New political system will take shape before year ends, says Khawaja Asif, with consensus on provinces expected
ISLAMABAD: Defence Minister Khawaja Asif has said the outline of a new political system will emerge before the year is out, suggesting it could offer the jailed PTI founder Imran Khan a route back into mainstream politics.
PM Sharif and army chief Munir share top spot in world’s most influential Muslims list
ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif and army chief Asim Munir have shared first place with the leaders of Saudi Arabia and Turkey in the annual ranking of the world’s 500 most influential Muslims, the first time the list has had joint leaders.
PPP chief condemns ‘political vengeance’ against Maulana Fazlur Rehman
ISLAMABAD: Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari, whose Pakistan Peoples Party is an ally of the ruling coalition, has condemned the government’s “political vengeance” against Jamiat Ulema-i-Islam-Fazl chief Maulana Fazlur Rehman.
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- Mobile broadband services restored
- LPG prices rise by 29.2pc for February
- Cabinet swells to 75 members
- Govt allows TCP to import wheat via all ports
- World Bank approves $200 million in loan for Punjab’s farm development project
- PM Sharif’s party decides to get tough on hecklers
- Apex court overturns PHC ban on poultry exports
- Shahbaz Gill declined bail
- IHC disposes of PTI employees petition against FIA notices
- Rupee plumbs new lows against dollar
- Punjab gets new policy chief
- Loans under Mera Ghar scheme to continue
- Senior army official shot dead in Balochistan rescue operation
- Bani Gala Firing: Man shot, wounded by PTI leader’s gunman
- Turkish commander calls on CJCSC
- Inquiry commission to probe reasons of energy crisis
- ANP set to fly Sharif’s coop
- Member Communist Party of China calls on COAS
- CHE to be renamed, HQ shifted to Karachi
- Pakistan to import high-quality Afghan coal in rupees
- IHC chucks plea to interfere with legislation
- Saudi Arabia confers King Abdulaziz medal on General Bajwa
- Interior Minister no-show at drugs case hearing
- Pakistan hopes early, successful visit by FATF team
- Pakistan commiserates with Afghanistan over quake, flood destruction
Pakistan opens regional bloc talks in Islamabad with Afghanistan absent
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan has begun hosting a two-day meeting of foreign ministers from the Economic Cooperation Organisation (ECO) in Islamabad, with Iran’s top diplomat expected on Monday and Afghanistan’s Taliban-led administration, a member of the 10-nation bloc, not taking part.
Month-long ban on rallies and weapons display in five districts of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
PESHAWAR: Authorities in five districts of Pakistan’s north-western Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province have imposed month-long bans on public gatherings, citing a worsening security situation.