Pakistan

As unofficial results of the hotly contested Gilgit-Baltistan elections were released on Monday, the PTI was leading after having bagged nine seats, followed by independent candidates who have so far won seven seats. The PPP was able to win on three seats followed by the PML-N with two seats, according to Radio Pakistan. As many as 330 candidates, including four women, …

Islamabad administration deployed 3,113 security personnel including police, Rangers and Frontier Corps at Faizabad – where supporters of Tehreek-i-Labbaik Pakistan (TLP) have gathered to protest against publication of blasphemous caricatures of Prophet Mohammad (Peace Be Upon Him) in France. The rally in Rawalpindi, which attracted up to 5,000 people on Sunday, continued today, with around a thousand protesters gathered at …

KARACHI: The Sindh High Court has expressed resentment over provincial authorities for not complying with its earlier order about formation of a committee to send proposals to the cabinet for necessary amendment in relevant law to control unauthorised use of CNG kits and cylinders in public transport and school vans. A two-judge bench headed by Justice Mohammad Ali Mazhar directed …

ISLAMABAD: Former president Asif Ali Zardari on Saturday challenged the order of Supreme Court’s registrar office to return his pleas seeking transfer of four references pending against him from the accountability court of Islamabad to any such court in Karachi. While returning the four separate petitions on Tuesday, the assistant registrar of the Supreme Court had observed that the applications amounted to …

LAHORE: Minister for Railways Sheikh Rashid has warned the politicians of the possible terror attacks in the country sponsored by India, advising them to be careful with their security. He claimed the Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf would be the winner in the Giligit Baltistan election, followed by the PPP, independents and the PML-N. “Today’s press briefing by the ISPR DG and the …

PESHAWAR: The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Bar Council (KPBC) on Saturday called off its month-long strike in the province after the provincial government promulgated an ordinance to reverse the last year’s ‘controversial’ changes to the colonial era Code of Civil Procedure, 1908. The bar council announced that the government had accepted its demand by promulgating the KP Code of Civil Procedure (Amendment) …

a ISLAMABAD: The Anti-Terrorism Court of Islamabad has quashed the complaint filed by Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi against former prime minister Nawaz Sharif that had blamed the top leadership of the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) for the killing of some Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf’s (PTI) workers in violence during the 2014 sit-in in Islamabad. Terming the complaint baseless, a detailed verdict …

LAHORE: The Pakistan Railways (PR) is all set to operate 14km cleared stretch of the around 55km route of the old Karachi Circular Railway (KCR) from Nov 19, hoping to revive operations on the remaining portion in collaboration with the provincial government. The PR also pledges to start civil work on the new KCR after completion of the necessary preparatory …

ISLAMABAD: Blockades are being installed at different entry points of the capital, including Faizabad, with the deployment of police and the paramilitary force to stop the protest rally of Tehreek-i-Labbaik Pakistan (TLP) from entering the city. The TLP has announced the ‘Tahafuz Namoos-i-Risalat’ march from Liaquat Bagh Rawalpindi to Faizabad in Islamabad on Sunday (today) in protest against publication of …

ISLAMABAD: While over 2,000 cases of Covid-19 were reported from across the country for the second consecutive day on Saturday, the number of active cases reached 24,938. Moreover, the number of ventilators in use by the Covid-19 patients has surpassed 200 and Balochistan is the only province in which there is no patient on a vent. In September, the number …