ISLAMABAD: PTI founder Imran Khan’s son Kasim Khan has said he and his brother Suleiman have applied for their visas and are planning a trip to Pakistan in January, while also commenting on the conditions in which the ex-premier was kept and saying that he was being held in a “death cell”. The remarks were made during an interview to …
ISLAMABAD: A Senate panel was informed on Tuesday that a motion on Kashmir, moved in the UK House of Commons reaffirming India’s sovereignty over the disputed territory, had failed to secure sufficient backing. While briefing the Senate Standing Committee on Kashmir Affairs, Gilgit-Baltistan and Safron, on a motion tabled in the UK House of Commons by a Conservative Party member, …
ISLAMABAD: Finance Minister Muhammad Aurangzeb on Tuesday said Pakistan is in talks with Russia on a potential oil-sector agreement, with discussions underway between the energy ministries of both countries. “All of these areas are Russia’s strengths. And we would be very happy if Russia agreed on an agreement in this sector with Pakistan,” Aurangzeb told Russian news agency RIA. According …
RAWALPINDI: PTI founder Imran Khan’s sisters, party workers and supporters commenced a sit-in on Tuesday at Factory Naka, near Rawalpindi’s Adiala jail, to demand their court-mandated meeting with the ex-premier. A court order issued by the Islamabad High Court (IHC) on March 24 this year mandated that meetings with Imran would be permitted twice a week, on Tuesdays and Thursdays. …
LAHORE: Former Punjab chief minister Mian Manzoor Ahmed Wattoo passed away in Lahore on Tuesday, his secretary Muhammad Asif confirmed to Dawn. He was 86 years old. Asif said the veteran politician died after a prolonged illness and is survived by three sons and four daughters. His grandson, columnist Hassan Kamal Wattoo, also posted about the former CM’s demise on …
ISLAMABAD: The Islamabad High Court (IHC) has turned down Justice Tariq Mehmood Jahangiri’s objections on a division bench, led by Chief Justice Sardar Muhammad Sarfraz Dogar, hearing challenges to the legitimacy of his law degree and appointment as a judge, it emerged on Tuesday. The objections were raised by Justice Jahangiri, also an IHC judge, during the hearing of the …
ISLAMABAD: In a message on the 11th anniversary of the Army Public School (APS) attack, Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Tuesday said the nation stood firm and united in its resolve to eradicate terrorism. In the deadliest terror attack in the country’s history, at least 144 people ─ mostly schoolchildren ─ were killed when heavily armed militants stormed the army-run …
ISLAMABAD: As he targeted the opposition for alleged social media campaigns, State Minister for Interior Talal Chaudhry on Monday claimed that Pakistan had uncovered extensive evidence of coordinated and paid online campaigns being run through fake accounts operated largely from abroad. According to the state-run APP, the minister said the government recently provided foreign media with background information on how …
KARACHI: The State Bank of Pakistan reduced the policy rate by 50 basis points, effective December 16, citing contained inflation and improving economic activity, while acknowledging persistent risks from the global environment and sticky core inflation. Announcing the decision after its meeting on Monday, the Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) said average inflation remained within the medium-term target range of 5–7 …
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan strongly condemned the attack on United Nations peacekeepers in Kadugli, Sudan, in which six Bangladeshi personnel serving under the UN Interim Security Force for Abyei (UNISFA) were killed and several others were injured. In a statement, the Foreign Office (FO) expressed deep sorrow over the incident and conveyed Pakistan’s solidarity with the families of the deceased and the …