Category: Pakistan

Terming the entire exercise of Sunday’s by-elections on 21 national and provincial seats “fraudulent”, the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) announced organising a nationwide protest against “by-poll rigging” on Friday (April 26). PTI Secretary General Omar Ayub Khan, addressing a press conference alongside other leaders including Sunni Ittehad Council (SIC) Chairman Sahibzada Hamid Raza, termed the by-elections “fraudulent” — a major electoral event after the February 8 nationwide polls. He also alleged the suspension of internet and mobile services was one of the tactics for “rigging” the electoral process. Khan also claimed…

KARACHI: All five foreign nationals, who were travelling in a vehicle attacked by terrorists in Landhi’s Mansehra Colony, were safe and shifted to an undisclosed location, police officials told Geo News on Friday. According to the police, the vehicle was targeted in a suicide attack in the wake of which two terrorists were killed. They added that the terrorists were on a bike when they carried out the attack with police also finding a bag filled with grenades and Kalashnikov from the crime scene. SSP Malir Tariq Mastoi confirmed that it was a…

At least seven terrorists attempting to infiltrate the Pakistan-Afghanistan border were gunned down in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa’s North Waziristan district, the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) said on Wednesday. The military’s media wing said the security forces on April 16 (Tuesday) detected a movement of a group of seven terrorists near the Pakistan-Afghanistan border in Spinkai area of Ghulam Khan in the tribal district. “The infiltrators were surrounded, effectively engaged and after an intense fire exchange, all seven territories were sent to hell,” it added. A large quantity of weapons, ammunition, and explosives…

LAHORE: Jailed Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) senior leader Dr Yasmin Rashid approached the election tribunal to nullify poll victory of Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) supremo Nawaz Sharif. Rashid filed a petition in the election tribunal against the former premier through her lawyers Ahmed Awais and Rana Mudassar. She stated in her petition that the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) violated the law by issuing the notification of Nawaz’s victory after the February 8 nationwide polls. The politician from the Imran Khan-founded party had contested the general elections 2024 from the NA-130…

The prevailing situation in crises-hit Pakistan is being taught as a “case study” at business schools to present students a real-life example. Despite a journey of 77 years, Pakistan is still going through the Nazuk Mor (critical period) as the back-breaking inflation, steep utility bills, heavy taxes, corruption and increasing external debt have grinded common man down but surprisingly the powerful elite class and leaders’ assets swelling abroad amid the economic crisis in the homeland. This situation drew the attention of foreign educational institutions as they decided to teach it as “case…

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Peoples Party’s (PPP) leader Yusuf Raza Gilani and Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) leader Saidal Khan Nasir were elected as Senate chairman and deputy chairman unopposed, respectively, on Tuesday.  No candidate submitted nomination papers against PPP’s Gilani for the coveted Senate post. The inaugural session, which began by the oath-taking of newly-elected senators as members of the House, was marred by noisy protests carried out by Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI). About 41 senators took oath during today’s session except for Faisal Vawda and Maulana Abdul Wasay who were absent.  The Senate session was summoned by President Asif…

As the holy month of Ramadan going to conclude in a few days, the federal government has announced holidays on the occasion of Eid ul Fitr, commencing from April 10. As per the official announcement on Wednesday, Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif approved holidays from April 10 (Wednesday) to 13 (Saturday). The Met Office on Monday predicted that the first day of Eid ul Fitr would fall on April 10 as the Shawwal moon was expected to be sighted on April 9. The Pakistan Meteorological Department (PMD) said the crescent would…

Former prime minister Imran Khan has claimed that a judge who sentenced him and his spouse in un-Islamic nikkah case was “pressured” to pronounce a verdict of the case before celebrating his son’s valima. His remarks came a day after the Supreme Court of Pakistan took suo motu notice of the IHC judges’ letter to the Supreme Judicial Council seeking to probe the alleged interference of intelligence agencies in judicial affairs. Last month, the IHC judges — Justice Mohsin Akhtar Kiyani, Justice Tariq Mehmood Jahangiri, Justice Babar Sattar, Justice Sardar…