KARACHI: A Milad function took place on Sunday at the Bilawal House. It marked the beginning of the series of events of Bakhtawar Bhutto’s wedding. Faryal Talpur, Dr Azra Pechuho, and other party members of the PPP attended the gathering. Special prayers for the success of Ms Bhutto-Zardari’s marital life took place at the end. […]
Caravans of tractors clogged a key highway in northern India on Monday as tens of thousands of farmers protesting against agriculture reforms streamed into the capital ahead of celebrations for Republic Day. India marks its founding as a republic on Tuesday with a military parade in the historic city center, but the farmers; who are […]
Eight Chinese bomber planes and four fighter jets entered the southwestern corner of Taiwan air defence identification zone on Saturday, and Taiwan’s air force deployed missiles to “monitor” the incursion, the island’s Defence Ministry said. China, which claims Taiwan as its own territory, has conducted almost daily flights over the waters between the southern part […]
In his first order after taking the oath of his office on Wednesday, US President Joe Biden removed the travel ban on some Muslim and African nations placed by his predecessor Donald Trump. Biden returned to the White House late on Wednesday afternoon from the swearing-in ceremony, laying a wreath on the grave of the […]
Minister for Interior Sheikh Rashid Ahmed hit out at leaders of the opposition Pakistan Democratic Movement (PDM) for its rally in front of the office of the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) in Islamabad today, saying television footage showed “not more than 3,000 people” had attended the protest. Addressing a press conference in Islamabad shortly […]
ISLAMABAD: Federal Minister Shafqat Mehmood addressed a press conference on measures taken by the incumbent government on civil service reforms. Earlier in the day, the minister said he will be briefing the media as “head of the Cabinet Committee on Institutional Reforms”, adding that the topic in focus would be “measures taken by Prime Minister […]
Alibaba Group founder Jack Ma made his first public appearance since October on Wednesday when he spoke to a group of teachers by video, easing concern about his unusual absence from the limelight and sending shares in the e-commerce giant surging. Speculation over Ma’s whereabouts has swirled in the wake of news this month that […]
ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan Democratic Movement (PDM) is protesting outside the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) against the delay in proceedings of PTI’s foreign funding case. On Monday, Prime Minister Imran Khan directed his government to allow the PDM to protest outside the ECP office. According to sources, two platoons of Punjab Rangers have been deployed; […]
First Lady Melania Trump, in a video, has given a “farewell message” to the United States, two days before the end of the term of President Donald Trump, her husband. “My fellow Americans, it has been the greatest honor of my life to serve as the first lady of the United States,” said Trump in […]
Prime Minister Imran Khan on Monday said purported WhatsApp conversations of an Indian anchor published in Indian media prove that the Modi government used the Balakot incident for electoral gains; a point he had already revealed to the world in the 2019 UNGA session. The premier was referring to recently emerged transcripts of purported WhatsApp […]
