Pakistan

LAHORE: PML-N leader Maryam Nawaz Sharif has once again reiterated that her father is coming home to join his people and not to settle accounts with political rivals. She was addressing a public meeting at Thokar Niaz Beg on Thursday to mobilise supporters to welcome the PML-N supremo Nawaz Sharif upon his return after a self-imposed four-year exile on Oct …

QUETTA: Pakistan has suggested the interim Afghanistan government establish a sub-consulate in Chaman, as efforts are underway to devise a mechanism for the issuance of an on-arrival visa to Afghan citizens at the border town on the basis of their identification documents. The authorities concerned would also approach the federal government seeking the installation of a passport reader in the …

LAHORE: In a bid to seek a level playing field in the run-up to elections likely to be held in January, PPP leader Asif Ali Zardari has approached the quarters concerned to relay ‘serious concerns’ expressed by his party, particularly the so-called preferential treatment meted out to the PML-N allegedly by the caretaker governments in Punjab and Centre. On the …

Former prime minister Imran Khan and ex-foreign minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi are to be indicted in the cipher case on October 17, the special court decided on Monday. The cipher case pertains to a diplomatic document which reportedly went missing from Imran’s possession. The PTI alleges that it contained a threat from the United States to oust the party chairman from office. Imran was shifted to Attock jail …

Chief Justice of Pakistan (CJP) Justice Qazi Faez Isa on Monday remarked that Parliament should not be hampered from doing good just because it lacked the two-thirds majority required for passing a constitutional amendment. He made the remarks as a full court resumed hearing a set of petitions challenging the Supreme Court (Practice and Procedure) Act 2023 — which requires …

Ali Haider Returns with a Bang: Mesmerizes Fans with “Dholan Yaar BTS” Performance By: Raja Zahid Khanzada Dallas: After nearly a decade-long hiatus from the music scene, Pakistan’s renowned singer Ali Haider made a spectacular comeback in Dallas. His latest song, “Dholan Yaar,” was presented in a glamorous red carpet premiere at Dallas Fun Asia Theater, leaving the audience spellbound. …

ISLAMABAD: Istehkam-i-Pakistan Party (IPP) Information Secretary Dr Firdous Ashiq Awan has said people of Pakistan are fed up with the current political culture and the IPP will emerge as a new political force in the upcoming elections. Addressing a news conference here on Saturday, she said the manifesto of the IPP was a roadmap for economic development of the country …

KARACHI: Police on Saturday claimed to have arrested a man for his alleged involvement in harassing girl students of the University of Karachi when they were travelling in a van. A police spokesperson said that a week ago the suspect riding a motorbike had committed obscene acts while chasing the van of the girls near UBL Sports Complex. An FIR was registered …

MANSEHRA: The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Provincial Earthquake Rehabilitation and Reconstruction Authority, which will cease to exist by the end of the current year, has failed to reconstruct around 25 per cent of the schools, health centres and infrastructure destroyed by the 2005 earthquake in Hazara Division, reveals a report. An earthquake measuring 7.6 on the Richter scale struck Hazara division on Oct 8, 2005, destroying …

CHITRAL: Indian woman Fatima (formerly Anju) and husband Nasrullah of Upper Dir district got a warm welcome on arrival in Kalash valleys of Rumbur and Bumburate here on Saturday. Video clips and pictures of the couple’s visit to the region went viral on social media. Fatima mingled with Kalash women and children, and other people. Wearing the traditional Kalash clothes, …