Pakistan

ISLAMABAD: Caretaker Prime Minister Nasirul Mulk has directed the federal law ministry to file an appeal against Lahore High Court’s yesterday verdict to nullify election nomination papers.

According to sources close to the Prime Minister office, the

KARACHI: Two Rangers personnel have been injured in a gun and bomb attack in Karachi, Geo reported on Saturday evening.

The attack took place shortly after iftar during snap checking near Hub Chowki.

According to sources, the attacker opened fire at Rangers personnel

KARACHI: PPPP’s Central Election Board held a meeting to discuss nominations of party’s candidates from Sindh for the next general elections at Bilawal House on Saturday.

Chairman Pakistan Peoples Party Bilawal Bhutto Zardari, former President of Pakistan

ISLAMABAD: PTI chairman Imran Khan said that he would himself decide the awarding of tickets to potential candidates in the coming general elections.

In a Twitter message, Khan has asked aspiring candidates not to give money to anyone in the PTI in return

ISLAMABAD: Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) said that it would  go to the Supreme Court against the recent decisions of Balochistan and Lahore high courts regarding delimitation and nomination papers.

“Returning officers have been asked not to accept any nomination paper on June 3 and 4. A n

LAHORE: PML-N President Shehbaz Sharif has suggested four new names for the post of caretaker Chief Minister of Punjab.

The nominees are: former Naval chief Muhamamd Zakaullah, former DG Intelligence Bureau (IB) Aftab Sultan, Justice (r) Sahir Ali and former IG

ISLAMABAD: Reham Khan, former wife of PTI chairman Imran Khan, has accused film and TV star Hamza Ali Abbasi of issuing threats.

In a Twitter message on Saturday, Reham Khan said that she had been receiving threatening email from the actor since 2017.

She did not

Karachi: Former chief secretary  Sindh Fazlur Rehman on Saturday took oath as caretaker chief minister of the province.

Sindh Governor  Muhammad Zubair administered the oath to the  interim chief minister at a ceremony  attended by bureaucrats, politicians, Chief Secretary, Police I

KARACHI: Laying emphasis on holding the next polls on its scheduled date, PPP leaders on Friday feared that ongoing political development suggests as some system pushing for a delay in general elections in the country.

PPP senior leader Senator Aitzaz Ahsan said that the Islamabad High Court

KARACHI: Laying emphasis on holding the next polls on its scheduled date, PPP leaders on Friday feared that ongoing political development suggests as some system pushing for a delay in general elections in the country.

PPP senior leader Senator Aitzaz Ahsan said that the Islamabad High Court

Rawalpindi: Lal Hussain saunters through Rawalpindi´s empty streets at 1:00 am shattering the silence with syncopated drum beats, awakening startled Pakistanis so they can sleepily eat one last meal before the day´s Ramadan fasting begins.

"Wake up and eat your morning

ISLAMABAD: Chief of Army Staff, General Qamar Javed Bajwa has said that Pakistan is a peace loving country contributing to global peace efforts.

According to Inter Services Public Relations (ISPR), the media wing of the military, the Army

ISLAMABAD: Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) has summoned emergency meeting on Saturday after Lahore High Court decision that the information sought from the candidates in the nomination forms was insufficient.

The court has recommended certain

ISLAMABAD: Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) has summoned emergency meeting on Saturday after Lahore High Court decision that the information sought from the candidates in the nomination forms was insufficient.

The court has recommended certain

UNITED NATIONS, United States: The United Nations at a solemn ceremony has honoured 128 military, police and civilian personnel from 38 countries, including seven Pakistanis, who lost their lives while serving in peacekeeping operations during 2017.

Friday’

KARACHI: A group of youth has embarked on a massive tree planting exercise in the wake of heaping heat wave in the city.

Under a tree-planting body on social media, Green Tree members have embarked on a task of planting 200 neem herbs across Safoora Chowrangi en route

ISLAMABAD: Contract for acquisition of two warships for Pakistan Navy was signed with M/s China Shipbuilding Trading Company Ltd (CSTC), at Ministry of Defence Production, Rawalpindi.

Deputy Chief of Naval Staff (Operations), Rear Admiral Faisal Rasul

LAHORE: After withdrawing name of Nasir Khosa for the post of interim Punjab Chief Minister, the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf has come up with two new names.

According to TV reports, opposition leader in the Punjab Assembly Mian Mehmoodur Rashid has put

ISLAMABAD:  Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf spokesman Fawad Chaudhry on Friday said the party has proposed names of senior journalist Ayaz Amir, Professor Hassan Askar and Yaqoob Izhar  for the slot of Punjab's caretaker  chief mi

LAHORE: Zulfiqar Khosa, former Punjab governor and disgruntled leader of the Pakistan Muslim League Nawaz, is likely to join the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf on Friday along with his song Dost Muhamamd Khosa, former Punjab chife minister. 

According  to Geo News, Zulfiqar Khosa

ISLAMABAD: Contingent of Pakistan Army, Pakistan Air Force and the Pakistan Navty  gave a honour guard on Friday to outgoing prime minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi at the Prime Minister House after  his government completed its  five-year co

A court on Friday issued non-bailable arrest warrants for  TV anchor Shahid Masood in a case related to corruption  in state-run Pakistan Television (PTV).

A Senior Civil Judge issued the warrants on the request of Kashif Riaz Awan, an investigation officer

ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court of Pakistan on Friday declared Khawaja Asif's disqualification for life null and void.

The ruling over Asif's review petition against his disqualification   by the Islamabad High Court would allow him to contest the upcoming general election.

The

ISLAMABAD: Former CJP Nasirul Mulk took oath as caretaker Prime Minister on Friday at the Presidency where outgoing PM Shahid Khaqan Abbasi was also present.

KARACHI: Former chief secretary Fazlur Rehman has been named as the caretaker chief minister of Sindh. The announcement was made during a joint press conference by outgoing Chief Minister Sindh Murad Ali Shaha and opposition leader Khawaja Izharul Hassan

ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court on Friday reserved verdict in Khawaja Asif disqualification case.

A three-member bench of the apex court headed by Justice Umar Ata Bandial heard the petition filed by  the former foreign minister  against the order of Islamabad High C

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Chairman Imran Khan has expelled Farooq Bandiyal from the party within 24 hours of joining after Khan heard about his heinous crime, saying there is no place for ‘convicted criminals’ in PTI. 

PTI leader Naeemul Haq in his twitter

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) federal government has completed its five-year constitutional tenure midnight today, allowing for a caretaker setup to be established, prior to general elections scheduled to take place on July 25.

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