FM sees risk of ‘accidental war’ over occupied Kashmir
GENEVA: Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi has warned that the situation in India-held Kashmir risks sparking an “accidental war”, and urged UN rights chief...
Zardari slams ‘tyrannical forces of state against political opposition’
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) leader and former president Asif Ali Zardari “condemned the unleashing of tyrannical forces of the state against political opposition”...
IHC constitutes bench to hear Nawaz’s appeal against his conviction
ISLAMABAD: The Islamabad High Court (IHC) has constituted a two-member bench to hear an appeal filed by former prime minister Nawaz Sharif against his...
Talk of lopsided accountability dangerous: CJP
ISLAMABAD: Chief Justice of Pakistan Asif Saeed Khosa on Wednesday expressed the fear that growing perception about what he referred to as a “lopsided...
‘In call with PM Imran, French and Jordanian leaders say ‘closely...
Prime Minister Imran Khan in his resolve to highlight the human rights violations in Indian-occupied Jammu and Kashmir on Wednesday telephoned French President Emmanuel...
12 new planes to be added to PIA’s fleet by 2023:...
Prime Minister Imran Khan on Tuesday approved the purchase of additional planes for Pakistan International Airlines’ (PIA) existing fleet.
According to a press release issued...
SC urged to make sure institutions respect constitution
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Bar Council (PBC) vice-chairman Syed Amjad Shah on Tuesday questioned the role of the Supreme Court, asking if the top judiciary was...
2 dead, 4 injured as remote AJK valley hit by ‘indiscriminate’...
Considered previously to be ‘comparatively’ safe, the remote Gurez sub-valley in the upper belt of the Neelum District of Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK)...
‘Every brick will be countered with a stone,’ PM Imran...
Prime Minister Imran Khan, while addressing a special session of the Azad Jammu and Kashmir legislative assembly on Wednesday, warned Indian premier Narendra Modi...
Qureshi, Bilawal spend Eidul Azha in AJK to show solidarity...
Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi and PPP Chairman Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari arrived separately in Azad Jammu and Kashmir’s (AJK) capital Muzaffarabad on Sunday night to...
PM Imran says ‘comprehensive package’ is being drafted for Karachi to...
Prime Minister Imran Khan on Monday said that a “comprehensive package” for Karachi will be announced by the federal government in order to “end...
Minority Day: Those who convert others by force do not understand...
Prime Minister Imran Khan on Monday said there was no precedent in Islamic history for forcefully converting others, and those who do so “know...
Pakistan welcomes around 500 Indian Sikh pilgrims for Guru Nanak’s birth...
The government has allowed a special delegation of around 500 Indian Sikh pilgrims to visit Nankana Sahib to inaugurate the celebrations of the 550th...
Death toll rises to 17 as monsoon rains continue to batter...
Intermittent monsoon rains continued to wreak havoc on the ill-maintained electricity and sewerage systems in Karachi, leaving at least eight more people dead on...
ICJ rejects India’s plea for Jadhav’s return, grants consular access
“Delhi defeated. ICJ knocks out India’s major demands about Kulbhushan Jadhav on his release and annulment of sentence.” As the International Court of Justice...
Opposition leaders lavished billions on themselves under security, camp office expenses:...
Minister for Communications and Postal Services Murad Saeed on Tuesday slammed the “kingly” spending of national wealth by past public office holders on the...
Pakistan, India ready to resume Kartarpur talks on 14th
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan on Tuesday reaffirmed its commitment to expeditious completion of Kartarpur Corridor as it accepted an Indian proposal for a second bilateral meeting...
Money from rise in sugar prices is going to the govt,...
Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) leader Jahangir Khan Tareen on Tuesday said neither he nor the sugar mills in the country would benefit from the government’s...
MNA Rana Sanaullah sent to jail on 14-day judicial remand
A day after his arrest, PML-N Punjab president MNA Rana Sanaullah Khan was sent to jail on Tuesday on 14-day judicial remand by a...
Extension in FBR’s amnesty scheme ends today
The scheme, which was rolled out on May 14, was supposed to end on June 30. However, the government decided to extend the deadline...
