BEIJING: China will continue to play a constructive role in ending the Russia-Ukraine conflict and re-establishing peace as soon as possible, Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi told Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba on Saturday. Even if there is only a glimmer of hope for peace, China will not give up its efforts, the Chinese top diplomat stressed. Wang, also a …
KARACHI: Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Sindh President Haleem Adil Sheikh has said that Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Sikander Sultan Raja should tender an apology before the nation or be ready to face Article 6. Addressing a crowded press conference on Sunday and flanked by PTI Sindh General Secretary Advocate Ali Palh and others, he said that the CEC failed to hold elections within the …
LAHORE: As the country faces political upheaval after the February 8 elections, Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) leader Malik Ahmad Khan on Sunday said that he feared another May 9-like incident may happen in Pakistan. Malik’s comments came during a presser in Lahore today where he was flanked by PML-N leaders Azma Bukhari and Attaullah Tarar, a day after former Rawalpindi …
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) leader Sarfraz Bugti Sunday said that the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) would be the party’s ally in Balochistan further claiming that the party will soon form its government in the province. Speaking to the media along with party’s party’s parliamentary committee members Haji Malik Shah and Sardar Sarbuland Khan, Bugti said: “The given us a clear signal …
ISLAMABAD: Internet users in Pakistan are reportedly facing issues in accessing X, formerly Twitter, for the second in less than 24 hours as the country witnessed hours long outage of the social media site on Saturday night as well. The countrywide inaccessibility was reported by Downdetector.pk. As per the real time internet and social media outage and monitoring service, there …
LAHORE: The opening ceremony of the ninth season of the HBL Pakistan Super League (PSL) kicked off on Saturday in a blaze of lights and music, showcasing the country’s rich cultural heritage, at the Gaddafi Stadium in Lahore, marking the beginning of an exciting cricket season. The festivities commenced with Natasha Baig’s rendition of the national anthem, setting a patriotic …
KARACHI: Tens of thousands of supporters of the Grand Democratic Alliance (GDA) staged a sit-in against alleged rigging in Feb 8 elections on the M9 Motorway that connected Sindh’s two largest cities of Karachi and Hyderabad on Friday. GDA head Pir Pagara Sibghatullah Shah Rashdi predicted that PML-N and the PPP coalition government, which he described as a “Khichree”, would …
ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) on Friday dialled up its attacks against tampering with its purported mandate, alleging that a whopping 85 National Assembly seats, which it had secured in the Feb 8 polls, were surreptitiously “snatched away”. The party deemed the alleged electoral manipulation as the “largest assault on democracy” in the nation’s political history while accusing the Election …
ISLAMABAD: Following the latest round of inter-party discussions between the PML-N and PPP, it has become evident that the latter is not inclined towards participating in the forthcoming federal cabinet. The uncertainty surrounding PPP’s involvement emerged after Asif Ali Zardari, co-chairperson of PPP, hinted at the formation of a government by all parties, merely hours after his son and party …
ISLAMABAD: Barrister Muhammad Ali Saif, a leader of the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI), announced on Friday that, following the instructions of PTI founder Imran Khan, the party has decided to sit in opposition both at the Centre and in the province of Punjab. The decision was disclosed during a press conference held after a meeting between a PTI delegation and Qaumi …