In the face of credible allegations of widespread corruption, the federal cabinet has noted that the mechanism governing drug prices has become exploitative and ineffective. The health ministry has labeled the 2018 Drug Pricing Policy as unfair because it guaranteed the pharmaceutical industry “supernormal profits.” During a meeting on December 13, 2023, the cabinet members […]
In a startling admission on Saturday, Rawalpindi Commissioner Liaquat Ali Chatta said he was “involved in rigging election results in the city” and resigned from his position, claiming he should be “hanged for doing injustice” to the Rawalpindi Division. In a statement made during a news conference at the Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium, Chattha stated that […]
Salman Akram Raja, a prominent lawyer and PTI politician, was taken into custody on Saturday in Lahore after the party denounced suspected election manipulation on February 8. Raja, surrounded by police, security officers, and media representatives, declared he stood “with the people of Pakistan” while being led by the police to their car. “I am […]
A judge in New York has barred former US President Donald Trump from operating businesses in the state for three years and ordered him to pay an astounding $355 million in fines. The decision, which is based on accusations of fraud, is likely to have a significant impact on Trump’s financial situation and commercial empire. […]
“I believe Gen [Qamar Javed] Bajwa and Lt Gen Faiz [Hameed] were responsible for rigging the 2018 general polls,” the JUI-F chief had said in an interview with a private TV channel. A day earlier, Maulana Fazlur Rehman held former army chief Gen Qamar Javed Bajwa and ex-spymaster Lt Gen Faiz Hameed, who was the […]
Imran Khan, the founder of the PTI and a former prime minister, said on Friday that his party will have a “Fatah-e-Makkah” stance when it comes to retaking power and that it will not pursue political retribution. “We shall not seek political retribution; instead, we shall progress the nation and the country for the benefit […]
Raoof Hasan, a spokesman for Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI), confirmed the party’s openness to communication with the establishment. He emphasized that the goal of reaching out to political parties is to unite all political forces around a single platform rather than to forge an electoral coalition. Speaking on Friday’s “Center Stage” episode of Express News, Hasan […]
Six independent candidates elected to the Punjab Assembly and one newly elected independent member of the National Assembly have formally joined the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N), marking a momentous political development on Friday, according to Express News. Following their oath of loyalty to the party, the new members met with PML-N Punjab President Rana Sanaullah […]
Pakistan is scheduled to attend an important two-day summit in Doha, Qatar, on February 18 and 19, which is sponsored by the UN, to examine the path for engagement with the Afghan Taliban government. An official handout released by the foreign office here on Friday stated that Ambassador Asif Durrani, Pakistan’s Special Representative on Afghanistan, […]
Head of Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam-Fazl (JUI-F), Maulana Fazlur Rehman, “clarified” on Friday his remarks regarding former army chief General (retd) Qamar Javed Bajwa and former director general of Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI), Lt Gen (retd) Faiz Hameed, accusing them both of planning the 2022 PTI government’s overthrow. In a 2022 interview with a private TV channel, the […]
