Pakistan

Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif assured on Tuesday that “sincere” efforts were underway to revive Pakistan’s economy and recalled challenges faced by his government during the past year as the federal coalition marked a year in power. Last year, the Pakistan Democratic Movement (PDM) managed to woo PTI and allied lawmakers as they began a no-confidence move against Imran Khan. His term as premier came …

ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court office on Monday returned a PTI-instituted petition seeking ele­ctions to the Khyber Pakhtun­khwa Assembly within the stipulated period of 90 days by citing reasons that respondents in the case were not informed “properly” about reasons for filing of the petition. On April 6, PTI secretary general Asad Umar, along with the assembly’s ex-Speaker, had moved the …

Pakistan on Tuesday voiced its “strong indignation” of India’s plans to convene meetings linked with G20 in India-occupied Jammu and Kashmir, saying such a move was “self-serving” on New Delhi’s part. The third meeting of G20 Tourism Working Group under India’s G20 Presidency will be held from May 22 to 24 in Srinagar, according to the Times of India. India assumed the year-long …

An intelligence-based operation in Quetta turned deadly in the early hours of Tuesday, with at least four police officers losing their lives in a gunbattle with terrorists, according to the police. Senior Superintendent of Police (Operations) in Quetta Capt (retd) Zuhaib Moshin told that the operation was launched to neutralise terrorists who had been involved in past attacks on security …

ISLAMABAD: In the absence of senators belonging to the Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI), the Senate on Monday passed a resolution endorsing general elections of all provincial assemblies and the National Assembly simultaneously. The house passed the resolution, which was not on the order of the day, soon after the PTI staged a token walkout from the house over the rejection of …

In line with the deadline issued by the Supreme Court (SC), the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) on Tuesday submitted a report to the top court on whether the government had provided it with the funding to conduct elections in Punjab. The report was submitted with the SC’s Registrar’s Office in a sealed envelope. The April 11 date for the …

ISLAMABAD: Sardar Salman Ahmad Dogar, a lawyer, moved a reference on Monday before the Supreme Judicial Council (SJC) against the chief justice of Pakistan and three other judges of the Supreme Court. The complaint alleged judicial misconduct on the part of Chief Justice Umar Ata Bandial, Justice Ijazul Ahsan, Justice Munib Akhtar, and Justice Syed Mazahar Ali Naqvi. The complainant …

Defence Minister Khawaja Asif has said that Pakistan shared good relations with the interim government in Afghanistan, but at the same time expressed concern that the “TTP [Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan] is using Afghan soil even today for attacks in our country, especially Khyber Pakhtunkhwa”. He passed these remarks in an interview with Voice of America a day earlier.   Pakistan has witnessed a …

  The full court bench of the Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK) High Court on Tuesday disqualified Prime Minister Sardar Tanveer Ilyas from being a member of the legislative assembly for contempt. After today’s verdict, Ilyas has ceased to hold the office of the AJK prime minister and the legislative assembly will have to elect a new premier. He has …

Houston Iftar Dinner Hosted by HSC & SCH. Welcomes Mayor Turner and Other Dignitaries to Accommodate Over 2300 Guests for Iftar By: Raja Zahid Akhtar Khanzada Houston:, as every year, hosted the grand Houston Iftar Dinner, which was organized in partnership with Houston Sister Cities and the City of Houston. The 24th annual Iftar dinner, held at the Bayou City …