ISLAMABAD: A sessions court in Islamabad on Saturday awarded the death sentence to Baitullah and life imprisonment to Gul Siddique for the murder of Major Mohammad Laraib of the Special Services Group (SSG) last year. Additional Sessions Judge Muhammad Ali Warriach also imposed a fine of Rs500,000 on both accused. Major Laraib was murdered on […]
Prime Minister Imran Khan on Friday while daring the opposition parties on immediate resignations, predicted that the majority of their members of National and provincial assemblies would not tender resignations. “I invite them to resign today instead of tomorrow. I am predicting that the majority of them [members of assemblies] will not resign,” Imran Khan […]
A delegation from the Taliban’s Qatar-based political office, led by Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar; arrived in Pakistan on Wednesday on a three-day visit. Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi welcomed the Taliban delegation at the Foreign Office, where he held a meeting with the members. Speaking to the media after the talks; the minister reiterated Pakistan’s […]
The Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) has unanimously adopted a resolution condemning India’s illegal action of revoking Indian Illegally Occupied Jammu and Kashmir’s (IIOJK) autonomous status and steps to change the demography of the Muslim-majority region. “In a Resolution adopted unanimously by the 47th Session of the OIC in Niamey today, the Council of Foreign […]
Pakistan has handed over a dossier on India’s terror campaign to United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres, urging him to prevail on New Delhi to desist from its illegal and aggressive activities. The secretary-general promised to “study the dossier and take appropriate action”, said Pakistan’s envoy to the UN Munir Akram, who presented the dossier to […]
The Foreign Office (FO) said the Indian government had escalated its anti-Pakistan campaign — marked by false narratives, concocted evidence, and orchestration of false flag operations — after Islamabad made public a dossier containing “irrefutable proof” of Indian sponsorship of terrorism in the country. The statement was issued in response to media queries regarding the […]
A comprehensive Danish study has found that face masks provide no clear protection from Covid-19 infection to the wearer. The study of more than 6,000 Danes published by the Copenhagen-based hospital Rigshospitalet saw no significant protection against coronavirus transmission. Researchers expected to see a halving of the risk of transmission in cases where subjects were […]
The dairy traders of Islamabad have urged the Capital Development Authority (CDA). So to allocate an area for developing a cluster of the fresh milk business. A delegation of Islamabad Fresh Milk Vendors Association (IFMA) led by its President Muzaffar Ahmed Hashmi. He visited Islamabad Chamber of Commerce and Industry; where he discussed the key […]
;ISLAMABAD – Prime Minister Imran Khan announced to suspend political gatherings and rallies across the country as part of his government’s measures to contain the spread of the second wave of Covid-19. “We have decided to suspend rallies countrywide and we [Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf] have suspended our own [rally] and would ask others [parties] to do […]
ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Imran Khan has announced the introduction of an electronic voting system to ensure utmost transparency in the election process. Talking to media in Islamabad, the premier said a mechanism will also be brought in for overseas Pakistanis so that they, too, can participate in the polling to elect their representatives. NADRA’s data […]
