Pakistan

ISLAMABAD: The political future of outspoken PML-N leader Daniyal Aziz hangs in balance as Supreme Court is due to announce its verdict in a contempt of court case against the former federal privatisation minister.

A three-judge bench of the apex court

KARACHI: Election Tribunal has rejected nomination papers of Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) Sindh President Nisar Khuhro for concealing 166 acres of land, and not declaring a wife and daughter.

The nomination papers of Khuhro were rejected from PS-11

ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court has refrained National Accountability Bureau (NAB) from taking any action against Bahria Town until it rules on a review petition.

The order came after Bahria Town chairman Malik Riaz appeared before a three-member apex court

ISLAMABAD: Mian Misbah ur Rehman and Lt Gen (retd) Khalid Naeem Lodhi on Wednesday took oath as federal ministers, expanding the caretaker cabinet to eight members.

President Mamnoon Hussain administered oath of office to the new

Two people were rushed to hospital after a two-storry building collapsed in Dera Ghazi Khan district in south Punjab, according to Geo News.

TV footage  showed  the under construction structure collapsing in   Loha Bazaar area of the city.

According to Geo TV correspondent, an

ISLAMABAD: An election tribunal on Wednesday rejected nomination papers of Paksitan Tehreek-e-Insaf leader Fawad Chaudhry from NA-67 Jhelum.

The application against the PTI leader was filed by Justice and Democratic Party candidate Fakhar Abbasi Kazmi who said Fawad

LAHORE: An election tribunal on Wednesday declared Tehreek-e-Labbaik leader Maulana Ashraf Jalali disqualified from contesting election from National Assembly Constituency NA-81 Gujranwala.

The decision came as Lahore High Court's Election Appellate

RAWALPINDI: An appellate tribunal on Wednesday rejected nomination papers of former prime minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi from National Assembly Constituency NA-57 in Murree.

Rawalpindi's Election Appellate Tribunal judge Justice Ibadur Rehman Lodhi had reserved

ISLAMABAD: Chief Justice of Pakistan Mian Saqib Nisar on Wednesday stressed the need for building new dams saying new water reservoirs are vital for Pakistan's survival.

The remarks came during the hearing of a case pertaining to Kalabagh Dam.

At the onset of the hearing,

ISLAMBAD: National Security Adviser Lt Gen (retd) Nasser Khan Janjua has resigned from his post on Wednesday after serving on the position for almost three years.

The former chief of Southern Command was appointed as NSA on October 22nd, 2015. Caretaker prime minister Nasirul Mulk has

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf chairman Imran Khan on Wednesday appeared before an election tribunal to fulfill a requirement to get his  nomination papers approved .

According to Geo News, the PTI chairman filled a field in the nomination  papers that was earlier left

KARACHI: Caretaker Information Minister, Jameel Yousuf, has stepped up his efforts to get back his department’s vehicles being used by the former minister and other persons beyond their official entitlement.

According to the list prepared by

ISLAMABAD: Former president and Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) Co-Chairman Asif Ali Zardari Tuesday instructed party workers to work in unison for the party’s nominated candidates in the forthcoming elections.

Speaking to the workers from constituency NA-57 at Bilawal

KARACHI: Pakistan plans to pour over a hundred million dollars into a project aimed at strengthening Met Office's Early Warning System in order to provide reliable weather forecasts and prevent damages associated with natural calamities such as the

Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf leader Abrar-ul-Haq on Tuesday slammed his rival candidate Ahsan Iqbal for “shamelessly denouncing charitable institutions and hospital services.”

In the statement released on insaf.pk, the singer-turned-politician censured Ahsan Iqbal for depreciating

KARACHI: Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) Chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari has strongly reacted to PMLN President Shahbaz Sharif’s election campaign in Karachi, saying ‘Vote Mangnay Niklay Hein--Rasta Tak Pata Nahi Liyari Ka” (They came here t

KARACHI: President Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz Shahbaz Sharif desisted from supporting Nawaz Sharif’s statements and observed that he is oblivious to existence of any ‘aliens.’

While addressing an event in Karachi’s Lyari area on Tuesday the PML-N chief stated: “The

ISLAMABAD: German Ambassador to Pakistan Martin Kobler has once again taken it upon himself to remind the country about severe water scarcity that has gradually taken over the country.

Turning to Twitter, the German envoy posted a picture of himself at

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Meteorological Department (PMD) has predicted more than normal rains in the country during the Monsoon season starting from first week of July this year.

Unlike the previous years’ wherein below average rain was recorded by the Met Office, this t

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) chairman Imran Khan has acknowledged that his party is made up of various groups.

The PTI chief came clean about the grouping aspect present inside his party while talking on Geo News show ‘Capital Talk’ stating that Sha

ISLAMABAD: The United Nations High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR) has declared Pakistan as the only country of the world which has provided shelter to the largest number of refugees particularly Afghans on its soil.

According to a report of the UNHCR, Pakistan is hosting the

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) has dispelled the impression that it has formed an electoral alliance with Pashtun Tahuffuz Movement (PTM).

“Reports about forging an electoral alliance with the PTM are no correct. There was a seat adjustment on one seat

LONDON: Former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif’s elder son Hussain Nawaz says that his family doesn’t own the properties mentioned by a UK daily in its report on Sunday.

In an informal chat with journalists in London on Tuesday, Hussain admitted that his

ISLAMABAD: Two days after PTI took back its ticket from former federal minister Sikandar Hayat Bosan in Multan, Imran Khan’s party has withdrawn the ticket it had awarded to Chaudhry Muhammad Ilyas in NA-71, Gujrat

Chaudhry Ilyas had been PTI’s candidate in 2013 elections a

LAHORE: Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PMLN) has decided to chalk out strong response over National Accountability Bureau (NAB) actions, sources privy to the development said.

Party’s Quaid Nawaz Sharif has directed PMLN leaders for protest against NAB actions.

The

Lahore:  The Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) has urged the state to take measures to implement the United Nations Convention against Torture (UNCAT)—to which Pakistan is a signatory. 

In a statement issued on the International Day in Support of Victims of Torture, HRCP