Category: Pakistan

ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) on Friday suffered a setback after the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) rejected its petition seeking delay in the hearing of the case about its intra-party polls till the issuance of clarification by the Supreme Court on its July 12 ruling on the reserved seats matter.  The ECP, in its today’s verdict, said that the PTI had already delayed the issue of intra-party polls a lot and it wouldn’t be appropriate to defer the matter any further. The electoral body’s decision was reserved on August 27…

WASHINGTON: The US State Department’s spokesperson Matthew Miller on Tuesday strongly condemned the recent terrorist attacks in Balochistan, which resulted in the deaths of over 50 people, including 14 security personnel. At a news briefing, Miller said: “The US strongly condemned last week’s deadly attacks that targeted security officials and civilians, including the murder of 23 innocent civilians in Musakhail”. Last week, over 50 people, including 14 security personnel, were martyred in different terrorist attacks in Balochistan. In one of the deadliest attacks, at least 23 passengers were killed after…

The Foreign Office (FO) on Sunday categorically rejected Indian Minister for External Affairs Subrahmanyam Jaishankar’s remarks on Jammu and Kashmir, terming them “misleading” and “dangerously delusional”. On Friday, Jaishankar said that the era of “uninterrupted dialogue” with Pakistan is over while saying that New Delhi will respond to developments “whether positive or negative”. “So far as Jammu and Kashmir is concerned, Article 370 is done. The issue [now] is what kind of relationship we can contemplate with Pakistan,” the Indian media quoted him as saying at a private event. In…

ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Tuesday said that the country cannot afford that the bureaucracy and the elite enjoying luxuries at the expenses paid in taxes by the poor as the federal cabinet greenlighted the continuation of austerity drive. “In view of the larger national interests, all ministries and institutions should take all possible decisions and initiatives that could save each penny of the nation,” the premier said while chairing a meeting of the federal cabinet. He said that steps were being taken, on a priority basis, to further improve…

ISLAMABAD: In a bid to boost the national economy, Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Thursday said that he would soon roll out a five-year homegrown economic programme. Addressing the launching ceremony of the Buna-Raast connectivity project during a ceremony in Islamabad, the premier said the ‘Home-Grown Economic Programme’ would envisage measures to revive the country’s economy by beefing up information technology, agriculture and other untapped sectors. After discussions and mulling with the stakeholders for months, he said, a wide range of parameters for the programme had been finalised. “Great work…

Three soldiers were martyred in a gun battle with terrorists who were trying to infiltrate Pakistan via Afghanistan border near Khyber Pakhtunkhwa’s (KP) district Bajaur, the Inter-Service Public Relation (ISPR) said on Monday. A statement issued by the military’s media wing said that on the night between August 18 and 19, the security forces noticed the movement of a group of terrorists trying to breach the Pak-Afghan border. “Own troops effectively engaged and thwarted their attempt to infiltrate. Resultantly, five khwarij of Fitna al Khwarij were sent to hell, while four khwarij got injured,” the ISPR…

After its prolonged struggle to hold a powershow in Islamabad, Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) founder Imran Khan has “decided” to hold a public rally in the federal capital on August 22, said Adviser to Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Chief Minister on Information Barrister Muhammad Ali Saif on Sunday. Addressing journalists in Islamabad, Saif reassured that the party will try to avoid any violation of law on their part and said: “We guarantee that there will be no law and order issue.” His statement comes amidst former ruling party’s months-long struggle to hold a public gathering in the federal…