Tuesday, as part of measures to control the Gaza war, top US diplomat Antony Blinken was scheduled to meet with Israeli authorities. A day earlier, strikes in Syria and Lebanon had killed prominent figures from Hamas and its partner Hezbollah. The visit coincides with the Israeli military’s announcement that it is entering a new phase […]
The Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) was questioned by the Peshawar High Court (PHC) on Tuesday about why it was adamant about having a bat as its electoral symbol for the upcoming elections on February 8. “Why are you insisting on getting bat as an election symbol?” Barrister Ali Zafar, the party’s attorney, was questioned by the […]
Imran Khan, the founder of the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI), was briefly detained and then arrested in connection with the GHQ attack case pertaining to the violent protests that broke out on May 9 across the nation last year. The PTI founder, who is currently incarcerated in connection with cipher and graft allegations, was summoned by […]
An anti-terrorism court (ATC) in Rawalpindi has summoned the PTI founder, who is already behind bars in cipher and grafts cases, in May 9 cases on Tuesday (today). However, the PTI founder attended the court’s proceedings via video link as he could not be produced in the court by Adiala jail authorities owing to security […]
Major political parties, such as the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) and the Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP), have welcomed the Supreme Court’s (SC) historic decision to end politicians’ lifetime disqualification under Article 62(1)(f) of the Constitution, especially in light of the upcoming elections on February 8. The highest court revoked its earlier ruling prohibiting politicians from […]
Pakistan called the US State Department’s designation of it as “a country of particular concern” on Monday, emphatically rejecting it as “detached from ground realities.” Burma, China, Cuba, Iran, Nicaragua, Pakistan, Russia, and a few more governments were all named as nations of special concern by the State Department last week for “having engaged in […]
One of the most high-profile assaults on Hezbollah’s senior officials in three months of hostilities with Israel, an Israeli strike on Monday killed a commander of the group’s elite Radwan force in south Lebanon, security sources familiar with the group’s activities in Lebanon told Reuters. Since Hamas attacked Israel from Gaza on October 7, more […]
In the Mamund tehsil of the Bajaur district, a bombing on Monday targeted a police car, resulting in at least five police officials being martyred and 22 injured. The police announced that they would guard the polio vaccination crews. They stated they feared more deaths from the tragedy. They further said that the injured and […]
Following the declaration that Fawad Chaudhary’s wife was unable to run for office due to “hiding facts,” the order authorizing the candidate’s nomination papers was rescinded on Saturday. Following the confirmation of complaints regarding three unannounced international travels and nine bank accounts against Hiba Chaudhary, the election tribunal barred her from running in the provincial […]
The Palestinian territory has become “uninhabitable” following three months of violence that threatens to envelop the entire region, the UN warned as Israel attacked Gaza on Saturday. Israeli strikes on the southern Gaza city of Rafah, where hundreds of thousands of civilians have taken refuge from the conflict, were reported by AFP correspondents early on […]
