Pakistan

ISLAMABAD – August 21 (ONLINE) PML-N-led coalition government is considering launching ‘sedition’ case against former Prime Minister Imran Khan for his ‘anti-state’ and ‘provocative’ speech Saturday, interior minister Rana Sanaullah announced during a press conference Sunday. “This is all happening in continuation — from a […]

KARACHI – August 21 (ONLINE) Polling concluded in the by elections in Karachi’s NA-245 constituency Sunday. DAWN reported that turnout improved during the final hours of polling, as citizens casted their vote to pick their representative for the seat that was vacated by PTI’s late […]

ISLAMABAD, Aug 21 (APP): Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority (PEMRA) on Sunday clarified that it had imposed ban on live coverage of Imran Khan’s speeches on electronicmedia, but they could telecast recorded speeches with effective delay mechanism in line with PEMRA code of conduct 2015. […]

ISLAMABAD, Aug 19 (APP): The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) on Friday issued contempt notices to PTI Chairman Imran Khan, Asad Umer and Fawad Chaudhry for passing inappropriate remarks and levelling allegations against the commission and its members. The Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) leaders had been […]

ISLAMABAD, Aug 19 (APP): Former prime minister Muhammad Nawaz Sharif on Friday said present economic issues could be resolved through political consensus across the board. This he said while meeting the National Assembly Deputy Speaker Zahid Akram Durrani, who had called on the PML(N) supremo […]

ISLAMABAD, Aug 19 (APP):A delegation of students from Harvard University, United States Friday called on Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif here and discussed matters related to Pakistan. Federal Ministers Ahsan Iqbal, Marriyum Aurangzeb, SAPMs Ahad Cheema, Syed Fahad Hussain, Jahanzeb Khan, Coordinators to PM Bilal Azhar […]

KARACHI, Aug 19 (APP): Foreign Minister Bilawal Bhutto Zardari on Friday said it was the government’s priority to first protect the people badly affected due to the unprecedented prolonged five spells of monsoon rains in 13 districts of Sindh and then rehabilitate them under a […]

ISLAMABAD, Aug 17 (APP): Senior leader of Pakistan Muslim League Nawaz, Talal Chaudhry Wednesday said that Imran Khan’s theft has been caught in Tosha Khana and foreign funding cases and he is no longer honest and trustworthy. “Any candidate not fulfilling the conditions of Article […]

ISLAMABAD, Aug 16 (Online): Islamabad High Court (IHC) while declaring the review petition for physical remand of PTI leader Shahbaz Gill maintainable has ordered session judge to rehear the plea today (Tuesday). The court said in the decision that request of the Advocate General (AG) […]

ISLAMABAD, Aug 16 (Online): Chief Justice of Pakistan (CJP) Umar Ata Bandial has remarked legislating with reference to local body election is mandate of provincial government. He further remarked some loopholes are being seen during the implementation of provincial law. Can Election Commission (EC) delimit […]