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Pakistan goes to poll on Wednesday to elect new leader of the country days after former  prime minister Nawaz Sharif, his daughter Maryam Nawaz and son-in-law Captain (retd) Muhammad Safdar were jailed after being convicted in a corruption reference.

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KARACHI: Pakistan pace bowling legend Waqar Younis on Thursday vowed to support Imran Khan’s slogan of change and to build Naya Pakistan.

Pakistan is going to vote in crucial July 25 polls in which PTI is hoping to form government in Islamabad.

Wishing all the

ISLAMABAD: Caretaker Minister for Information, Broadcasting, National Heritage and Law Affairs, Barrister Syed Ali Zafar Thursday said that former prime minister Nawaz Sharif and Maryam Safdar, were being provided all required

KARACHI: The National Accountability Bureau (NAB) has decided to launch three separate inquiries against Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) leader and former speaker Sindh Assembly Agha Siraj Durrani.

Decision to initiate inquiry against Durrani was approved

ATTOCK: Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) President Shehbaz Sharif Thursday pledged that basic amenities of life, including gas, would be provided in every village of the country, if the PML-N was voted to power again.

Addressing a public meeting in

FAISALABAD: Chairman Pakistan People’s Party Bilawal Bhutto Zardari has said that PPP believes in principles, ideology and service to people instead of sowing seeds of hatred among masses.

Addressing a reception rally at Allama Iqbal Colony here on

ISLAMABAD: Election Commission of Pakistan has authorized the District Retuning Officers and Retuning Officers to exercise powers of Magistrate of the First Class under the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1989, with effect from July 12, 2018 and until the

KARACHI: Pak Sarzameen Party (PSP) senior leader Raza Haroon has expressed concerns over security arrangements for election candidates by caretaker government.

Talking to media at Pakistan House Thursday, Raza Haroon said candidates are bombarded with new

LAHORE: Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf chief Imran Khan has stated that a leader who does not live or die for Pakistan cannot fight for the country either.

Addressing traders at an event here on Thursday, Khan stated the three-time

Karachi, 19 Jul 2018: Bahria University hosted a 2-day International Workshop on the topic “Maritime Education - Research” on 18th- 19th Jul 2018 at its Karachi Campus. The conference was organized in collaboration with Higher Education Co

Social media platform Facebook has collaborated with Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) to help voters identify their constituencies as well as to make sure their votes are registered.

The notification was the first thing to pop up on the news feed

NOWSHERA: Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) on Thursday served a notice to PTI leader Pervez Khattak over use of abusive and derogatory remarks against other political parties.

In a notice issued to PTI’s hopeful, ECP has w

ISLAMABAD: The top leadership of all political parties in Pakistan is facing threat, said Dr Suleman, chief of National Counter Terrorism Authority (NACTA).

Briefing the Senate’s Standing Committee on Interior, NACTA Chief said, “Leadership of all pol

Pakistan People’s Party’s (PPP) candidate Muhammad Shahzad Memon has issued a clarification regarding his meeting with Ahle Sunnat Wal Jamaat (ASWJ) after a notice was issued against it.

President of PPP’s Karachi division Saeed Ghani, had issued a n

ISLAMABAD: Foreign Office Thursday responding to reports of opening of ‘Free Balochistan Office’ in New Delhi, saying Indian interference in Pakistan was an established fact and indicated its hegemonic designs.

“India needs to a

LAHORE: Prime Minister Justice (Retd) Nasir-ul-Mulk Thursday directed the administration to ensure safety and security of political leadership and the public and called for a close liaison with political parties to ensure strict compliance of the

ISLAMABAD: Chief of the Army Staff (COAS) General Qamar Javed Bajwa has visited Army Elections Support Center in Rawalpindi, ISPR reported.

According to a statement issued by the ISPR on Thursday, the army chief was given detailed briefing about plan for provision

FAISALABAD: 46-year-old Zainab Bibi hailed as the tallest woman in Pakistan with a reported height of 7 Feet 2 Inches which made her place in Guinness World Records, has passed away. 

She belonged to Rajana, a place in Toba Tek Singh, Punjab. 

Zainab was

RAWALPINDI: Former prime minister Nawaz Sharif and his daughter Maryam Nawaz, imprisoned at Adiala Jail in Avenfield corruption reference, met first time since July 13 since they were taken to prison upon their return from London.

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ISLAMABAD: The suicide bomber who killed over 140 people including an election candidate in Mastung last week has been identified, according to Geo News.

The revelations came during a briefing at the Senate's Standing Committee chaired by Senator Rehman Malik on Thursday.

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JHELUM: Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf chairman Imran Khan has expressed anger at party spokesman Fawad Chaudhry over the failure of Wednesday rally in latter's constituency, according to Geo News.

The party had to face embarrassment after the  rally where it failed

The village of Barsuwat Nullah was turned into an artificial lake in Gilgit-Baltistan after a small glacier melted in the Ishkoman Valley on Thursday.

The village situated in Ghizer district’s Ishkoman valley near the Pakistan-Afghanistan b

The induction of women in male-dominated professions is one of the reforms that national carrier Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) has adopted in the recent times.

Opening new avenues for women like Eeman Faheem, a senior aircraft maintenance technician, PIA has taken a

ISLAMABAD:  The Supreme Court of Pakistan on Thursday disqualified for life PTI leader Rai Hassan Nawaz under Article 62 of the Constitution.

The judgment was announced by a division bench of the apex court headed by Justice Azmat Saeed Sheikh.

Justice Shiekh remarked

ISLAMABAD: Imran Khan's lawyer Babar Awan on Thursday assured the Election Commission of Pakistan of submitting a written statement on behalf of PTI chairman that he will not use such a language that could spread  hatred. 

The counsel

ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan election on July 25 comes after a brief but acrimonious campaign, complicated by a string of attacks -- including the second deadliest bombing in Pakistan´s history -- which have prompted security fears.

The election represents only the second democratic

RAWALPINDI: The Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR), media wing of the army, on Thursday denied having issued any threat alerts.

According to Geo News, the ISPR said false threat are beng circulated on the social media to spread fear though propaganda.

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