Pakistan

Prime Minister Imran Khan on Thursday chaired a meeting of the National Security Committee (NSC) at the Prime Minister’s House in Islamabad. The NSC is the highest forum for coordination on security issues and includes key federal ministers, the national security adviser, services chiefs and top intelligence officials. The development comes a day after the premier shared a letter — …

RAWALPINDI: After giving direct contract of the Rawalpindi Ring Road project to the Frontier Works Organisation (FWO), the Rawalpindi Development Authority (RDA) has decided to hold a competition between the FWO and the National Logistics Cell (NLC) for the Kutchery Chowk remodeling project worth Rs3.99 billion. RDA Chief Engineer Dr Habibul Haq Randhawa has written a letter to the two …

RAWALPINDI: Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) leader and former senator Chaudhry Tanvir Khan, who was arrested by the Anti-Corruption Establishment (ACE) Punjab in connection with a corruption case on March 11, was granted bail by a court here on Tuesday. Chaudhry Tanvir had been in remand custody after his arrest. He was granted bail on two surety bonds worth Rs1 million …

ISLAMABAD: Four suspects allegedly affiliated with Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) were arrested for allegedly trying to target political gatherings in the capital, police said on Tuesday. However, they said, one of their accomplices managed to escape. Police said explosives, detonators, ball bearings and iron nails were recovered from them, and a case was also registered against them at a police station …

ISLAMABAD / KARACHI: While the opposition has been pressing National Assembly Speaker Asad Qaiser to issue production orders for the detained independent member from South Waziristan Ali Wazir and Pakistan Peoples Party MNA from Karachi Jam Abdul Karim Bijar to ensure their participation in the vote of no confidence against Prime Minister Imran Khan, it is hopeful that their move …

LAHORE: Less than 24 hours after Prime Minister Imran Khan announced Chaudhry Parvez Elahi as the Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf’s (PTI) nominee for the Punjab chief minister after incumbent Usman Buzdar was asked to resign, the Punjab Assembly speaker sprung into action on Tuesday to muster as much support as possible for his election to the new office. Mr Elahi got in touch with …

ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Imran Khan on Tuesday assured the Supreme Court that he had great respect and regard for the top judiciary as well as its judges, saying that at the Kamalia public gathering he was referring to the 1997 apex court storming and the circumstances leading to the controversial removal of the late chief justice, Sajjad Ali Shah. “It …

Three security personnel were martyred and 18 others injured in an overnight attack on a Frontier Corps (FC) fort in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa’s Tank district, District Police Officer (DPO) Waqar Ahmad said on Wednesday. Ahmad said the injured were shifted to the district hospital where an emergency was declared while more troops had been dispatched to the area. In a statement, …

A petition seeking an inquiry into a “letter” brandished by Prime Minister Imran Khan at the PTI’s March 27 power show, purportedly containing evidence of a foreign conspiracy against the government, was filed in the Supreme Court on Wednesday. In the PTI’s public meeting in Islamabad on Sunday, the premier had pulled out a piece of paper from his pocket and waved …

The Muttahida Qaumi Movement-Pakistan (MQM-P), a key ally of the Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf-led coalition government, formally announced on Wednesday that it was joining the opposition ranks ahead of a no-trust vote against Prime Minister Imran Khan. The announcement was made by MQM-P Convener Khalid Maqbool Siddiqui at a press conference in Islamabad alongside leaders of the joint opposition. “We have gathered …