Pakistan

KARACHI: “Like any maritime nation, Pakistan has substantial stakes in the maritime domain. Our extraordinary dependence on the seas for trade, the CPEC project and our strategic location astride the global energy highway are the three most important reasons for Pakistan to ensure a safer and crime-free sea,” said Commander Pakistan Fleet Vice Admiral Amjad Khan Niazi while briefing the …

The wife of the last ruler of Khairpur — a princely state before its accession to Pakistan— passed away on Thursday at the Sindh Institute of Urology and Transplantation (SIUT) after a protracted illness, according to SIUT officials. Alya Talpur, wife of Prince Mir Ali Murad Khan Talpur II, was admitted to SIUT around three weeks ago, said the hospital spokesperson, …

HYDERABAD: The influential Wassan community of Khairpur district, perhaps for the first time, is facing a police action against one of its members in the wake of the murder of a 13-year-old girl, Ramsha Wassan, a week ago. How much clout the Wassans of Khairpur have been wielding could be gauged from the fact that the Khairpur police have never …

ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Imran Khan directed on Thursday that special persons must be facilitated in the future development of the capital while presiding over a meeting of the federal cabinet. In a post-meeting press conference, Information Minister Fawad Chaudhry said: “The prime minister directed high-ups of the Capital Development Authority to ensure easy accessibility to special persons in all buildings …

The five-day multinational naval exercise Aman-2019, in which 46 nations are taking part, kicked off in Karachi on Friday. As the ceremony began, the flags of all participating nations were hoisted, and contingents of the Pakistan Navy presented a march-past. The principal purpose of the exercise, conducted after every two years since it was initiated in 2007, is to provide …

ISLAMABAD: The opposition Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) has alleged that the country’s economy has suffered a loss of Rs700 billion due to faulty policies of the Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) government. Speaking at a news conference at the National Press Club here on Thursday, PML-N leaders regretted that the present government had “ruined” the hard work which their party’s government had …

The National Accountability Bureau (NAB) on Friday submitted to the Supreme Court its first progress report on the ongoing investigation in the fake accounts case. The Supreme Court last month tasked NAB with probing the case after a joint investigation team report revealed that at least 29 bank accounts identified as fake had been used for money laundering to the tune of …

Rights activist Gulalai Ismail was released by Islamabad police late Wednesday, Islamabad Deputy Commissioner Hamza Shafqaat told However, according to the senior official, 17 of the 25 Pashtun Tahaffuz Movement (PTM) workers arrested a day earlier along with Gulalai for holding a protest demonstration outside the National Press Club were sent to Adiala jail after the completion of a verification …

ISLAMABAD: Jamiat Ulema-i-Islam (JUI-F) chief Maulana Fazlur Rehman has admitted that all his efforts to arrange a meeting between supreme leader of the Pakistan Muslim League (PML-N) Nawaz Sharif and Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) co-chairman Asif Ali Zardari have failed and announced that he is no more interested in mediating between the two. Talking informally to a group of reporters …

ISLAMABAD: The Election Commission of Pakistan on Wednesday adjourned the hearing of a case relating to registration and funding sources of the Tehreek-i-Labbaik Pakistan (TLP) till Feb 25 as nobody turned up to represent the party before an ECP bench. The three-member bench of the commission, headed by retired Justice Sardar Muhammad Raza Khan, issued another notice to TLP chief …