By Staff Reporter
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s Supreme Court on Friday cleared five candidates from the opposition Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) party to run in the general elections scheduled for Feb. 18, overturning rejections by lower courts and election officials.
By Staff Reporter
KARACHI: Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) said on Friday that its websites were blocked in the country ahead of the February 8 general elections, and demanded an explanation from the authorities.
By Staff Reporter
ISLAMABAD: Nearly half a million Pakistanis have applied for postal ballots ahead of the national and provincial elections next month, the election commission said Friday, as it prepared to deploy troops to ensure security at the polls.
By Staff Reporter
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s top diplomat said on Thursday that his country possessed credible evidence of India’s involvement in the killings of two of its citizens on Pakistani soil, in what he called a “sophisticated international setup” of assassination plots.
By Staff Reporter
KARACHI: A high court in Pakistan’s largest city ordered the authorities on Wednesday to ensure uninterrupted internet access until Feb. 8, when the country is set to hold general elections, after a petition by an independent candidate who alleged pre-poll rigging.
By Staff Reporter
ISLAMABAD: The caretaker government on Tuesday approved the deployment of army and paramilitary forces at polling stations and sensitive areas for the Feb. 8 general elections, amid a wave of militant attacks and a shortage of security staff.
By Staff Reporter
ISLAMABAD: After months of camping outside the National Press Club in Islamabad, a group of Baloch protesters demanding justice for their missing and killed relatives announced on Tuesday that they were ending their sit-in.
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ISLAMABAD: Pakistan reopened a key border crossing with Afghanistan on Tuesday after a 10-day closure that had disrupted trade and strained ties between the two neighbours, but warned that the visa requirement for Afghan truck drivers would be enforced from April.
By Staff Reporter
ISLAMABAD: Islamabad police said on Monday the security situation in the capital was under control and denied media reports that universities had been closed indefinitely due to threats ahead of next month’s elections.
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ISLAMABAD: Iran’s foreign minister, Hossein Amir Abdollahian, will visit Pakistan next week, the foreign office said on Monday, in a sign of easing tensions between the two neighbors after after exchanging cross-border airstrikes against militants.
