The Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia Mohammed bin Salman bin Abdulaziz welcomes Prime Minister Imran Khan on May 7, 2021, at Jeddah International Airport, for his remarkable three-day visit to Saudi Arabia. The premier on Friday arrived in Saudi Arabia on a significant, three-day visit after the Crown Prince of Kingdom Mohammed bin Salman bin Abdulaziz invited him. Prime Minister @ImranKhanPTI […]
QUETTA: Prime Minister Imran Khan has asked Governor Balochistan Justice (retd) Amanullah Yasinzai to resign, saying that “this does not in any way reflect on your competence; it is just that the transformed political challenges Pakistan faces at present require change.” “I intend to appoint a new governor in Balochistan and would, therefore, request you to resign;” […]
ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) has decided that it will not be a part of the process to pass a resolution in the National Assembly NA for the expulsion of the French ambassador, it emerged on Tuesday. The government is set to table the resolution in the lower house of the parliament today. But the PPP […]
There is no NCOC for TLP. This unfortunate point was brought home repeatedly in the last three days; as violent cadres of the TLP unleashed mayhem across the length and breadth of the country. In the absence of a National Command and Operations Centre for such situations — recall the centralized control and decisive action […]
WASHINGTON: President Joe Biden announced on Wednesday it’s “time to end” America’s longest war with the unconditional withdrawal of troops from Afghanistan. Where they have spent two decades in a bloody, largely fruitless battle against the Taliban. Dubbed the “forever war,” the US military onslaught in Afghanistan began in response to September 11, 2001. Terrorist attacks against […]
Another major reshuffle in the federal cabinet is on the cards as Federal Minister for Science and Technology Fawad Chaudhry. The first information minister of the PTI government is set to get the high-profile portfolio back; it emerged on Sunday. Sources privy to the development told Express-News. That Prime Minister Imran Khan had directed the federal […]
ISLAMABAD: Former premier Yousaf Raza Gilani filed an intra-court appeal against the Islamabad High Court’s (IHC) decision regarding the Senate chairman’s election. On March 12, the ruling PTI-backed candidates grabbed the Senate’s top slots in a “controversial contest” marred by the discovery of “spy cameras” in the polling booths. The former premier moved the IHC against the rejection […]
LAHORE: PML-N leader Maryam Nawaz has requested the Lahore High Court (LHC) to dismiss the National Accountability Bureau’s (NAB) “frivolous and vexatious” plea to cancel her bail in the Chaudhry Sugar Mills case while also imposing “special costs” on the top graft buster. Maryam Nawaz is regarded as the de facto chief of the country’s biggest opposition […]
President of Pakistan Arif Alvi and Defence Minister Pervez Khattak has tested positive for coronavirus, almost 10 days after Prime Minister Imran Khan tested positive for the virus. Taking to Twitter, the president announced that his coronavirus test came positive and said a prayer for all those who have been affected by the virus. President […]
The Islamabad High Court (IHC) on Wednesday declared PPP leader Yusuf Raza Gilani’s plea; challenging Sadiq Sanjrani’s victory as chairman Senate, non-maintainable. IHC Chief Justice Athar Minallah on Wednesday remarked that parliamentary proceedings had constitutional exemptions. During the hearing, the IHC chief justice remarked that parliament was to address big issues of the country and […]
