By Staff Reporter
KARACHI: The ruling Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) took a lead in the second-to-last round of local government polls in Sindh, early trends showed, but a longer than expected delay in publishing results prompted opposition leaders to warn they would not accept any attempt to rig the outcome.
By Staff Reporter
KARACHI: Voters in southern Pakistan lined up early on Sunday to cast their ballots in the second-to-last round of local government polls, a contest boycotted by a key ally of the ruling coalition, in Sindh province.
By Staff Reporter
Lahore: Punjab Chief Minister Chaudhry Parvez Elahi survived a confidence vote in the early hours of Thursday, after weeks of political turbulence in the country’s most populous province, paving the way for possible dissolution of the assembly on the instructions of ousted prime minister Imran Khan.
By Staff Reporter
ISLAMABAD: Donors at an international conference in Geneva on Monday pledged to give more than $8 billion over the next three years to help Pakistan in flood recovery, the information minister said.
By Staff Reporter
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan is expected to seek $16.3 billion in aid from the international community for rehabilitation and reconstruction of flood-hit areas next week in Geneva, an official said on Thursday.
By Naveed Naqvi
ISLAMABAD: Political and military leadership on Monday said no country will be allowed to shelter militants who stage attacks against Pakistan in an apparent reference to neighboring Afghanistan.
By Staff Reporter
ISLAMABAD: Islamabad police said on Tuesday it was beefing up its security measures following terror threats in the federal capital, placing police on high alert, setting up 25 new check-posts, and promising tighter transport safety measures.
By Naveed Naqvi
ISLAMABAD: Lahore High Court on Friday reinstated deposed chief minister and his cabinet ‘conditionally’ in Punjab on assurance that the provincial assembly would not be dissolved as planned by the ousted Prime Minister Imran Khan.
By Staff Reporter
ISLAMABAD: Special security forces on Wednesday killed all militants who seized a counter-terrorism centre two days after they had held government officers and detainees hostages in the Bannu district of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, defence minister said.
By Staff Reporter
ISLAMABAD: Taliban militants have killed at least one security official after they overnight seized a counter-terrorism police station in Bannu district of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, demanding a safe passage in exchange for the release of several hostages, officials said on Monday.
