Prime Minister Imran Khan on Thursday proposed a 10 point agenda for urgent action to avert an economic collapse in a number of developing countries due to the Covid-19, warning that without economic security, conflicts and disputes would persist and proliferate across the world. The prime minister joined nearly 100 world leaders at a two-day […]
ISLAMABAD: The Islamabad High Court (IHC) on Wednesday decided to declare former prime minister Nawaz Sharif a proclaimed offender in the Al-Azizia and Avenfield references. Justice Aamer Farooq said the court will pass a short order regarding the proclamation of the convicted former premier and will also issue show-cause notices to the sureties. Nawaz, who […]
GILGIT: The Gilgit-Baltistan Assembly on Monday elected Khalid Khurshid Khan of the Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf as chief minister and Pakistan Peoples Party’s Amjad Hussain as leader of the opposition. Speaker Amjad Hussain Zaidi chaired the assembly session held to elect the chief minister of Gilgit-Baltistan. Mr. Khan, who was fielded by the PTI-Majlis Wahdat-i-Muslimeen alliance, and […]
PML-N Vice-President Maryam Nawaz on Monday said that she is not afraid of being arrested. As she has imprisoned twice before without committing any crime. She was speaking to journalists before leaving Lahore for Multan to attend the Pakistan Democratic Movement’s (PDM) rally. Despite the PTI-led government’s efforts to stop public gatherings because of the […]
The Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) has unanimously adopted a resolution condemning India’s illegal action of revoking Indian Illegally Occupied Jammu and Kashmir’s (IIOJK) autonomous status and steps to change the demography of the Muslim-majority region. “In a Resolution adopted unanimously by the 47th Session of the OIC in Niamey today, the Council of Foreign […]
Iran’s president on Saturday accused Israel of killing a prominent Iranian scientist long suspected by the West of masterminding a secret nuclear bomb programme, state TV reported. Iran’s clerical and military rulers have threatened revenge for Friday’s killing of Mohsen Fakhrizadeh; who Iranian media said died in hospital after assassins gunned him down in his […]
Donald Trump has said he will leave the White House if Joe Biden is formally confirmed as the next US president. Answering reporters’ questions for the first time since losing the 3 November vote, Mr. Trump insisted, however, that “this race is far from over”. He has refused to concede, citing unsubstantiated claims of voter […]
PPP Chairman Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari said on Thursday that he is self-isolating after testing positive for Covid-19. The news comes just a day before the engagement of Bilawal’s sister, Bakhtawar Bhutto-Zardari, to a Dubai-based businessman and several days before the Pakistan Democratic Movement’s (PDM) next rally in Multan scheduled for November 30. I have tested positive […]
Pakistan has handed over a dossier on India’s terror campaign to United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres, urging him to prevail on New Delhi to desist from its illegal and aggressive activities. The secretary-general promised to “study the dossier and take appropriate action”, said Pakistan’s envoy to the UN Munir Akram, who presented the dossier to […]
The Foreign Office (FO) said the Indian government had escalated its anti-Pakistan campaign — marked by false narratives, concocted evidence, and orchestration of false flag operations — after Islamabad made public a dossier containing “irrefutable proof” of Indian sponsorship of terrorism in the country. The statement was issued in response to media queries regarding the […]
