ISLAMABAD: Minister of State for Information Technology and Telecom Shaza Fatima Khawaja on Monday reaffirmed Pakistan’s commitment to transparency and accountability in digital platforms at a technology conference in Riyadh. The Leap 2025, being held in Riyadh from Feb 9 to 12, witnessed a “large gathering of Pakistani and Saudi business leaders, government officials, and technology experts”, according to a …

PESHAWAR/DERA ISMAIL KHAN: Seven terrorists were killed and a soldier was martyred in different encounters in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa on Sunday, official sources said. According to the military’s media wing, Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR), security forces carried out an intelligence-based operation (IBO) in the Maddi area of Dera Ismail Khan district on the reported presence of armed men in the area …

KARACHI: Internal rifts within the Muttahida Qaumi Movement-Pakistan came under the public spotlight when two groups staged a protest and a counter protest against each other at its temporary headquarters in Bahadurabad. However, the MQM-P tried to play down the incident and said in a statement on Sunday that certain elements were exaggerating on social media “the matter only to …

ISLAMABAD: The Islamabad High Court (IHC) has included Justice Sardar Mohammad Sarfraz Dogar in its list of nominees for vacant Supreme Court positions. Initially, the IHC had forwarded the names of three judges — Chief Justice Aamer Farooq, Justice Mohsin Akhtar Kayani, and Justice Miangul Hassan Aurangzeb — to the Judicial Commission of Pakistan (JCP) for consideration. However, the administration …

ISLAMABAD: A three-member International Monetary Fund (IMF) mission will visit Pakistan to conduct a Governance and Corruption Diagnostic Assessment under the country’s 2024 Extended Fund Facility programme, the finance ministry said on Sunday, without specifying dates. The ministry added that the report will recommend actions for addressing corruption vulnerabilities and strengthening integrity and governance, noting that the findings would help …

ISLAMABAD: Senator Barrister Ali Zafar — while citing the “controversy surrounding the seniority of the Islamabad High Court (IHC) judges” — requested Chief Justice of Pakistan (CJP) Yahya Afridi to postpone the meeting of the Judicial Commission of Pakistan scheduled for tomorrow, it emerged on Sunday. The IHC was recently subject to the transfer of three judges from other high …

ISLAMABAD: Pakis­tan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) founder Imran Khan has penned a second open letter to Chief of Army Staff Gen Asim Munir, alleging mistreatment in prison and criticising the military’s alleged role in politics, urging it “to return to its constitutional limits”. This follows his first letter on Feb 3, in which he cla­imed a growing disconnect between the military and …

SIALKOT: Defence Minister Khawaja Asif warned on Saturday that the government will not allow Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) to disrupt the state again by repeating the events of May 9 or Nov 26. Speaking at a press conference at his residence in Sialkot Cantt, Mr Asif criticised PTI’s plans to hold protests, accusing the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government of misusing public funds …

ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif will embark on a two-day visit to the United Arab Emirates (UAE) on Monday at the invitation of President Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan to participate in the World Governments Summit (WGS) in Dubai. A press release issued by the Foreign Office (FO) on Sunday said that this would be the premier’s second visit …

LAHORE: In a clear violation of Section 144, ruling Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) led by Federal Information Minister Attaullah Tarar held a public rally in the city to celebrate “achievements of the government”. In the wake of the black day protests planned by Imran Khan’s Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) for ‘stealing’ its mandate in the last February general elections, the Punjab …