ISLAMABAD: The Ministry of Foreign Affairs on Thursday said that Pakistan had evidence of calls related to the Jaffar Express hijacking incident being traced to Afghanistan but reaffirmed that it was India that was trying to “destabilise its neighboring countries”. The hijack occurred on Tuesday afternoon when the train, travelling from Quetta to Peshawar and carrying 440 passengers, was ambushed …
ISLAMABAD: A Joint investigation team (JIT) has summoned Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) leaders Omar Ayub and Aleema Khan for questioning in an inquiry related to alleged negative propaganda on social media. According to officials, the JIT issued summons to Ayub and Aleema as part of an investigation into digital content deemed to be in violation of Pakistan’s cyber laws. Aleema Khan …
QUETTA: Security forces have eliminated all militants and rescued190 hostages in a clearance operation launched after an unknown number of heavily armed terrorists stormed a Peshawar-bound train in Balochistan’s Bolan district. According to security sources, the forces successfully rescued a large number of hostages, including women and children, who had been used as human shields by the terrorists. The clearance …
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan on Wednesday denounced Indian authorities’ decision to declare two organisations of Indian-occupied Kashmir as “unlawful associations”, according to a Foreign Office statement. A day earlier, the Indian Ministry of Home Affairs declared the Jammu and Kashmir Awami Action Committee (AAC), headed by Kashmiri chief cleric and Hurriyat leader Mirwaiz Umar Farooq, and the Jammu and Kashmir Ittihadul Muslimeen …
ISLAMABAD: A day after President Asif Ali Zardari expressed concerns over a proposed canal project on the Indus River in Punjab, PPP Chairperson Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari on Tuesday suggested the controversial project be referred to the Council of Common Interests (CCI). Speaking to media persons at his chambers in the National Assembly, the PPP leader said the one-sided policies made by …
ISLAMABAD: The opposition in the Senate on Tuesday challenged the legality of legislation passed by an incomplete parliament, raising concerns over constitutional violations and procedural irregularities. Speaking on a point of order on the last day of the Senate’s parliamentary year, Leader of the Opposition Syed Shibli Faraz criticised what he called a series of constitutional defiance that had created …
ISLAMABAD: The controversial award of a Rs1.89 billion contract by the National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) directly to the National Logistics Cell (NLC) for constructing the National Emergency Operations Centre came under detailed discussion during the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) meeting on Tuesday. Questions were raised by the Public Accounts Committee (PAC), chaired by Junaid Akbar Khan, about the transparency …
RAWALPINDI: A heated exchange took place at the entrance of Adiala Jail between lawyers representing Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) and Aleema Khan, the sister of PTI founder Imran Khan, following a meeting between her and other family members with the incarcerated former prime minister. According to reports, the confrontation occurred as Aleema Khan and the lawyers were leaving the jail after …
ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Muhammad Shehbaz Sharif on Tuesday announced to construct Daanish University of Applied and Emerging Sciences in Islamabad utilizing £190 million amount that was transferred from the UK’s National Crime Agency (NCA) to the Supreme Court of Pakistan’s account. The prime minister, while chairing the Steering Committee meeting for the establishment of Daanish University of Applied and Emerging …
QUETTA: The Balochistan government dispatched rescue teams amid reports of “intense” firing at a Peshawar-bound passenger train from Quetta near Bolan district on Tuesday with almost 500 passengers, but specifics regarding the attack and casualties have so far not been shared by the authorities. “There are reports of intense firing at a Jaffar Express [train], which was heading from Quetta …