Pakistan

ISLAMABAD: PTI’s senior vice chairman Shah Mahmood Qureshi on Sun­day assailed Finance Mini­ster Ishaq Dar for speaking on the country’s missile programme on the floor of the house and demanded that Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif should issue a policy statement on the matter. Last week, Mr Dar, while speaking about the ongoing talks with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) in …

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — After three weeks of fun rides, food, and music, the Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo ended on Sunday evening, but don’t worry, in a little less than two weeks, the city will be jammed packed for another main event. The HSLR brought in thousands of people and millions of dollars. As the sun sets Sunday evening, leaders …

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — A man is in custody after allegedly exposing himself in front of a grandmother in public, then leading officers on a chase in southwest Houston, HPD said. The incident began in a small shopping center on South Gessner on March 18. The woman, Kathy, says she was filling up water jugs outside the center when she noticed …

The Islamabad Police have lodged a first information report (FIR) — including terrorism charges — against PTI Chairman Imran Khan and more than a dozen PTI leaders for allegedly attacking police officers and causing chaos outside the Federal Judicial Complex (FJC), it emerged on Sunday. Hours-long clashes were reported between PTI workers and the capital police on Saturday after the former prime …

ISLAMABAD: The electronic media regulator has slapped a ban on Bol News for the live coverage of clashes between law enforcement personnel and the PTI workers in the federal capital. The two sides came face to face on Saturday when PTI Chairman Imran Khan arrived to appear before a judge in the Toshakhana case. As the situation intensified, the Pakistan …

UNITED NATIONS: Pakistan called for greater female enrollment in science and technology as the largest UN gathering on gender equality completed its proceedings on Saturday. The 2023 Commission on the Status of Women (CSW) successfully wrapped up on Saturday, with member states calling for a full and equal participation of women and girls in the development of digital technologies. The …

GILGIT: The federal government has decided to act against Gilgit-Baltistan Chief Minister Khalid Khurshid Khan for allegedly using the region’s police force and other resources to protect PTI Chairman Imran Khan from possible arrest, sources said on Saturday. They said the federal government collected all evidence pointing to the use of GB police force and resources for the former premier’s …

LAHORE: The PTI lead­ership has strongly condemned the “state terrorism” launched at the residence of party chairman Imran Khan which they said was “part of a London Plan to eliminate him”. As Mr Khan left his Za­­man Park residence in La­­hore on Saturday to appear before a judge in Islam­abad, a heavy contingent of police launched a search operation at …

ISLAMABAD: PTI leader Asad Umar has requested the chief justice of Pakistan to take notice of the treatment meted out to former prime minister Imran Khan in Islamabad as well as Lahore and initiate suo motu proceedings. In a letter, Mr Umar, who is also the PTI’s secretary general, appealed to the CJP that if the federal government was not …

QUETTA: An eight-member family was among 10 people who were swept away by a torrent following a spell of heavy rain in the Awaran and Zhob areas of Balochistan, officials said on Saturday. The Provincial Disaster Management Authority (PDMA) officials said torrential rains, which started on Friday evening in Khuzdar and Awaran districts, resulted in flash floods in seasonal streams. …