At least five students were injured and a person was killed in two separate firing incidents in Lower Dir and Swat on Monday. A driver of a school van was killed and two students were injured when their vehicle came under attack by unidentified gunmen in the village of Guli Bagh within Swat district, Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa […]
A fire in Islamabad’s Centaurus Mall on Sunday was brought under control after two hours, the Capital Development Authority (CDA) confirmed. CDA Chairman and Islamabad Chief Commissioner retired Capt Mohammad Usman Younis said the fire brigade, Pakistan Navy, Pakistan Air Force and Rescue 1122 took part in the firefighting operation. سینٹورس مال میں لگی آگ […]
COAS Bajwa stresses regional peace, warns ‘price of status quo will be devastating’ for all Chief of Army Staff (COAS) General Qamar Javed Bajwa stressed on Saturday the need for regional peace and developing a mechanism for resolving all bilateral issues peacefully, as he warned that the “price of status quo will be devastating for […]
PTI Chairman and deposed premier Imran Khan has accused the incumbent government of wasting a whopping Rs18 billion of the public money after amending the accountability law in a way that best suited them. The former premier submitted a written application through his counsel Khawaja Haris before a three-member Supreme Court bench that takes up […]
Move brightens chances for Islamabad to exit grey list. Pakistan has been listed among the top 10 countries implementing the Financial Action Task Force’s (FATF) standards, a move which brightens the country’s chances to exit the anti-money laundering watchdog’s grey list. According to Express News, the FATF meeting will be held from October 17 to […]
The cabinet has formally given the go-ahead to hold an inquiry into the audio leaks purportedly featuring PTI Chairman Imran Khan and his party leaders, it emerged on Sunday. On Friday, the cabinet suggested that legal action could be taken after a steady stream of audio recordings surfaced, most recently of informal conversations allegedly between […]
Party chief claims law is against Islam, says he will submit amendments to parliament Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam-Fazl (JUI-F), an ally of the government and part of the Pakistan Democratic Movement (PDM), has challenged the Transgender Protection Act, 2018, in the Federal Shariat Court (FSC) on Friday. In the petition, the JUI-F requested that the act be […]
Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif said on Friday the “false narrative” of PTI Chairman Imran Khan — declaring the incumbent government a “product of conspiracy” — had been totally shattered after the recent audio leak. “Imran Niazi wasted five months of the nation by concocting lies and propaganda about his successor government, however, his own audio […]
Saudi Arabia’s King Salman bin Abdulaziz named his son and heir Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman as the kingdom’s prime minister and his second son Prince Khalid as defence minister, a royal decree showed on Tuesday. The reshuffle kept another son, Prince Abdulaziz bin Salman, as energy minister, the aged king said in the royal […]
Following the release of a set of audio clippings between Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif and other key decision-makers in the government only three days ago, another controversial audio leak surfaced on Wednesday, this time purportedly featuring former premier Imran Khan. The clip making rounds on social media seemingly features a conversation between Imran and his […]
