The Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf’s (PTI) on Monday demanded the National Assembly speaker to appoint PTI MNA Shah Mahmood Qureshi as the leader of the opposition after the party emerged as the largest block in the assembly following the decisions of the Lahore High Court (LHC) and the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) regarding PTI lawmakers’ en […]readmore
Without going into the debate if the chicken came first or the egg, Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif grudgingly inquired from the authorities concerned on Monday why was chicken meat so expensive in the country if everything was under control and there was no shortage of anything. Aware that chicken meat was becoming a luxury food […]readmore
At least six people including four coal miners and two levies personnel were martyred in three different terrorist attacks in Balochistan on Monday. Levies sources said four coal miners were killed when armed men opened fire at their mine in the Khost area of district Harnai. Three coal miners were also injured in the attack. […]readmore
Baton-wielding workers of the Tehreek-e-Labaik Pakistan (TLP) forcefully shut down the Kashmir Block, Karachi Block, and several other markets in Lahore on Monday despite refusal of the traders to comply with their shutter-down strike against inflation and hike in fuel prices. On Feb 17, the TLP had given a 72-hour ‘ultimatum’ to the federal government […]readmore
In what seems to be an ‘inhumane act’, a groom in India’s Gujarat state tied the knot with younger sister of his bride-to-be after she died of cardiac arrest while going through the wedding rituals. The incident took place in front of a temple in Bhavnagar city of the state, Times Now reported on Monday. […]readmore
Maryam Nawaz, the senior vice president of Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N), has made some explosive claims regarding the former Chief Justice of Pakistan, Justice (retd) Saqib Nisar, and ex-spy chief Gen (retd) Faiz Hameed. She has accused them of still supporting Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) chief Imran Khan “through their pawns”. Addressing a party workers convention […]readmore
Two soldiers were martyred during an exchange of fire with militants in the Spinwam area of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa’s (K-P) North Waziristan district on Sunday, according to the Inter-Services Publisc Relations (ISPR). During the intense exchange of fire, 25-year-old sepoy lmran Ullah, resident of District Bajaur District, and sepoy Afzal Khan who was 21 years of […]readmore
The Lahore central jail authority on Monday confirmed a 30-day detention for Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf’s (PTI) top leadership, being held in different jails across Punjab, over allegedly creating a law and order situation and hampering security arrangements for Pakistan Super League (PSL) teams by blocking Lahore’s Mall Road. The home department and the central jail authority, complying […]readmore
Four Supreme Court judges on Monday dissociated themselves from hearing the suo moto case pertaining to the delay in the announcement of poll dates for Punjab and Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa (K-P). Justice Ijazul Ahsan, Justice Mazahar Ali Akbar Naqvi, Justice Athar Minallah and Justice Yahya Afridi dissociated themselves from hearing the case. Earlier, the top court issued […]readmore
A district and sessions court in Islamabad on Monday accepted Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) chief Imran Khan’s exemption plea in a case related to the Toshakhana reference, extending his bail by one day. However, the court rejected the former prime minister’s request to transfer the hearing of the case to the judicial complex. Additional Sessions Judge […]readmore
• Slimmer SC bench to take up matter of Punjab, KP poll delay today • Four judges leave bench; Justices Afridi, Minallah stick to stance on maintainability, Justices Ahsan, Naqvi bow out ‘amid allegations’ ISLAMABAD: After deliberations in an anteroom that lasted around ninety minutes, Chief Justice Umar Ata Bandial in a surprise move on […]readmore
LAHORE: The Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) has launched a probe into the network of traffickers responsible for sending Pakistani migrants abroad who died after their boat sank off the coast in southern Italy on Sunday. In addition, the death toll from the incident increased to 62 on Monday with the majority of victims feared to […]readmore
ISLAMABAD: Only days after Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif announced a national austerity plan amid a severe financial crisis, the National Assembly was informed on Monday about the exorbitant expenditure on foreign junkets of cabinet members and the purchase of protocol vehicles, during the government’s first nine months in power. The ‘partial’ and ‘incomplete’ information was […]readmore
ISLAMABAD: In another bid to convince Raja Pervaiz Ashraf to allow Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) leaders to return to the lower house of parliament, a 20-member delegation led by party stalwart Malik Amir Dogar called on the National Assembly speaker and urged him to reverse his decision regarding the acceptance of resignations. Mr Dogar, the former […]readmore
Foreign Office (FO) Spokesperson Mumtaz Zahra Baloch on Monday confirmed that 16 Pakistani survivors seemed to be in “good physical condition” after a wooden sailing boat carrying migrants crashed against rocks on the southern Italian coast over the weekend. The vessel had set sail from Turkiye several days ago with migrants from Pakistan, Afghanistan, Iran […]readmore
PML-N Senior Vice President Maryam Nawaz on Monday said elections will take place only after the “wrongful punishments” awarded to party supremo Nawaz Sharif were struck off and PTI Chairman Imran Khan was “brought to justice”. Addressing a workers’ convention in Sahiwal, she said: “Elections will definitely happen, but first there will be recompense for […]readmore
An Islamabad district and sessions court on Monday granted the police a three-day remand of defence analyst and retired Lieutenant General Amjad Shoaib, following his arrest after a magistrate registered a case against him on charges of inciting the public against state institutions. The first information report (FIR), a copy of which is available with […]readmore
Two Pakistan Army soldiers were martyred in the Spinwam area of North Waziristan tribal district during a gunfight with terrorists, the military’s media affairs wing said on Monday. The statement issued by the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) identified the martyrs as 25-year-old Sepoy Imran Ullah from Bajaur and 21-year-old Sepoy Afzal Khan from Upper Dir. […]readmore
The Karachi police on Monday launched an investigation into the killing of 55-year-old educationist Syed Khalid Raza who was gunned down in a ‘targeted attack’ near his home a day ago Raza, head of Darul Arqam School and vice chairman of the Federation of Private Schools was targeted by armed pillion riders in Gulistan-i-Jauhar’s Block-7 […]readmore
On the fourth anniversary of Operation Swift Retort, Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Monday said that while the government aimed for peace with all, it was “mindful of our duty to defend the country”. On February 27, 2019, the Pakistan Air Force (PAF) had shot down two Indian planes that had violated Pakistani airspace. One […]readmore