Pakistan

ISLAMABAD: The quorum issue took a chronic form as the Wednesday’s sitting of the National Assembly was adjourned for a fourth time in as many days as the ruling Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) again failed to maintain the presence of the required number of its 86 legislators in the 342-member house after a protest walkout by the opposition. Speaker Asad Qaiser …

PESHAWAR: The Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) informed the Peshawar High Court on Wednesday that it won’t lift the ban on TikTok until unlawful contents were removed from the popular video-sharing mobile app and a mechanism for ‘proactive content moderation’ was introduced in the country by its operator. In a report submitted to a bench consisting of Chief Justice Qaiser Rashid …

The Supreme Court (SC) ruled on Thursday that a woman’s inheritance could only be claimed in her lifetime and her children could not lay a claim after her death. The apex court issued the ruling in a case wherein the children of two deceased women, who were residents of Peshawar, claimed a share in their maternal grandfather, Isa Khan’s property. …

KARACHI: “The core of Pakistan’s national security is economic security,” said National Security Adviser Dr Moeed Yusuf on Wednesday. He was speaking at a programme about ‘Pakistan Future Direction’ organised by the English Speaking Union of Pakistan at a local hotel here. “Built around that is military security, human welfare. Whenever we talk about national security, this comprehensive national security …

New Zealand’s cricket squad arrived home on Wednesday after abandoning their tour of Pakistan, with their stand-in captain Tom Latham praising the “brilliant” authorities for keeping Kiwi players safe during their stay. New Zealand’s withdrawal last week dealt a massive blow to Pakistan’s hopes of staging regular international cricket, with England subsequently calling off their men’s and women’s tours. Latham, New Zealand’s …

Prime Minister Imran Khan said on Wednesday that only those elements who were benefitting from a corrupt system were opposed to the use of electronic voting machines (EVMs) and had vested interests in resisting change in Pakistan. The premier made these remarks at a ceremony held in Islamabad to mark the signing of performance agreements between him and federal ministers. …

ISLAMABAD: The National Assembly for the third consecutive day on Tuesday failed to complete its business due to lack of quorum, following a verbal clash between members of the ruling Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) and the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) as both sides accused each other of rendering a large number of people jobless during their respective terms in the government. …

Federal Minister for Information and Broadcasting Fawad Chaudhry said on Wednesday that the device used to send a threat to the New Zealand cricket team belonged to India. Addressing a press conference in Islamabad alongside Interior Minister Sheikh Rashid Ahmed, the minister said that the entire situation started due to a fake post by someone claiming to be Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan …

A small trainer aircraft of the Pakistan Air Force (PAF) crashed near Mardan on Wednesday during a routine training mission, according to a PAF spokesperson. It was not clear whether any casualty occurred in the incident. “A board of Inquiry has been ordered to investigate the cause of the accident,” said the spokesperson. In a similar incident in August, a …

KHYBER: Over 300 Afghan students studying in various Pakistani educational institutions arrived through the Torkham border here on Tuesday. Officials of the Khyber district administration received 332 Afghan students at the border, who were then sent in tight security to Peshawar, Abbotabad and Rawalpindi, where they are enrolled in different colleges and universities. The officials said that another batch of …