A terrorism case was registered against Information Minister Marriyum Aurangzeb and senior PML-N leader Javed Latif in Lahore on Monday for allegedly “using religion to instill and spread hatred” against PTI chief and former prime minister Imran Khan. The first information report (FIR) was filed by a citizen — an imam of a local mosque […]
China is willing to shape the international order together with Russia in a “more just and rational direction”, a senior Chinese diplomat said as the two countries’ leaders prepare to meet this week. Under the guidance of President Xi Jinping and President Vladimir Putin, “the relationship between the two countries has always been on the […]
PM Shehbaz arrived in London on the invitation of British government, to represent Pakistan at the funeral of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II, which would be held on September 19, announced the Foreign Office. David Gordon-MacLeod, Special Representative of the British Foreign Secretary, received the prime minister at the airport. Accompanying the prime minister as […]
Pakistan is in a political and economic depth spiral that could push it over the same cliff as Sri Lanka, as internal conflict, regional instability, and global uncertainty all threaten the survival of the state. Pakistan has struggled to recover from the pandemic and is now grappling with another spike in COVID-19 cases. But the […]
The worst floods in memory may have occasioned a reset in relations, but Imran Khan could still prove a spoiler. As millions of Pakistanis reel from the worst floods in living memory, national and international humanitarian rescue and relief efforts have coincided with a notable political development: a slow-but-steady resumption of high-level contact between Pakistan and the […]
Russia’s Putin tells India’s PM he understood New Delhi’s concerns over the conflict in Ukraine after Modi urged diplomacy. Russian President Vladimir Putin has told India’s Narendra Modi that he understood New Delhi’s concerns about the conflict in Ukraine and wanted it to end “as soon as possible”, according to a readout of a bilateral […]
Backstage reconciliation efforts may succeed by October 15: Rashid According to Sheikh Rashid Ahmed, the leader of the Awami Muslim League (AML), behind-the-scenes attempts at reconciliation can be successful by October 15; otherwise, there would be ‘judo-karate’ on the streets. Former prime minister and PTI Chairman Imran Khan has separated with a lovely swinging delivery, […]
Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif said on Friday that it would be a “big mistake to ignore Afghanistan this time around”, highlighting that peace in Pakistan and Afghanistan was interlinked. He made the remarks as he addressed the Shanghai Cooperation Organization’s (SCO) Council of Heads of State (CHS) meeting in Samarkand. Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif said […]
US State Department spokesperson Ned Price said on Wednesday that Washington expected Islamabad to take “sustained action” against all terrorist groups and that a recently proposed $450 million military sale package for the maintenance of Pakistan’s F-16 fleet would help serve this purpose. “Pakistan’s F-16 program, it’s an important part of the broader US-Pakistan bilateral […]
Prime Minister (PM) Shehbaz Sharif will be leaving for Uzbekistan tomorrow for a two-day visit, to attend the annual meeting of the Council of Heads of State of Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO), it was reported on Wednesday. Leaders of the SCO member countries and observer states as well as heads of the SCO organizations and […]
