Pakistan

Federal Minister for Maritime Affairs Ali Zaidi apologised on Sunday after receiving backlash from political parties as well as members of civil society over his remarks directed at PML-N leadership that ended up indirectly mocking the sufferings of the families of missing persons. Ahead of PTI’s Islamabad rally, the minister posted on Twitter a picture of PML-N leaders Hamza Shahbaz and …

Prime Minister Imran Khan on Sunday urged citizens to reach Islamabad’s Parade Ground early as the ruling PTI and its supporters assembled in the capital for the party’s “historic” power show. Islamabad is all set to host the rally amid mounting political tensions ahead of the no-confidence vote submitted by the opposition against Prime Minister Imran Khan. Workers and leaders …

Jamhoori Watan Party MNA Shah­zain Bugti, Special Assistant to Prime Minister Imran Khan on Reconciliation and Harmony in Balochistan, announced on Sunday that would be resigning from the federal cabinet, citing the lack of development in the province. He made the announcement while addressing a press conference in Islamabad alongside PPP Chairman Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari. Earlier today, Bilawal called on Bugti …

ISLAMABAD: The trial court on Friday sentenced the principal accused, Usman Mirza, and his four accomplices to life imprisonment and acquitted two others for want of evidence. The sexual harassment case had surfaced in July 2021 after a video went viral in which the accused a seen maltreating a couple. Prime Minister Imran Khan had taken notice of the incident …

ISLAMABAD: The capital administration on Friday issued a show-cause notice to Jamiat Ulema-i-Islam-Fazl (JUI-F) for planning to set up stage on Srinagar Highway by blocking the road in violation of the terms and conditions of the no-objection certificate (NOC) issued to it. The notice was issued by Deputy Commissioner (DC) Hamza Shafqaat to JUI-F Islamabad emir Maulana Abdul Majeed Hazarvi, …

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) has again hired DJ Butt to provide the sound system and play music during what the ruling party said the biggest ever public gathering in Islamabad on Sunday. The famous Disc Jockey (DJ), who was briefly arrested during the 2014 sit-in of the PTI in the capital, later developed serious differences with the party as it …

KARACHI: A day after the caravan of Jamiat Ulema-i-Islam-Fazl (JUI-F) left for Islamabad to attend the opposition’s March 28 rally, a large number of Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) activists started their journey to the federal capital on Friday on the call given by Prime Minister Imran Khan. They are scheduled to take part in a power show to be held on …

ISLAMABAD: A government-sponsored bill seeking the creation of the south Punjab province is set to be listed on the National Assembly’s agenda for Monday, when the house meets next to take up the crucial no-trust motion against Prime Minister Imran Khan. Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi submitted a constitutional amendment bill to National Assembly Speaker Asad Qaiser on Friday, seeking …

ISLAMABAD: While on one hand Prime Minister Imran Khan continued meeting Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) MNAs to seek their renewed support for the opposition’s no-trust resolution against him, his party on the other hand intensified its efforts to woo its allies in the government. Those who called on the prime minister at the PM House on Friday were federal Minister for …

ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) on Friday moved the Islamabad High Court (IHC) against the Election Commission of Pakistan’s decision to dismiss its applications for keeping the disgruntled party member out of the foreign funding case and for seeking confidentiality of its funding sources. PTI secretary general and federal minister Asad Umar filed a petition before the IHC to challenge …