Pakistan

ISLAMABAD: A five-member medical team has reached Adiala jail to assess the condition of former prime minister Nawaz Sharif after his health deteriorated Saturday due to ‘intense heat’ in the cell where he is incarcerated.

The medical board comprising Dr Aijaz

Hailed as Hero, the donkey who faced immense wrath as a result of political rivalry displayed by  political supporters of a party, passed away Monday morning, animal rescue Ayesha Chundrigar Foundation confirmed.

In a heart wrenching

Jibran Nasir’s manifesto for elections 2018 has been ranked the highest by  Public Interest Law Association of Pakistan (PILAP), as compared to manifestos put forth by major political parties of the country, like Pakistan People’s Party (PPP), Pakistan Tehr

DERA ISMAIL KHAN: The Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) leader  Ikramullah Khan Gandapur was laid to rest in  his native town  of Dera Ismail Khan after thousands of people attended his funeral at  Kulachi College Ground   early on Monday.

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MULTAN: Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz ( PML-N) President Shehbaz Sharif  on Sunday warned that he won’t be able to stop “the flood” of people if  elections are rigged.

Addressing a  public meeting in Multan, PML-N president lamented  that former prime minister N

QUETTA: At least 20 people have been injured in a hand grenade attack on an election office of Balochistan Awami Party in Dalbandin, police said.

The injured have been shifted to hospitals in Chaghi and Quetta.

According to details, unknown people hurled a hand

KARACHI: PTI chairman Imran Khan has said that a charter of democracy signed between the PPP and the PML-N was actually a charter of corruption.

“It was a pact between two parties to take turns in the governments and corruption. You let us loot freely, then we let you l

ISLAMABAD: Justice Shaukat Siddiqui of Islamabad High Court has requested Chief Justice Saqib Nisar to set up a judicial commission to investigate his allegations of agencies meddling in judicial affairs.

In a letter written to the CJP, Justice Siddiqui said

ISLAMABAD: Justice Shaukat Siddiqui of Islamabad High Court has requested Chief Justice Saqib Nisar to set up a judicial commission to investigate his allegations of agencies meddling in judicial affairs.

In a letter written to the CJP, Justice Siddiqui said

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf chairman Imran Khan said that he had addressed election rallies in Karak and Bannu on Saturday despite terror threats.

“We are going everywhere to deliver our message. They had informed us in a written message that suicide a

Lahore: The Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) said it was  gravely concerned at the escalating threat to independent candidate Jibran Nasir in Karachi. 

 Nasir and his supporters – who have been canvassing on rights-based issues such as access to water, housing and ed

ISLAMABAD: Chief of the Army Staff General Qamar Javed Bajwa has expressed his grief on martyrdom of PTI candidate Ikramullah Gandapur in suicide attack.

Gandapur, a PTI candidate in PK-99, was killed along with his drive when his vehicle was hit by a suicide bomber.

In a

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf chairman Imran Khan has voiced grief over the death of his party’s candidate Ikramullah Gandapur in a suicide attack.

Gandapur, a PTI candidate from PK-99, was killed when a suicide bomber hit his vehicle in Dera

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s electoral body has postponed elections in NA-60, Rawalpindi a day after PML-N candidate Hanif Abbasi was sentenced to life in prison after being convicted in an ephedrine quota case.

“Only two days are left to the conduct of poll w

ISLAMABAD: Foreign Affairs Secretary Tehmina Janjua Sunday arrived in Kabul along with a 28-member delegation to participate in the inaugural session of the Afghanistan-Pakistan Action Plan for Peace and Solidarity (APAPPS).

In her opening remarks

ISLAMABAD: Former Pakistani cricket stars have come out in support of cricketer-turned-politician Imran Khan as the country prepares to go to the polls on Wednesday.

"It was in your leadership skip @ImrankhanPTI that we became world champions in

ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan Army on Sunday demanded Supreme Court of Pakistan initiate "process to ascertain the veracity of allegations levelled against state institutions" by  the Islamabad High Court judge Justice Shaukat Aziz Siddiqui.

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ISLAMABAD: There is the ecologist, the "semi-corrupt", the opportunist, and the indestructible. 

Alongside Pakistan´s mainstream politicians a battery of flamboyant candidates are contesting nationwide elections on July 25.

Here are five who each

RAWALPINDI: Chief Justice Mian Saqib Nisar expressed anger on the statement of Justice Shaukat Aziz Siddiqui in which he alleged that an agency was interfering in the superior judiciary’s matters.

During hearing at the Karachi Registry on Sunday, the CJP

Gunmen on Sunday targeted  vehicle of Muttahida Majlis Amal (MMA) candidate Akram Khan Durrani.

Police said the attackers managed to flee after the attack.   The candidate remained unhurt in the incident.

It was the second attack on Durrani  who earlier  t

KARACHI: The Sindh High Court has issued a contempt of court notice to the Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) of Pakistan.

Director General, Deputy Director General and Lahore Airport Manager have been named in the contempt of court notice, served after CAA

DERA ISMAIL KHAN: Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf candidate Ikramullah Gandapur and three others were injured when a bomb went off in Dera Ismail Khan district of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa on Sunday.

According to  Geo News, the blast took place near the vehicle  of I

LAHORE: Chairman Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Imran Khan said on Saturday that PTI was struggling for a new and respectable Pakistan to secure bright future of our young generation.

Addressing public meetings during his election campaign here at Joray Pul and

LAHORE: Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz has strongly reacted to judgement against Hanif Abbasi and condemned the malafides behind the timing of this decision.

PML-N President Shehbaz Sharif, in a series of tweets shortly after an anti-narcotic

Islamabad:  Former President Asif Ali Zardari has said that the leadership and workers of PPP have rendered great sacrifices for restoration of democracy in this country and today democracy is being strengthened due to the pro-democratic policies of his party.

Former

ISLAMABAD: The Higher Education Commission (HEC) clarified the circulating news story regarding the establishment of universities in Khyber Paktunkhwa, terming it 'fake.'

The regulatory body clarified that the news circulating that claimed "HEC

KARACHI: Former first daughter Maryam Nawaz's Twitter account published the first message by her since her imprisonment at Adiala jail.

The message by the former PML-N leader was delivered through her official twitter account which was a couplet by the lauded Urdu