ISLAMABAD: Maulana Fazlur Rehman, the head of the Jamiat-e-Ulema Islam (JUI-F), has been invited by the Afghan government to travel to Kabul in a bid to alleviate escalating tensions between the neighboring countries due to cross-border terrorist activities. The formal invitation from the Afghan government was delivered to the JUI-F chief by the Afghan envoy, who met him in Islamabad …
LAHORE/ISLAMABAD: Internet monitor Netblocks reported a nationwide disruption in social media platforms on Sunday night amid a “virtual power show” organised by the PTI. “Live metrics show a nation-scale disruption to social media platforms across Pakistan, including X, Facebook, Instagram and YouTube,” the internet tracking agency said. Netblocks noted that the incident came ahead of a major PTI virtual gathering. The …
ISLAMABAD: The Foreign Office (FO) on Sunday strongly condemned an attack on an Iranian police station that killed 11 policemen and said it stood in “full solidarity” with the country’s people and government in “this hour of unspeakable tragedy”. On Friday, at least 11 Iranian police officers were killed in an overnight attack on a police station in the southeastern province …
LAHORE: Senior lawyer and disgruntled PPP leader Sardar Latif Khosa on Sunday joined the PTI. The announcement was made at a press conference in Lahore, where Khosa appeared with a PTI flag slung around his shoulders. The PTI also shared a video of Khosa on X (formerly Twitter), saying he had “formally” joined the party. Speaking to the media in …
RAWALPINDI: An accountability court on Saturday rejected the National Accountability Bureau’s (NAB) request for an extended physical remand of former prime minister Imran Khan in the Toshakhana. The court, rejecting the bureau’s plea for further physical remand, declared a 21-day judicial remand for the former PTI chairman. The hearing has been adjourned until January 6. Talking to journalists after the …
LAHORE: Former federal minister Humayun Akhtar Khan on Saturday joined the Istehkam-i-Pakistan Party (IPP) — the new abode for departing PTI leaders — and was appointed as the party’s senior vice president (SVP). The former PTI federal minister had left the party in June over the violent May 9 events that took place after the arrest of PTI chief Imran Khan. Akhtar …
KARACHI: Despite its reservations about a level playing field in the lead-up to general elections, PPP has announced on Saturday that it will launch the election campaign on December 27 — the 16th death anniversary of former party leader and prime minster Benazir Bhutto. The decision was taken at a meeting held at Bilawal House on Saturday, a day after …
LAHORE: The announcement was made at a press conference in Lahore, where Khosa appeared with a PTI flag slung around his shoulders. The PTI also shared a video of Khosa on X (formerly Twitter), saying he had “formally” joined the party. Speaking to the media in Lahore, the lawyer — who has represented PTI chief Imran Khan in several cases …
MUZAFFARABAD: Caretaker Prime Minister Anwaarul Haq Kakar on Friday made it clear that Pakistan would not give any “half-hearted” response to India’s unlawful actions on occupied Jammu and Kashmir and will advocate the just struggle of Kashmiris from the forefront because it considered them its own people. “We consider Kashmiris as potential Pakistanis, the future citizens of Pakistan. We cannot …
ISLAMABAD: A visibly disturbed Supreme Court bench suspended the Dec 13 Lahore High Court (LHC) order staying the appointment of district returning officers (DROs), returning officers (ROs) and assistant returning officers (AROs) from the executive, and ordered the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) to notify a schedule for the Feb 8, 2024 general elections by Friday night. “Accordingly in the given circumstances and considering …