By Staff Reporter
ISLAMABAD: Two Japanese climbers fell from a height of 7,500 metres on K2, the world’s second-highest mountain, on Saturday, with their chances of survival slim, officials said.
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Pakistan’s Ahmadis face ‘alarming’ surge in violence: UN experts
By Staff Reporter
ISLAMABAD: A group of independent United Nations experts expressed alarm on Wednesday over a reported upsurge in violence and discrimination against Pakistan’s Ahmadis, including killings, arrests, and attacks on places of worship.
Pakistan’s T20 hopes sink in Florida rain
By Staff Reporter
KARACHI: Pakistan’s bid for T20 World Cup glory was left in tatters on Friday after a rain-soaked outfield forced the abandonment of the match between the United States and Ireland.
Lightning strikes claim 15 lives across Punjab and Balochistan
By Staff Reporter
ISLAMABAD: Severe weather conditions in Pakistan have led to the deaths of 15 people due to lightning strikes in the provinces of Punjab and Balochistan, provincial disaster management authorities said on Saturday.
17 killed, 41 injured as pilgrims’ truck tumbles into ditch in southwestern Pakistan
By Staff Reporter
KARACHI: Seventeen religious pilgrims perished and 41 were injured in southwestern Pakistan on Wednesday when their truck veered off the road and into a ditch.
Islamabad police investigate terror threats to high court judges
By Staff Reporter
ISLAMABAD – Islamabad police have launched a terror investigation after all eight judges of the high court received threatening letters containing a mysterious white powder, officials reported on Tuesday.
Gohar Khan re-elected as PTI chairman in uncontested race
By Staff Reporter
ISLAMABAD: Barrister Gohar Khan, a loyalist of the imprisoned former prime minister Imran Khan, was re-elected as the chairman of the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) party on Sunday, after facing no challengers in the latest round of internal elections.
Nawaz endorses Shehbaz for PM, says he saved Pakistan from collapse
By Staff Reporter
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s former prime minister Nawaz Sharif on Wednesday endorsed his brother Shehbaz Sharif as the best choice to lead the country amid multiple challenges, a day before the new parliament is due to be sworn in following a disputed election.
Ex-commissioner retracts allegations of poll manipulation, blames PTI plot
By Staff Reporter
ISLAMABAD: A former senior official who had accused the country’s top judge and election commissioner of rigging the recent general elections retracted his allegations on Thursday, saying he was coerced by a fugitive leader of former prime minister Imran Khan’s Pakistan Tahreek-e-Insaf (PTI) party.
From prison, Khan denounces ‘mother of all riggings’ in Feb 8 polls
By Staff Reporter
ISLAMABAD: Former prime minister Imran Khan, who is serving a 30-year jail term on charges of leaking state secrets and corruption, issued a defiant message through his family on Tuesday, accusing his rivals of orchestrating the “mother of all riggings” in the general election held last week.