PESHAWAR/LAHORE: PTI’s central information secretary Sheikh Waqqas Akram said on Tuesday that despite offers for talks with the ‘powers that be’, the party’s planned power show in Islamabad on Nov 24 will proceed until their goals are achieved. Speaking at a news conference at the Peshawar Press Club, he said the PTI would continue its preparations for the protest even …
To the drum beat, a red “lion” jumped airily onto a stool, looking around, its head tilted… After the lion dance ended, Atilio Alfredo Sarmiento Rivera, a young Peruvian, stuck his head out of the lion. He was sweating, but a smile could be seen on his face. Alfredo and three other young Peruvians, all of whom are members of …
At 3:50 a.m. on Nov. 8, a cargo plane from Hong Kong, China, loaded with packages from cross-border e-commerce platforms such as AliExpress and SHEIN, landed at an airport in Sao Paulo, Brazil. In a bonded warehouse at the airport, Denise Capitol, operations manager of Anjun Express in Brazil, a cross-border e-commerce logistics company, was busy arranging the reception of …
ISLAMABAD: Senator Faisal Vawda has stated that the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) rally on November 24 would be a complete failure and that founding the party’s jailed chairman Imran Khan will not be released from Adiala jail. During a press conference in Islamabad, he also expressed concerns that no one is genuinely trying to save Imran Khan, the founder of Pakistan …
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) founder Imran Khan has given go ahead to senior PTI members Ali Amin Gandapur and Barrister Gohar to hold negotiations with the establishment, Aleema Khan confirmed. Speaking to the media outside Adiala Jail after a meeting with Imran, Aleema relayed his message, calling for the nation to rally on November 24 in a show of solidarity, …
LAHORE: The Punjab government on Tuesday announced the reopening of all schools across the province from November 20 (Wednesday), including Lahore and Multan, in the wake of improved air quality. The recent smog situation was declared a “calamity” in Punjab last month. After the smog situation worsened on Nov 6, the Punjab government announced the closure of all educational institutions …
KARACHI: The 12th edition of the International Defence Exhibition and Seminar (IDEAS) 2024 kicked off on Tuesday at Karachi’s Expo Centre, with a ban on gatherings imposed across Karachi Division as part of security measures. More than 350 high-level delegations from 55 countries — including the US, Russia, China, Turkiye, Iran, Italy, the UK, and Azerbaijan — are visiting the …
RAWALPINDI: Former prime minister Imran Khan on Tuesday told party leaders and ticket holders to “disassociate themselves from the party” if they could not participate in the PTI’s announced power show for November 24. On Nov 13, Imran issued a “final call” for nationwide protests on Nov 24 (Sunday), denouncing what he described as the stolen mandate, the unjust arrests …
ISLAMABAD / LAHORE: Days before its ‘decisive’ power show in Islamabad, the PTI on Monday announced that it would not call off the sit-in until its “stolen” mandate is returned, the Constitution restored and party founder Imran Khan set free. At a press conference, Opposition Leader in Punjab Assembly Malik Ahmad Khan Bhachar warned the provincial government to exercise restraint …
ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Monday directed the authorities concerned to expedite action against tax defaulters and evaders as well as their facilitators. “Accelerate actions against tax defaulters and bring the tax evaders and their facilitators to book,” the prime minister said while receiving a briefing from the finance ministry regarding the country’s economy and the recent meeting with …