LAHORE: Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) distanced itself from reports suggesting senior party member Azam Swati is engaged in talks with the military establishment, with party secretary general Salman Akram Raja stating such actions are not sanctioned by the party leadership. Speaking to reporters outside an anti-terrorism court in Lahore, Raja said, “the claims of a deal between Azam Swati and the …
KARACHI: With recent traffic accidents in Karachi causing enraged mobs to torch heavy vehicles that were responsible for them, Awami National Party (ANP) Sindh Chapter President Shahi Sayed on Saturday, along with MQM, tried to pacify the situation by saying that the ongoing issues plaguing the city including road mishaps are an administrative failure, not the product of an ethnic …
ISLAMABAD: A 5.5-magnitude earthquake struck near Islamabad and Rawalpindi on Saturday afternoon, while tremors were also felt in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa from another earlier quake. The earthquake in Pakistan measured 5.5 on the Richter scale and occurred at 12:30pm, according to the National Seismic Monitoring Centre (NSMC). It further said the quake struck at a depth of 12 kilometres, with its …
QUETTA: Amid an ongoing political standoff in Balochistan, opposition party JUI-F has offered to mediate between the provincial government and the Balochistan National Party-Mengal (BNP-M) to resolve the two-week-long protest sit-in over the detention of Dr Mahrang Baloch and other female activists of the Baloch Yakjehti Committee (BYC). On Friday, a JUI-F delegation led by the party’s Secretary General Senator …
LAHORE: Finance Minister Muhammad Aurangzeb on Saturday said that the government would ensure that the benefits of reduced inflation directly reached the common man and “middlemen” would not be allowed to exploit the system. Pakistan’s headline inflation dropped to 0.7 per cent year-on-year in March 2025, marking the lowest reading since December 1965, according to data released by the Pakistan …
ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court on Friday issued its judgement on the use of artificial intelligence (AI) in the judicial system, saying it can enhance efficiency but “must be welcomed with careful optimism”. The judgement was issued on a case heard on March 13 by Justices Aqeel Ahmed Abbasi and Mansoor Ali Shah, with the latter pronouncing his judgement today. “There …
ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Friday said that Belarus had extended a generous offer to invite over 150,000 young, highly skilled Pakistani workers to contribute to the nation-building efforts of Belarus, the Associated Press of Pakistan reported. Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif had arrived in the Republic of Belarus on Thursday for a two-day official visit at the invitation of …
RAWALPINDI: Security forces killed two terrorists, including a “high-value target”, during an intelligence-based operation (IBO) in the Timergara area of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa’s Lower Dir, the military’s media wing said on Friday. Pakistan has witnessed an uptick in terror activities over the past year, especially in KP and Balochistan, after the proscribed Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) ended its ceasefire with the government …
ISLAMABAD: The government will block the passports of Pakistanis deported from other countries over criminal activities, and tighten the process of issuing new travel documents, Interior Minister Mohsin Naqvi announced on Thursday. The move is aimed at deterring Pakistani nationals who travel abroad and commit illegal acts, such as begging. In recent years, hundreds of Pakistanis have been deported, mostly …
ISLAMABAD: Thousands of Afghan refugees who are awaiting resettlement to Western countries will be deported from Pakistan if their host nations do not relocate them by April 30, a key government minister said on Thursday. Amid calls for Pakistan to halt the deportation of Afghan nationals, State Minister for Interior Tallal Chaudhry also ruled out any extension in the deadline …