Defence minister says situation not yet of ‘same velocity and gravity’ as earlier Defence Minister Khawaja Asif on Wednesday raised concern over Swat’s alarming security situation during the day’s National Assembly session and warned that the “fire in Swat can reach everyone, including me”. The defence minister said there are issues which need to be […]
Indian authorities have prevented an award-winning photographer from flying to the United States to collect her Pulitzer Prize, the latest of several Kashmiri journalists barred from leaving the country. Sanna Irshad Mattoo was one of four journalists working for Reuters news agency that took home the prestigious award for feature photography this year. The 28-year-old […]
The United States has said that it is confident of Pakistan’s ability to keep its nuclear assets safe and secure, dismissing speculations stirred by President Joe Biden’s off-the-cuff remarks about the country’s nuclear programme. “The United States is confident of Pakistan’s commitment and its ability to secure nuclear assets,” US State Department spokesperson Vedant Patel […]
More than 50 Western countries have met in Brussels to pledge more weapons for Ukraine, especially air defence systems, after Russia launched its most intense missile barrage since the war began. At Wednesday’s meeting of the Ukraine Defense Contact Group, US Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin said Russia’s latest attacks had laid bare its “malice […]
Court had accepted exemption from appearance application by premier, former Punjab CM. A special central court acquitted Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif and his son former Punjab chief minister Hamaza Shehbaz in the Rs16 billion money laundering case on Wednesday. The special court judge had reserved the decision after hearing detailed arguments on acquittal application of […]
PTI leader Babar Awan claimed on Thursday the former federal minister Azam Swati had been “arrested” by men who identified themselves as Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) personnel. “Midnight jackals came to his house and identified themselves as FIA personnel,” he said while speaking to the media. Awan said he was condemning the “arrest” on his, […]
Funding case: IHC grants protective bail to Imran Khan till Oct 18: The Islamabad High Court on Wednesday granted protective bail to Imran Khan to avoid arrest in the prohibited funding case. Approving the protective bail of Imran Khan until October 18 (Tuesday), the court directed the PTI chief that he can obtain interim bail […]
Uber exits five Pakistani cities, to continue services via unit Careem. Ride-hailing services, Uber, has decides to cease its operations in five major cities of Pakistan, including Karachi and Islamabad, the company said on Tuesday in a move that will reduce market overlap between the US firm and its Middle East unit Careem. The Uber […]
Taiwan’s leader warned Beijing on Monday that the island would never give up its democratic way of life in a national day speech in which she drew parallels with Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. The self-ruled democracy’s 23 million people live under the constant threat of invasion by China’s Communist Party, and Moscow’s war in Ukraine […]
Interior Minister Rana Sanaullah claimed on Monday that the leaks controversy, which had put the cyber security of the PM’s official residence and the office at stake, had been resolved and that no “hostile intelligence agency” was involved. The comments came made during a TV show hours after former prime minister Imran Khan, one of […]
