Pakistan

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 …

Prime Minister Imran Khan announced on Wednesday that he would show a “letter” he brandished at the PTI’s March 27 power show, purportedly containing evidence of a foreign conspiracy against the government, to senior journalists and the government’s allies later today. He made the revelation while addressing a ceremony for the launch of the e-passport facility in Islamabad. The development also comes …

ISLAMABAD: The Capital Development Authority (CDA) on Monday allotted 120 more plots to people affected by land acquisition in sector E-12, paving the way for development of stalled sectors, which was launched back in 1989. Over 4,000 people have been waiting to get possession of developed plots in E-12, but because of a dispute between CDA and villagers, they have …

UNITED NATIONS: A UN report released on Monday places Pakistan among the countries that have done fairly well in the fight against the Covid-19 pandemic. The analytical report, prepared by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), notes that on March 23, 2022, the cost of vaccinating 40 per cent of the population in Pakistan was 13.95pc of the country’s current …