The police minister announced on Tuesday that Israel will limit the number of Muslim citizens who go the Al Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem during the next Ramadan holy month. The reason given was that there was a possibility of protests at the flashpoint site during the Gaza conflict. One of the holiest sites in Islam, […]
During the first Senate meeting after the general elections on February 8, there were repeated requests on Tuesday to take legal action against the top election commissioner and look into how the polls were conducted. The meeting was presided over by Senate Chairman Sadiq Sanjrani, and a proposal to halt the proceedings was made and […]
What exactly does he mean by “mother of all rigging”? It was dismantling the PTI, snatching its iconic election symbol off the bat, not allowing the party’s candidates to submit nomination papers, coercing candidates into withdrawing from elections and denying the party the right to canvass. While speaking to the media outside Adiala Jail, where […]
The fifth meeting between the Contact and Coordination Committees (Cs) of the two parties, which took place on Monday, remained inconclusive and both decided to meet again today (Tuesday) to finalize the power-sharing formula. According to sources, former Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif will be the nominee for Pakistan’s next premier to lead a new coalition […]
He went into hiding after the May 9, 2023 incidents – wherein military installations, prominently Corps Commander House Lahore, came under attack following the arrest of PTI founder Imran Khan. Today, the Peshawar High Court (PHC) granted him transit bail against bonds worth Rs100,000 and ordered the PTI senator to appear before the court concerned. […]
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 […]
