ISLAMABAD: Interior Minister Mohsin Naqvi hosted a farewell meeting with outgoing US Ambassador Donald Blome on Thursday. Donald Armin Blome took over the charge of the US mission in Pakistan in 2022 at a time of unique challenges and opportunities. He was the first full-time American envoy in Islamabad after a gap of almost four years, assuming charge of his …
ISLAMABAD: Despite some headway in talks between the government and the opposition, negotiators from the ruling coalition and the PTI could not see eye to eye on the modalities of the dialogue, with ‘unmonitored’ access to Imran Khan becoming a fresh bone of contention, following an agreement on the submission of written demands. On Wednesday, after a meeting with Imran …
QUETTA: Armed gunmen launched a brazen attack on the main bazaar in tehsil Zehri of Khuzdar district on Wednesday morning, setting fire to multiple government buildings, including a Levies Force station, Nadra and municipal committee offices and a bank, after seizing control of the area. According to officials, around 80 militants entered the area at about 11pm from nearby mountains, …
ISLAMABAD: An Anti-Terrorism Court (ATC) in the federal capital declared Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Chief Minister Ali Amin Gandapur along with another PTI leader Umer Tanveer Butt proclaimed offenders on Wednesday due to their repeated absence from court appearance. Separating the case against the two PTI leaders from the rest of the accused, the ATC also initiated the process to declare PTI …
ISLAMABAD: Speaker of the National Assembly, Sardar Ayaz Sadiq, expressed regret on Wednesday over allegations from Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) leaders regarding his involvement in government-opposition negotiations. In a statement issued by the National Assembly Secretariat, Sadiq clarified that his role in the talks is purely that of a facilitator. He emphasised that meeting with PTI’s founding chairman, Imran Khan, is …
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) leader Sher Afzal Khan Marwat has expressed frustration over the authorities’ failure to facilitate a meeting between the party’s leadership and imprisoned founding chairman PTI, Imran Khan. Speaking outside Adiala Jail, he criticised the jail superintendent, Abdul Ghafoor Anjum, for allegedly intensifying the hardships faced by Imran Khan and disregarding court orders, Express News reported. Sher …
RAWALPINDI: PTI Chairman Barrister Gohar Ali Khan said on Wednesday that party founder Imran Khan had permitted the submission of the party’s demands in writing to the government amid ongoing negotiations to bring down the political temperature. Since Imran’s incarceration last year in several cases, PTI’s relations with the government and the establishment have deteriorated sharply, marked by protests that …
ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Wednesday stressed the need to honour the International Monetary Fund (IMF) commitments, insisting that the government could not bid farewell to the programme just yet. In July last year, Pakistan and the IMF reached a three-year, $7 billion aid package deal, giving much-needed respite to the cash-strapped nation. Under the programme, the global lender …
ISLAMABAD: Minister of State for Information Technology and Telecom Shaza Fatima Khawaja held a meeting on Tuesday with a delegation from Starlink to discuss the progress on the licensing of the satellite-based internet service provider. Starlink Services, owned by Elon Musk, is one of the most technologically advanced companies globally among those providing internet via Low Earth Orbit (LEO) satellites. …
ISLAMABAD: As the Afghan embassy expressed concerns over the arbitrary detention of Afghan nationals in Islamabad, the capital administration said the crackdown only targeted undocumented citizens, with 183 Afghan nationals reportedly deported by the authorities during the current month. Islamabad Deputy Commissioner Irfan Nawaz Memon said those who had valid documents, such as Proof of Registration (PoR), Afghan Citizen Cards …