Pakistan

Pakistan is observing Kash­mir Solidarity Day on Monday to reaffirm the nation’s unwavering support to the relentless struggle of the Kashmiri people for their inalienable right to self-determination under United Nations (UN) resolutions. The people and the government of Pakistan and Azad Jammu and Kashmir observe Solidarity Day every year not only to renew their love and affection with the …

KARACHI: After days of protests by a large number of students and intervention of political parties seeking justice for them, caretaker Sindh Chief Minister retired Justice Maqbool Baqar took notice of the “flawed” result of first year exams conducted by the Board of Intermediate Education Karachi (BIEK) and formed a three-member probe committee on Saturday. The gravity of the situation …

SWABI: Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf leaders during a power show here on Saturday said implicating the party founder and former prime minister in what they said baseless and politically-motivated cases had backfired as popularity of the incarcerated leader had increased manifold, which would be proven in the Feb 8 elections. The power show was held in Naro Kali area, three kilometers from …

ISLAMABAD: As it is mandatory for every political party to field at least 5pc women candidates on general seats in the National Assembly and four provincial assemblies, Aurat Foundation has lodged a complaint with the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) to take legal action against political parties which have violated this clause. The parties which have been identified include Pakistan …

KARACHI: Two teenage boys were shot at and wounded in a clash between activists of the Pakistan Peoples Party and Muttahida Qaumi Movement-Pakistan in New Karachi late on Friday night, police said on Saturday. The police claimed to have arrested around 30 suspects belonging to both sides. Both the parties held separate press conferences and levelled allegations and counter allegations, …

ISLAMABAD: For ex-prime minister Imran Khan who was sent to jail after his conviction and subsequent disqualification in the Toshakhana case, the sentence in the Iddat case on Saturday was the third conviction in merely one week. After a jail trial, senior civil judge Qudratullah sentenced the PTI leader and his spouse Bushra Bibi to seven years in jail, along with …

ISLAMABAD: The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) has disqualified senior PTI leader Shah Mehmood Qureshi from contesting elections for five years, effectively throwing him out of electoral race days before the Feb 8 polls. A notification issued a day earlier and shared with the media on Saturday stated the decision has been taken after Mr Qureshi’s conviction by a special …

ISLAMABAD: The Ele­ction Commission of Pak­istan (ECP) on Saturday conducted another mock test of the controversial Election Management System (EMS) to be used for the upcoming general elections and described the trial as successful as the previous one. The system designed for tabulation and compilation of election results, successfully completed all the required steps and goals, the ECP said. According …

ISLAMABAD: As many as 28 environmental samples collected from 19 districts in January and two collected from Quetta and Khuzdar in December have tested positive for wild poliovirus type 1 (WPV1). According to an official of the Regional Reference Laboratory for Polio Eradication at the National Institute of Health (NIH), the virus was found in four sewage samples each from …

ISLAMABAD: Care­ta­ker Minister for Informa­tion and Parliamentary Affairs Murtaza Solangi has assured foreign and national media that all is set to hold peaceful, free, fair and transparent elections on February 8. “More than ample reso­u­rces are available to ens­ure peaceful, free and fair elections,” he added at a press briefing here on Saturday. Foreign Office spokes­pe­rson Mumtaz Zahra Bal­och, special …