Pakistan

GUJRAT: PML-N Vice President Maryam Nawaz says the next election would be held when Nawaz Sharif would decide on it and asks how Imran Khan would face the people in the election with zero performance during his tenure. She predicted that the PTI chief would fail if he tried to shift the burden of his poor economic performance to the …

Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif directed relevant authorities on Monday to provide foolproof security to his predecessor Imran Khan after the PTI chairperson said on multiple occasions that there was a threat to his life. According to state-run Radio Pakistan, Interior Minister Rana Sanaullah briefed PM Shehbaz in detail about security arrangements for Imran. The premier instructed Sanaullah to provide the “best …

ISLAMABAD: The Islamabad High Court (IHC) has observed that the leadership of the Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf, including its chairman Imran Khan, nominated in the first information report registered in connection with the Masjid-i-Nabwi incident, was not present at the occurrence, while the Saudi government has also not identified or sought their custody. Therefore, registration of blasphemy case against them was not required. A written order …

Three Pakistan Army soldiers and as many children were martyred after a suicide blast occurred in the vicinity of Miranshah, North Waziristan, the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) said on Sunday. In a brief statement, the military’s media affairs wing identified the martyred soldiers as 33-year-old Lance Havaldar Zubair Qadir from Pakpattan, 21-year-old Sepoy Uzair Asfar from Haripur and 22-year-old Sepoy …

A one-year-old boy from North Waziristan was left paralysed by wild poliovirus in the third such case reported in Pakistan this year, it emerged on Sunday. According to a statement issued by the Ministry of Health, the wild poliovirus type 1 (WPV1) was confirmed in the boy from Miranshah on May 15 by the polio laboratory at the National Institute …

Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Sunday said emergency relief measures were “underway” hours after state media reported he had taken notice of a cholera outbreak in Dera Bugti district’s Pir Koh tehsil. Pir Koh tehsil has been the centre of a cholera outbreak of late, which health officials attribute to a lack of access to potable water. At least six …

The National Institute of Health (NIH) on Sunday decided to increase the scope of the ongoing Rapid Antigen Tests (RAT) of inbound travellers at international airports across the country in view of the global coronavirus situation, it said in a statement. In a series of tweets today, the institute — which has been heading Pakistan’s Covid-19 response after the National …

Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has touched down in the United Arab Emirates to offer condolences over the death of its former president Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan, state-run PTV reported. The prime minister made a brief detour to the wealthy Gulf nation on his way back from the United Kingdom after the UAE’s ailing president passed away on Friday. The late …

PTI leader and former planning minister Asad Umar on Sunday claimed that no foreign country was willing to offer support to the incumbent government, saying Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif returned “empty-handed” from trips seeking to secure financial support to prop up Pakistan’s ailing economy. PM Shehbaz and members of his cabinet had embarked on their first foreign trip to Saudi Arabia since …

Finance Minister Miftah Ismail on Sunday said the government was not increasing petrol prices “for now”, going back on an important pre-condition set by the International Monetary Fund (IMF) for the resumption of its loan programme. Ismail said he would talk to the IMF and find a solution, adding that Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif “is not in favour of putting …