ISLAMABAD: Caretaker Information Minister Murtaza Solangi said on Tuesday that the government has no directives yet to suspend mobile and internet services on election day. Emphasising the gravity of the security situation, Solangi maintained that no such directives have been passed yet and underscored the authority of local administrations to assess security conditions and make decisions accordingly, particularly in areas …

ISLAMABAD: PTI founder Imran Khan’s wife Bushra Bibi on Tuesday filed a petition in the Islamabad High Court (IHC) seeking the annulment of the notification to turn the former premier’s Banigala residence into a sub-jail for the former first lady and ordering her transfer to Adiala jail. Bushra following her 14-year conviction in the Toshakhana case and her detention at Banigala, requested in her …

PESHAWAR: As candidates geared up for last-ditch effort to woo voters on the last day of the campaigning on Tuesday (today), the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) dispatched on Monday the polling material to the districts for onward delivery to the polling stations. The nation will go to the polls on Thursday for which, the ECP had completed all arrangements. …

RAWALPINDI: An anti-terrorist court (ATC) judge will hear today (Tuesday) the bail applications of former prime minister Imran Khan in twelve different cases related to May 9, 2023 incidents of rioting. Judge Malik Ejaz Asif will conduct this hearing inside Rawalpindi’s Adiala Jail where Imran Khan has been detained since September last year. The PTI founder has already been convicted …

ISLAMABAD: Chief Election Commissioner Sikandar Sultan Raja met with a delegation of the Commonwealth Observers Group at his office on Monday and apprised it of election preparations and the Election Commission of Pakistan’s (ECP) efforts to ensure free, fair, and transparent polls. During the meeting, also attended by ECP members, secretary and other senior officers, the CEC thanked them for …

BEIJING: Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi on Monday met with visiting Minister of Foreign Affairs of Norway Espen Barth Eide in Beijing, with the two sides vowing to safeguard multilateralism and free trade. Noting Eide is the first European foreign minister to visit China in 2024, Wang, who is also member of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of …

RAWALPINDI: In a display of solidarity, Pakistan’s Armed Forces, alongside the Chairmen of Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee (CJCsSC), and Services Chiefs, have paid heartfelt homage to the unwavering resolve and courageous struggle of the people of Kashmir. They have stood resolute in the face of grave human rights violations and enduring inhumane lockdowns imposed by Indian occupation forces in …

ISLAMABAD: The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) has commenced the delivery of 260 million ballot papers across 859 National Assembly and provincial assembly constituencies nationwide as the general election nears, stated a spokesperson for the oversight body on Sunday. Printing was finalized at three government presses, with some papers necessitating reprinting following court decisions on candidacy-related petitions. This election cycle …

ISLAMABAD: The Election Commission of Pakistan has asked the caretaker provincial government to stop the privatisation process of the Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) in view of the upcoming general elections on Thursday, next week. The ECP also requested the federal government not to enter into any kind of agreement related to the PIA privatisation, seeking the plan documents prepared by …

BEIJING: China’s Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center launched the world’s first in-orbit artificial intelligence (AI) commercial hypersatellite on Saturday from waters off the coast of Yangjiang City in south China’s Guangdong Province. A Smart Dragon-3 (SD-3) carrier rocket blasted off at 11:06 a.m. (Beijing Time) from the launch site, sending a group of nine satellites, including the AI commercial hypersatellite and a distant …