ISLAMABAD: As PPP Senator Sherry Rehman and PML-N’s Irfan Siddiqui struck a reconciliatory tone with the opposition on Friday, PTI’s Ali Zafar lamented the “political victimisation” of his party. Addressing the Upper House on Friday, Rehman hailed yesterday’s Senate session as “very exemplary”, adding that it was a source of pride for the lawmakers. Thursday’s Senate session — the first …
ISLAMABAD: The Foreign Office (FO) on Friday said that there had been an “alarming surge in provocative statements from Indian leaders asserting unwarranted claims over Azad Jammu and Kashmir”, adding that Pakistan rejected such claims. The remarks by the FO spokesperson did not mention any specific statement by an Indian leader. However, Indian Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on Sunday said …
LAHORE: The Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf claims Chief Minister Maryam Nawaz has given the IG police a task to conduct raids in Faisalabad division (to arrest workers) ahead of the party’s protest plan for Friday (today). “The PTI will hold a protest demonstration in Faisalabad as well as all other districts in the province,” asserted PTI Central Punjab general secretary Hammad Azhar. …
ISLAMABAD: An accountability court in Islamabad on Thursday ordered former prime minister Imran Khan and his spouse Bushra Bibi to refrain from speaking against the establishment and the judiciary, and also asked the media not to highlight “political or inflammatory” statements made by the accused. Judge Rana Nasir Javed, while disposing of a petition seeking a fair trial in the Al-Qadir …
LAHORE: Finance Minister Muhammad Aurangzeb has said that Pakistan’s current economic outlook can help the private and financial sectors transform agriculture in the country. He was speaking at the concluding session of ‘Agri Connections 2024’ at the Expo Centre on Thursday. “Robust growth in the agriculture sector, declining inflation rates, strong value of the rupee, strong remittance inflows, rising forex …
LAHORE: An anti-terrorism court (ATC) on Thursday granted pre-arrest bail to PTI leader Azam Swati in six cases of May 9 riots as he surrendered after almost a year long abscondence. Swati, who recently secured a protective bail from the Peshawar High Court, appeared before the ATC along with his lawyer. The counsel told the court that the petitioner wanted …
WASHINGTON / ISLAMABAD: The US State Department emphatically declared on Thursday that there’s ‘absolutely no’ undercurrent of discord between the United States and Pakistan, despite recent sanctions imposed on companies allegedly supplying missile components to Islamabad. Meanwhile, the Foreign Office on Thursday dismissed the assessment of Pakistan’s human rights situation in the recently launched US State Department’s Human Rights Report as “unfair and politically …
LAHORE: Aiming for a 50-50 ratio of men and women in the police force, Punjab Chief Minister Maryam Nawaz Sharif caused quite a stir on Thursday when she arrived at a passing-out ceremony for women constables and traffic assistants decked out in a Punjab police uniform. Addressing the graduating class at Police Training College Chung, the chief minister said she …
ISLAMABAD: Expressing grave concern over the security situation and rise in street crimes in various parts of Sindh, members of the Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) in the National Assembly on Thursday sought the federal government’s help to control the situation. “If the Sindh government has failed to establish its writ, what role is the federal government playing?” asked MQM’s Sabheen …
ISLAMABAD: PPP Senator Sherry Rehman on Thursday said that although her party had offered the PTI to form the government together, the latter did not “take the responsibility”. In a video statement issued today, Rehman said: “PPP had offered them (PTI) to hold talks […] this has been said repeatedly. They were also told ‘come, form the government and take …