The final round of a power tussle over Punjab between Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif and former Prime Minister Imran Khan is underway, and all that can be said with any certainty right now is that we have a bitter contest on our hands. By Staff Reporter.
By Staff Reporter
ISLAMABAD: Special security forces on Wednesday killed all militants who seized a counter-terrorism centre two days after they had held government officers and detainees hostages in the Bannu district of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, defence minister said.
By Staff Reporter
ISLAMABAD: The World Bank’s executive board approved $1.692 billion in financing for Pakistan to support five projects for people living in flood-affected areas of southern Sindh province, the lender said in a statement on Tuesday.
By Staff Reporter
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s ruling coalition moved a no-confidence motion on Monday, seeking the ouster of Pervez Elahi, chief minister of Punjab province, days after the former Prime Minister Imran Khan announced to dissolve provincial assemblies in Punjab and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.
By Staff Reporter
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s climate change minister on Monday said the fate of the country’s 20 million flood-affected people was still dependent on humanitarian aid but the wealthy nations who bear most responsibility for causing climate change have yet to deliver all the funds they have promised, let alone enough funds to cover the damage done.
By Staff Reporter
ISLAMABAD: Taliban militants have killed at least one security official after they overnight seized a counter-terrorism police station in Bannu district of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, demanding a safe passage in exchange for the release of several hostages, officials said on Monday.
By Staff Reporter
ISLAMABAD: Taliban on Sunday seized a counter-terrorism centre in Bannu district of troubled Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province and took several people, including security officials, hostage to negotiate with government a safe passage to neighboring Afghanistan, officials said.
By Staff Reporter
ISLAMABAD: Former Prime Minister Imran Khan on Saturday said his party would dissolve two provincial assemblies on December 23 to force the Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif’s coalition government for early elections.
By Ahmer Kureishi
Former Prime Minister Imran Khan has been threatening to dissolve the Punjab and Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa provincial assemblies for quite a while now. In particular, living a charmed life under this dangling Damocles’ sword has been the Punjab assembly and the government of Chief Minister Pervaiz Elahi, a key ally of Khan.
By Staff Reporter
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s foreign office has summoned Afghanistan’s Chargé d’Affaires on Friday to issue a ‘strong condemnation’ of the recent border clashes at Chaman-Spin Boldak area that both sides blame on each other.
