Indian authorities have prevented an award-winning photographer from flying to the United States to collect her Pulitzer Prize, the latest of several Kashmiri journalists barred from leaving the country. Sanna Irshad Mattoo was one of four journalists working for Reuters news agency that took home the prestigious award for feature photography this year. The 28-year-old […]
The United States has said that it is confident of Pakistan’s ability to keep its nuclear assets safe and secure, dismissing speculations stirred by President Joe Biden’s off-the-cuff remarks about the country’s nuclear programme. “The United States is confident of Pakistan’s commitment and its ability to secure nuclear assets,” US State Department spokesperson Vedant Patel […]
More than 50 Western countries have met in Brussels to pledge more weapons for Ukraine, especially air defence systems, after Russia launched its most intense missile barrage since the war began. At Wednesday’s meeting of the Ukraine Defense Contact Group, US Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin said Russia’s latest attacks had laid bare its “malice […]
Court had accepted exemption from appearance application by premier, former Punjab CM. A special central court acquitted Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif and his son former Punjab chief minister Hamaza Shehbaz in the Rs16 billion money laundering case on Wednesday. The special court judge had reserved the decision after hearing detailed arguments on acquittal application of […]
PTI leader Babar Awan claimed on Thursday the former federal minister Azam Swati had been “arrested” by men who identified themselves as Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) personnel. “Midnight jackals came to his house and identified themselves as FIA personnel,” he said while speaking to the media. Awan said he was condemning the “arrest” on his, […]
Funding case: IHC grants protective bail to Imran Khan till Oct 18: The Islamabad High Court on Wednesday granted protective bail to Imran Khan to avoid arrest in the prohibited funding case. Approving the protective bail of Imran Khan until October 18 (Tuesday), the court directed the PTI chief that he can obtain interim bail […]
Uber exits five Pakistani cities, to continue services via unit Careem. Ride-hailing services, Uber, has decides to cease its operations in five major cities of Pakistan, including Karachi and Islamabad, the company said on Tuesday in a move that will reduce market overlap between the US firm and its Middle East unit Careem. The Uber […]
PTI chairman and former prime minister Imran Khan on Monday said that his party would approach the courts to establish the “authenticity” of the recently leaked audio tapes and have a joint investigation team (JIT) constituted to bring to light those responsible for the bugging of the Prime Minister Office (PMO). A series of audio […]
On Saturday, actress Priyanka Chopra Jonas was attacked for extending her support to the Iranian women protesting against the death of a 22-year-old woman named Mahsa Amini. Amini was arrested by the ‘morality police’ in Tehran for not properly wearing a hijab as per mandatory hijab laws of the country and she was then killed by the […]
Pakistan’s diplomatic skills will be tested this week when the European countries will put to vote a resolution against Russia at the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA). In March, Islamabad abstained from voting against Russia, something that drew a strong reaction from the United States and other western countries. Pakistan joined China, India and many […]
