By Staff Reporter
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s Defense Minister Khawaja Asif said on Friday that the government would seek the extradition of Malik Riaz Hussain, a wealthy real estate tycoon, from the United Arab Emirates, accusing him of orchestrating a massive land scam alongside former Prime Minister Imran Khan.
By Staff Reporter
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI), the main opposition party, has announced a boycott of the upcoming round of talks with the government due to delays in forming judicial commissions to probe two violent political incidents, PTI leaders confirmed on Friday.
By Staff Reporter
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s National Assembly on Thursday swiftly passed controversial amendments to the Prevention of Electronic Crimes Act (Peca) in a move that has raised alarms about freedom of speech and media rights in a country with a history of censorship.
By Staff Reporter
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s former Prime Minister Imran Khan has given the government a seven-day ultimatum to form a judicial commission to probe two violent incidents, a demand that could derail fragile talks aimed at easing the country’s deepening political crisis.
By Staff Reporter
KARACHI: Pakistan inaugurated its new Gwadar International Airport, a $246 million Chinese-backed project that aims to become a key hub for trade and tourism in the region, as the country deepens its economic ties with China.
By Staff Reporter
PESHAWAR: The provincial Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government announced on Sunday that action against miscreants in the violence-stricken Kurram District was now unavoidable, after a surge in sectarian clashes and attacks on relief and food convoys.
By Staff Reporter
KARACHI: As President Joe Biden prepares to leave office, a Pakistani neuroscientist imprisoned in the United States for nearly 15 years is making a desperate bid for freedom, claiming she was wrongfully convicted and harshly treated, her lawyer said.
By Staff Reporter
ISLAMABAD: The foreign office said on Sunday that 21 Pakistani nationals have been identified among the survivors of a migrant boat tragedy off Morocco’s coast earlier this month.
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ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) has launched an inquiry into 20 of its officials suspected of involvement in human smuggling, following a migrant boat tragedy off Morocco’s coast that killed at least 44 Pakistanis.
By Staff Reporter
PESHAWAR: Authorities are preparing to launch a counterterrorism operation in Kurram district, where sectarian clashes have killed over 130 people since November, and have ordered temporary camps to be set up for potential displaced persons.
