By Staff Reporter
ISLAMABAD: Asad Umar, a former planning minister and a senior leader of the opposition Pakistan Tahreek-e-Insaf (PTI) party, announced on Saturday that he was quitting politics and leaving the party, citing policy differences over its confrontational stance toward state institutions.
By Staff Reporter
ISLAMABAD: President Arif Alvi on Wednesday raised the concerns of his party over the pre-poll environment in the country, saying that the caretaker government should ensure a level playing field for all political parties and protect the fundamental rights of the citizens in the run-up to the general elections, scheduled in February.
By Staff Reporter
ISLAMABAD: At least 21 people were killed, mostly soldiers, in three separate attacks on Friday in the western provinces of Balochistan and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, which border Afghanistan, officials said.
By Staff Reporter
ISLAMABAD: The Islamabad High Court (IHC) on Thursday reinstated the appeals of former prime minister Nawaz Sharif against his convictions in two corruption cases, paving the way for a possible review of his sentences.
By Staff Reporter
ISLAMABAD: A special court on Monday indicted former prime minister Imran Khan and his top aide, Shah Mahmood Qureshi, in a case accusing them of leaking official secrets for political gain, lawyers said.
By Staff Reporter
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan said on Thursday it would not extend the deadline for illegal immigrants to leave the country by the end of this month, and warned of legal action against those who stay beyond November 1.
By Staff Reporter
KARACHI: The Interim Sindh province chief minister ordered an inquiry on Friday into the killing of four villagers in a raid by law enforcement agencies against suspected militants and said he would report the findings within four days.
By Staff Reporter
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan will ask for the extradition of 200 members of a banned militant group that have been arrested by the Afghan authorities, the country’s caretaker foreign minister said on Thursday.
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ISLAMABAD: The Human Rights Commission of Pakistan, an independent watchdog, on Monday criticised the caretaker government for suggesting that the country could hold fair elections without the participation of Imran Khan, the jailed leader of the opposition Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) party.
By Staff Reporter
ISLAMABAD: A suicide bomber on a motorcycle blew himself up near a military convoy in the northwestern Bannu district on Thursday, killing nine soldiers and wounding five others, the army said.
