imran Khan on Wednesday claimed to have a “surprise” up his sleeve for the opposition and expressed confidence that he would emerge...

Opposition submits no-trust motion against PM Imran Khan

A delegation of senior opposition lawmakers submitted the no-trust motion against Prime Minister Imran Khan with the National Assembly Secretariat on Tuesday, PML-N spokesperson...

Zardari is my next target, thunders PM Imran in the...

Prime Minister Imran Khan on Wednesday said his “gun” was now aimed at PPP co-chairperson Asif Ali Zardari who he said was his “next...

Main handler of Peshawar suicide bomber among 3 killed in operation:...

Peshawar police on Wednesday claimed to have killed the main handler and two other accomplices of the suicide bomber who blew himself up in...

Pakistan PM Imran Khan arrives in Moscow on two-day visit am...

Prime Minister Imran Khan arrived in Moscow late on Wednesday on a two-day visit to push for the construction of a long-delayed, multi-billion-dollar gas...

PM Imran raring for TV debate with Modi

ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Imran Khan has expressed his desire to engage Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi in a television debate. Mr. Khan made the...

Senior PPP leader Rehman Malik passes away

Senior PPP leader and former senator Rehman Malik passed away on Wednesday in Islamabad due to coronavirus-related complications, his spokesperson Riaz Ali Turi confirmed....

PDM to table no-trust motion against govt, says Fazl ur Rehman

Pakistan Democratic Movement (PDM) President Maulana Fazlur Rehman announced on Friday that the opposition alliance had decided to move a no-confidence motion against the...

‘Reprehensible act’: Pakistan summons Indian envoy over hijab ban in Karnataka...

Pakistan on Wednesday deplored the “reprehensible act” of banning Muslim students from wearing hijab in the Indian state of Karnataka and summoned the Indian...

High-level army huddle briefed on recent incidents in Balochistan

Chief of Army Staff (COAS) Gen Qamar Javed Bajwa presided over the 247th Corps Commanders’ Conference at the General Headquarters in Rawalpindi on Wednesday,...

IMF wants Pakistan to ‘do more’ than just levying taxes

LAHORE: Pakistan should not be limited to taking measures related to tax alone, but it should also find other ways to enhance the competitiveness...

ECP disqualifies PTI’s Faisal Vawda in dual nationality case

The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) on Wednesday disqualified PTI Senator Faisal Vawda as a lawmaker over alleged concealment of his dual nationality at...

Imran Khan admits Pakistan facing massive inflation, attempts to link it...

Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan has admitted that the people in the country are facing massive inflation as prices of commodities and fuel have...

Pakistan slides 16 spots on corruption perceptions index, now ranks 140...

Pakistan dropped 16 places in the Corruption Perceptions Index (CPI) for 2021 compared to the previous year, ranking 140 out of 180 countries, Transparency...

Failure of accountability

THE resignation of PTI government’s accountability czar Barrister Shahzad Akbar is a blow to the party’s central political narrative and could not have come...

Qatar’s foreign minister set to visit Iran to meet top...

The Qatari diplomat is expected to discuss regional issues with Iranian officials in Tehran on Thursday, sources say. Qatar’s Foreign Minister Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al...

Cabinet okays Rs5bn for census, draft changes to criminal procedure law

ISLAMABAD: The federal cabinet on Tuesday approved the allocation of Rs5 billion for conducting of seventh national population census in the country, which is...