SHIGAR: In a pointed pre-election address that blended constitutional grievance with campaign theater, Pakistan Peoples Party chairman Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari called on Monday for Gilgit-Baltistan to be granted enforceable rights under any future constitutional amendment, and demanded the abolition of the federal ministry that oversees the territory.
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Pakistan faces days of violent weather as westerly wave bears down on region
ISLAMABAD: A powerful westerly weather system is expected to sweep across much of Pakistan beginning on Tuesday, bringing with it days of dust storms, thunderstorms, hailstorms and heavy rain to nearly every province in the country, the Pakistan Meteorological Department warned on Monday.
Lawmaker Gilani denies UAE deportation, demands probe into social media claim
ISLAMABAD: Lawmaker Ali Musa Gilani spent much of Sunday on social media batting back claims that he had been expelled from the United Arab Emirates, calling the reports fabricated and demanding that authorities investigate the account that first circulated them.
FIA blocks nearly 40,000 passengers in crackdown on human smuggling last year
ISLAMABAD: The federal immigration authority blocked nearly 40,000 passengers from boarding scheduled flights last year, part of an aggressive and expanding enforcement campaign that officials say has disrupted criminal smuggling networks and reduced the number of Pakistanis dying on illegal migration routes to Europe and the Middle East.
PTI politicians blocked, detained and expelled as GB votes in a week
ISLAMABAD: With barely a week to go before legislative elections in Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan’s mountainous northern territory is rapidly becoming the focus of a deepening political crisis — one involving airport blockades, expelled lawmakers, disputed detentions, and now a formal appeal to the judiciary.
Pakistan marks nuclear anniversary with pledge of deterrence, not aggression
ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif declared Thursday that Pakistan “harbors no aggressive intentions” against any country as the nation observed the 28th anniversary of its nuclear tests, a milestone that transformed it into the world’s newest declared atomic power and reshaped the balance of terror in South Asia.
Sindh shatters heat record with 51.5°C in Dadu as UN predicts years of record global heat
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s Meteorological Department said on Thursday that the country had set a new temperature record, with the mercury soaring to 51.5 degrees Celsius in the southern district of Dadu in Sindh province.
IHC halts demolition threat at One Constitution Avenue amid high-profile ownership dispute
ISLAMABAD: The Islamabad High Court on Monday barred the Capital Development Authority from evicting residents of One Constitution Avenue, a luxury residential and commercial tower in the heart of Pakistan’s capital, issuing a stay on intra-court appeals until the full case can be heard.
17 killed as speeding coach slams into broken-down bus on Pakistan’s Swat Expressway
MARDAN: At least 17 people were killed and seven others injured on Monday when a speeding passenger coach slammed into a bus parked on the shoulder of the Swat Expressway after suffering a mechanical breakdown, rescue officials said.
Karachi court sends alleged drug queenpin Anmol ‘Pinky’ to jail on 14-day judicial remand in narcotics and murder cases
KARACHI: A local court on Friday ordered alleged drug queenpin Anmol, better known as Pinky, to be held in judicial custody for 14 days as she faces more than a dozen criminal cases, including narcotics trafficking, illegal weapons possession and murder.