By Staff Reporter
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf chief and former prime minister Imran Khan has refuted that he had ever wanted to bring his own army chief.
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COMMISSION OF INQUIRY: Federal minister for information Marriym Aurangzeb, flanked by Federal minister for finance Miftah Ismail, delivering her remarks at a presser April 20 – ONLINE Photo by Sunny Ghouri
Govt to set up commission to probe Imran Khan’s ‘foreign conspiracy’ claim
By Staff Reporter
ISLAMABAD: The government will set up an impartial inquiry commission to probe the alleged foreign conspiracy behind the ouster of former prime minister Imran Khan, a senior minister said on Thursday.
THE SHARIF HEIRESS: Maryam Nawaz Sharif at an unspecified political event - File Photo
Deepfakes against Imran Khan: Maryam Nawaz tells PTI to keep her out of this filth
By Staff Reporter
ISLAMABAD: PML-N leader Maryam Nawaz has said she was above the dirty politics of assassinating rival politicians’ characters by attacking their private lives for their public actions.
She said this while responding to allegations that her party was currently working on life-like forged videos or images, created using Artificial Intelligence, to sully PTI leader and former premier Imran Khan’s reputation.
This technology is called ‘deepfake’. It is being extensively used in fifth generation political propaganda campaigns with quite a success; however, because it is still not perfect, it can be detected.
Courtesy PMC official website
Pakistan’s top medical regulator on death bed
By Naveed Hussain
ISLAMABAD: The powerful political elite have pushed the country’s top medical regulator to the brink of collapse by indiscriminately using it as a rubber stamp to serve their vested business interests, Independent Pakistan has learnt.
Courtesy official Twitter account
IHC bars government from arresting PTI leaders
By Staff Reporter
ISLAMABAD: The Islamabad High Court (IHC) on Monday barred the government from arresting the leadership of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) in a case registered against them under the blasphemy law after the Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif and members of his entourage were met with abusive language on his trip to Masjid-e-Nabwi.
CHANGE OF GUARD: Pictured, left, Reza Baqir, the outgoing SBP Governor, and right, Aasim M. Husain. the leading contender for the office
Who will succeed Reza Baqir to run SBP?
By Staff Reporter
ISLAMABAD: The government is starting its search for a new governor of the State Bank of Pakistan to succeed Dr Reza Baqir who is due to step down today. Dr Baqir’s appointment expires 4 May 2022.
Change of guard in key national institutions was always on the cards following the recent diametrical and rather unceremonious change of political leadership in Islamabad. Perhaps befittingly, it is starting with Dr Baqir. >>
Pakistan roasts in record-setting heat wave
By Staff Reporter
ISLAMABAD: Temperatures in parts of Pakistan have reached record levels, putting the lives of millions at risk as the effects of the climate crisis are felt across the country.