ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) founder Imran Khan moved the Islamabad High Court (IHC) on Tuesday for bail in the Toshakhana and £190 million corruption cases. The National Accountability Bureau (NAB), the director general of NAB, and the investigating officer have been named respondents in the applications.  Separate bail applications for each case were submitted, outlining the request for bail until the …

ISLAMABAD: Caretaker Information Minister Murtaza Solangi said on Tuesday that international observers and journalists would visit Pakistan to monitor and cover the February 8 general elections. Last year in October, the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) had asked the Foreign Office to take all necessary steps to invite international observers for the elections. Later that month, the electoral watchdog had extended an invitation to …

BEIJING: A 7.1-magnitude earthquake jolted Wushi County in Aksu Prefecture in northwest China’s Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region at 2:09 a.m. Tuesday, January 23 (Beijing Time), according to the China Earthquake Networks Center (CENC). The epicenter, with a depth of 22 km, was monitored at 41.26 degrees north latitude and 78.63 degrees east longitude, said the CENC. The main quake was …

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan is set to receive an investment of up to $1 billion in its struggling railway sector, with both Russia and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) expressing interest in modernising the infrastructure. Sources revealed that ongoing negotiations between Pakistan and the two nations have been focused on fostering collaboration within the railway sector, a crucial move given the neglect …

ISLAMABAD: In response to a security alert issued by the security agencies, a significant number of private educational institutions, including prestigious universities, were shut down indefinitely in the federal capital on Monday. Notable closures included National Defence University (NDU), Air University, and Bahria University, along with various private schools. Parents received messages from school administrations advising them to pick up …

MULTAN: In a major development on the political landscape ahead of the general elections, veteran politician and former PML-N leader Javed Hashmi has announced his withdrawal from the polls and support for the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf’s candidate from NA-149 Multan constituency. The Election Commission had accepted Hashmi’s nomination papers for the upcoming general elections as an independent candidate from the NA-149 …

RAWALPINDI: Another former bureaucrat has testified before a special court that Imran Khan had not returned the copy of a classified diplomatic cypher to the foreign ministry until his ouster as the prime minister in April 2022. The Special Court is holding trial of Imran Khan and PTI Vice Chairman Shah Mahmood Qureshi inside Rawalpindi’s Adiala Jail for allegedly manipulating …

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan on Monday condemned the construction and consecration of the ‘Ram Temple’ on the site of the demolished Babri Mosque in the Indian city of Ayodhya and urged the international community to take cognisance of the growing Islamophobia, hate speech and hate crimes in India. “The United Nations and other relevant international organisations should play their part in saving …

RAWALPINDI: Former prime minister and Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) founder Imran Khan on Monday urged his supporters to join him in a protest against what he called the “mother of all selection” taking place in the country. Imran, currently incarcerated in Rawalpindi’s Adiala Jail in connection with the cypher case, voiced his concerns during an informal conversation with the media over …

BEIJING: China is expected to launch an unprecedented number of spacecraft this year as the country continues to advance its space exploration programs. In January, China has launched Kuaizhou-1A rocket and the world’s largest solid rocket Gravity-1, performed the docking of Tianzhou-7 cargo spacecraft with its space station and completed the vertical return test of a reusable rocket. Going forward, China plans to launch two cargo …