The entire governmental debt and liabilities of Pakistan are starting to become unmanageable. Since 2011, the nation’s domestic debt has climbed six times while its external debt has doubled. “The debt crisis facing Pakistan is a significant, existential, and pressing issue that calls for quick and calculated responses. Debt repayments are at an all-time high, […]
The Pakistani parliament’s upper house, the Senate, took a critical step on Monday when it voted against the Criminal Laws (Amendment) Bill 2023, which sought to change the country’s penal code (1860) and code of criminal procedure (1898). The bill, which called for rape suspects to be hanged in public, was defeated by a majority […]
Even as relations deteriorated due to the demands of the newly elected Maldivian President, Mohamed Muizzu, for Indian forces to withdraw from his nation, India increased its development support to the Maldives with projects picking up steam last year. India and China have courted the nation of the Indian Ocean, which has historically been close […]
Anwaarul Haq Kakar, the acting prime minister, declared on Monday that Pakistan will protect public employees in carrying out their constitutional responsibilities, take action against “violent trolls,” and guarantee “exemplary punishment” for them. The declaration was made a few days after the Rawalpindi Commissioner resigned from his position, claiming he was being “hanged for doing […]
Leader of the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI), Barrister Gohar Khan, declared on Monday that independent candidates supported by the party will formally join the Sunni Ittehad Council (SIC) in the provinces of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) and Punjab as well as the National Assembly (NA). The event occurred one day after SIC chief Sahibzada Hamid Raza and […]
The petitioner, Brig (retd) Ali Khan, moved the top court to invalidate the elections scheduled for February 8, but Khan did not appear for the hearing. The Supreme Court voiced its disapproval of Khan’s actions on Monday. The petition was considered by a three-judge panel that included Justice Muhammad Ali Mazhar, Justice Musarrat Hilali, and […]
Leader of the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI), Sher Afzal Khan Marwat, informed the Islamabad High Court (IHC) on Monday that masked individuals had raided his residence at two in the morning this past night. This assertion was made by Supreme Court Advocate Marwat at the petition hearing pertaining to the IHC’s recovery of Baloch students. The […]
Caretaker Prime Minister Anwaarul Haq Kakar issued a warning on Saturday, amid protests by a number of parties, including Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI), against the purported rigging of the general elections on February 8. He said that any kind of agitation, violence, or encouragement of vigilantism would not be tolerated and that the law would be […]
Nine terrorists, including a “High-Value Target” in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa (K-P), were killed by the security forces on Friday and Saturday in two distinct targeted intelligence-based operations, the military stated in a statement. Two terrorists, HVT Rehmat Ullah, also known as Badar Mansur, and Ts Amjad, also known as Babr, were killed in an intelligence-based operation carried […]
Outrage and anger have been generated by a recent statement made by PML-N Secretary of Information Marriyum Aurangzeb. The speech highlights the harsh and divisive discourse that continues to dominate the political landscape of the country. In a press conference, Marriyum stated that 2014 should have seen the decapitation of PTI founder Imran Khan and […]
