The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) Sunday stayed the process of consolidation (of results) in NA-15, Mansehra, NA-47, ICT, and NA-48, ICT, till the outcome of the petitions filed by ex-PM Nawaz Sharif, Muhammad Ali Bokhari and Shoaib Shaheen respectively and sought reports from the concerned returning officers (ROs). The orders in the petitions were […]
The Pakistan Stock Exchange (PSX) was crushed by another panic-selling spree on Monday, posting its ninth-highest day-on-day (DoD) loss, as investors gasped for clarity on the country’s political and economic stability, taking total post-election losses to 4.8% or over 3,000 points in just two days, dealers said. The benchmark KSE-100 Shares Index lost 1,878 points […]
Jahangir Tareen, the Istehkam-e-Pakistan Party (IPP) patron-in-chief, and Jamaat-e-Islami (JI) Emir Sirajul Haq stepped down from the top slots citing poor electoral results of their parties in the February 8 nationwide polls. Subsequently, Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf-Parliamentarians (PTI-P) chief Pervez Khattak also announced taking a break from politics after poll humiliation. Tareen, an influential politician who was […]
Ace Pakistan batter Babar Azam has been out of form, especially in Test cricket throughout the year 2023. The right-handed batter played five matches in 2023 and could only yield 204 runs at a dismal average of 22.66 with the highest score of 41. He also could not score a single half-century in the longest […]
The horrific video showed the assailants, Sanjeev Dahiya alias Sanju and Harsh, barging into the salon in the Najafgarh area and opening fire. The heartwrenching footage showed his victim pleading with the attacker. However, his plea fell on deaf ears as the assailant shot him in the head in point-blank rage. We could also see […]
Since the British rule era, districts like Attock, Chakwal, and Jehlum in Rawalpindi have been recognized as significant sources of military recruits, with soldiers hailing from the areas participating in both world wars. Moreover, even after partition, a majority of young people from these regions have shown a preference for joining the Pakistan Army, Air […]
The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) served notice to the returning officer over Rehana Dar’s petition and summoned his reply. The ECP while restraining the result of winning candidate Khawaja Asif adjourned the hearing until February 14. The counsel of Rehana Dar said, “We had won the election with 50,000 votes lead according to form-45 […]
A joint operation by the Israeli military, the domestic Shin Bet security service, and the Special Police Unit in Rafah freed Fernando Simon Marman, 60, and Louis Hare, 70, the military said. The two men were kidnapped by Hamas from Kibbutz Nir Yitzhak on October 7, the military said, among some 250 people whom Israel […]
The groups had argued that supplying the parts contributed to alleged violations of international law by Israel in its war with Hamas. “The court orders the State to cease all actual export and transit of F-35 parts with final destination Israel within seven days after service of this judgment,” said the ruling. The US-owned F-35 […]
Dozens of teachers of government colleges have not marked the answer sheets of the associate degree program and thus the answer sheets have not been handed back to the University of Karachi. Consequently, the first batch of the associate degree program, which sat for its annual examinations back in September of 2023 to obtain their […]