By Staff Reporter
ISLAMABAD: Defying government crackdowns and mass arrests, Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI), the country’s main opposition party, pledged on Saturday to sustain its nationwide protests until receiving direct orders from its founding chairman, Imran Khan, to stand down.
By Staff Reporter
LAHORE: Lahore is on high alert as Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) party prepares to defy a government ban and hold a protest on Saturday, setting the stage for a potential showdown between security forces and supporters demanding the release of party founder and former Prime Minister Imran Khan.
By Staff Reporter
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s capital was placed on high alert on Friday as authorities deployed thousands of security personnel and arrested scores of opposition activists, ahead of a contentious demonstration by former Prime Minister Imran Khan’s Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) party in Islamabad’s restricted area.
By Staff Reporter
ISLAMABAD: Pakistani security forces killed six militants from the Baloch Liberation Army (BLA) in an operation in the southwestern province of Balochistan, state media reported on Wednesday.
By Staff Reporter
ISLAMABAD: The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) on Friday asked the Supreme Court to stay its July 12 order granting reserved seats to former Prime Minister Imran Khan’s Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) party after the court’s verdict was deemed to exceed its authority and effectively rewrite the Constitution.
By Staff Reporter
ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Friday called for immediate UN action to end bloodshed in Palestine and Kashmir, condemning Israel’s “systematic slaughter” of Palestinians and India’s human rights abuses.
By Staff Reporter
KARACHI: A medical doctor accused of blasphemy was killed in a staged police encounter, Sindh Home Minister Ziaul Hassan Lanjar said on Thursday, contradicting initial claims of a shootout.
By Staff Reporter
ISLAMABAD: Imran Khan’s Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) party has sought permission from authorities in Rawalpindi and Lahore to hold rallies on Sept. 28 and Oct. 5, respectively, warning of nationwide protests if denied.
By Staff Reporter
ISLAMABAD: The senior puisne judge Justice Mansoor Ali Shah snubbed a Supreme Court (Practice and Procedure) committee meeting, in a sign of judicial tensions, over the constitutional validity of recent amendments made through an ordinance.
By Staff Reporter
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s military on Monday named Lieutenant General Muhammad Asim Malik as the next head of Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI), the country’s premier intelligence agency, effective Sept. 30.
