ISLAMABAD: A government minister accused the opposition Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf party on Monday of hiring foreign companies to orchestrate paid social media campaigns, spreading what he described as selective narratives and propaganda through fake accounts operated from abroad.
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Punjab approves tougher policing laws to curb riots, mob violence
LAHORE: Punjab province, Pakistan’s most populous, is poised to establish a specialised police force to confront what officials describe as escalating threats from violent protests and mobs, after a legislative committee approved sweeping changes to the province’s policing laws on Monday.
Justice Jahangiri faces rare challenge to his qualifications before his own court
ISLAMABAD: A high court judge in Islamabad found himself in the unfamiliar position of defendant on Monday, standing before his own colleagues to defend the validity of his law degree and his right to sit on the bench, even as he challenged the panel’s authority to hear the case against him.
Security forces kill 13 Indian-backed militants in northwest Pakistan
ISLAMABAD: Security forces have killed 13 militants affiliated with a banned terrorist group in two separate operations in the restive Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, the military announced on Sunday, amid a continuing surge in attacks that has plagued the region.
PTI calls UN jail findings evidence of political vendetta against Imran Khan
ISLAMABAD: The opposition Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf party voiced deep alarm on Sunday over a United Nations report that accused authorities of subjecting former prime minister Imran Khan to conditions in prison that could amount to “inhuman or degrading treatment,” calling it evidence of a politically motivated vendetta and demanding immediate reforms to his detention.
Russia’s RT India retracts post on Sharif, saying it misrepresented meeting with Putin
ISLAMABAD: Russia’s state-funded media outlet RT India retracted a social media post on Saturday that suggested Pakistan’s Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif had waited impatiently to meet President Vladimir V. Putin during an international forum in Ashgabat, Turkmenistan, acknowledging that the account “may have been a misrepresentation of events.”
Defence Minister accuses ex-spy chief of orchestrating Nawaz Sharif’s ouster and Imran Khan’s rise
ISLAMABAD: Defence Minister Khawaja Asif on Saturday accused former spy chief Faiz Hameed of masterminding the 2017 ouster of ex-prime minister Nawaz Sharif and engineering the rise of Imran Khan, linking the jailed general to a broad conspiracy that damaged the country.
Pakistan plans public disclosure of officials’ assets by end-2026 to curb corruption
ISLAMABAD: The finance ministry said it will make details of high-ranking officials’ assets accessible online to the public by the end of 2026 as part of a push to strengthen anti-corruption measures.
Gilgit-Baltistan heads to polls on Jan. 24 as caretaker setup takes charge
ISLAMABAD: The president has set Jan. 24, 2026, as the date for elections in Gilgit-Baltistan, the strategically vital northern region bordering China and India, marking the first vote there since a turbulent five-year term that saw a chief minister disqualified and a coalition government take power.
Pakistan presses world to push Taliban on militancy, warns of rising cross-border threats
ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif urged the international community on Friday to press the Afghan Taliban to rein in terrorist groups operating from Afghan soil, emphasising Islamabad’s persistent security concerns amid fragile cross-border relations.