Imran Khan, the founder of the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI), declared on Friday that he is a politician who is “open for dialogue” and “ready to talk” after being eliminated from the election process. “I’m a politician, and I’ve been saying that for the last 19 months,” Khan told reporters in the Adiala jail in Rawalpindi, […]
Following airstrikes on each other’s soil, Pakistan extended an olive branch to Iran on Friday, proposing to tackle every issue with trust as their guide days after tensions spiked as both sides launched air strikes inside each other’s borders The resolve came during caretaker Foreign Minister Jalil Abbas Jilani’s telephonic conversation with his Iranian counterpart, […]
The simmering tensions between Pakistan and Iran seem to be de-escalating as the top officials of the countries exchanged positive messages. Foreign Office Spokesperson Mumtaz Zahra Baloch shared a tête-à-tête between Additional Foreign Secretary Rahim Hayat Qureshi and his Iranian counterpart Seyed Rasoul Mousavi on her X handle, saying: “Some positive exchanges. Some positive exchanges […]
Former prime minister Shehbaz Sharif Thursday backed Pakistan’s decision to ensure its territorial integrity and keep the well-being of the citizens “paramount”. The Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz president, when reacting to the retaliatory attacks launched by Pakistan overnight, termed the action “fitting diplomatic and military steps”. After Iran launched a surprise attack in Balochistan claiming to […]
Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) founder Imran Khan was hit with another setback as the Lahore High Court (LHC) turned down his plea against the rejection of his nomination papers, dimming hopes for his participation in the February 8 general elections. The high court upheld the decisions of the returning officer (RO) and appellate tribunal given against […]
The Pakistani Election Commission (ECP) has voiced worries that if candidates’ insignia were changed after signs had already been assigned to them, there could be further delays to the elections. Pakistan’s general elections have already been postponed for several months, and some major figures are calling for additional delays for a variety of reasons. On […]
Former interior minister and Awami Muslim League (AML) chief Sheikh Rashid has been taken into custody from outside a courtroom after a local court in Rawalpindi rejected his bail in a case related to the May 9 riots, Geo News reported on Tuesday. A case was registered against Rashid for vandalism at the Metro bus […]
The military trials of most of 103 civilians, allegedly involved in the 9 May attacks, have almost been completed, it is learned. An informed government source confided to The News that in around 90 percent of such cases, the suspects have been found involved in the May 9 attacks on military installations. However, the verdicts […]
The Senate has been notified by the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) that all preparations for the elections scheduled for February 8 have been finished and that postponing the voting will not be “advisable.” The ECP released a statement in response to the Senate resolution, introduced by Senator Dilawar Khan on January 5 and approved […]
The Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) suffered a significant blow just before the polls on February 8 when the Supreme Court on Saturday overturned the Peshawar High Court’s (PHC) January 10 ruling, eliminating the party’s famous “bat” emblem. Following a full day of hearings, a three-judge panel led by Chief Justice of Pakistan (CJP) Qazi Faez Isa […]
