ISLAMABAD: The Senate was informed on Thursday that Dr. Aafia Siddiqui, a Pakistani neuroscientist convicted by a US court on the charge of shooting at army and FBI officers while in custody in Afghanistan, has finally signed a mercy petition. Adviser to the Prime Minister on Parliamentary Affairs Babar Awan said during the question hour […]
The Pakistani military has dismissed as nothing more than an “attempt to distort history.” A recent political statement about the release of an Indian pilot captured by Pakistani troops. After downing his warplane during last year’s military confrontation; that took the two countries to the brink of an all-out war. Wing Commander Abhinandan Varthaman arrested […]
Special Assistant to Prime Minister Dr. Sania Nishtar has announced an extension in the last date to submit Ehsaas undergraduate scholarship applications for the year 2020-21. The new deadline is November 30, 2020. Earlier, October 30 was the last date for the submission of online scholarship applications. However, given the COVID-19 fronted delays in the […]
An Islamabad anti-terrorism court on Thursday acquitted Prime Minister Imran Khan in the 2014 Parliament House attack case. The verdict was announced by ATC Judge Raja Jawad Abbas Hassan. The court also decided that Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi, Defence Minister Pervez Khattak, Education Minister Shafqat Mehmood, and Planning Minister Asad Umar, who have been […]
Police said three people were confirmed to have died and several injured in the knife attack at French church. A police source said a woman was decapitated. French politician Marine Le Pen also spoke of a decapitation having occurred in the attack. A source at the scene said police armed with automatic weapons had put […]
The federal government has announced to observe an Ishq-e-Rasool (S.A.W) week starting 12 Rabi-ul-Awal comprising conferences and Milad programs across Pakistan. Religious affairs minister Pir Noor-Ul-Haq Qadri floated the idea in the federal cabinet today which the Prime Minister agreed with and directed the cabinet members to roll out a plan to observe the week. […]
PM calls for Muslim unity to end attacks on Islam, Prophet PBUH. Prime Minister Imran Khan has raised the issue of the publication of blasphemous caricatures on the international level and asked the leaders of the Muslim states to act collectively for countering the Islamophobia; attacks on Islam and Prophet Muhammad (Peace Be Upon Him) […]
Pakistan has asked the International Monetary Fund (IMF) to relax the conditions for a mini-budget and increase in electricity prices at least till March next year after Prime Minister Khan again shot down both the proposals due to already high prices. About 10 days ago, the Ministry of Finance had sought the prime minister’s approval […]
At least seven killed, over 90 injured in blast at Peshawar madrassah. At least seven people kill and more than 90 others injured; most of them children – in a powerful blast at a madrassah in Peshawar’s Dir Colony on Tuesday morning; police and rescue officials said. At least seven killed, over 90 injured in […]
Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi said in a statement that Macron’s remarks have fueled the already tense situation. Qureshi said Islamabad, through a resolution, would suggest at the forthcoming Foreign Ministers’ meeting of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation to observe March 15 as an annual day against Islamophobia. “Nobody has the right to hurt the […]
