Pakistan

THATTA: His mother was assassinated on the campaign trail and his grandfather was executed by a military dictator, but that has not prevented Bilawal Bhutto Zardari from seeking the job they both held: prime minister of Pakistan.

Oxford-educated

Zainab, a seven years old Pakistani girl, has passed away in an Indian hospital after undergoing a heart surgery, Geo News reported on Tuesday.

She was suffering from  atrial septal defect, commonly known as "hole in the heart".

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HYDERABAD: Pakistan Peoples' Party (PPP) chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari on  Tuesday reaffirmed his commitment   to address the issues facing people of Karachi.

Talking to the media, the young PPP chairman acknowledged that there were plenty of problems

QUETTA: Both the provincial chiefs of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf and Pakistan Peoples’ Party have been barred from contesting elections by the Balochistan High Court.

On Tuesday, a division bench of BHC upheld the verdict of an appellate tribunal disqualifying

WASHINGTON: Pakistan ambassador  to US  Ali Jehangir  Siddiqui has said; "There is a lot of growth in Pak-US trade relation that could occur," he made this remarks   during an interview with foreign channel on Monday.

Discussing the current state of Pakistan-US

KARACHI: After two days, it dawned on the deputy commissioner south that July 1st rally of Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari was in 'violation of the code of conduct'.

Deputy commissioner south issued a show cause notice to PPP

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s electoral body has revealed that as many as 12,570 candidates are in the run for July 25 general elections.

out of a total contesting candidate, 3,675 are contesting on National Assembly (NA) seats while 8895 candidates are vying for provincial

RAWALPINDI: Jean Pierre Lacroix, Under Secretary General, Department of Peacekeeping Operations UNO visited Centre for International Peace and Stability (CIPS), at National University of Science and Technology (NUST).

CIPS was established in 2013 to provide peacekeeping training

ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court of Pakistan Monday suspended the decision of appellate tribunal and allowed Bilal Azhar Kiyani, a candidate of Pakistan Muslim League Nawaz (PML-N), to appear in general election from NA-66 Jhelum.

A bench headed by Chief Justice Saqib Nisar

LAHORE: PML-N leader Hamza Shehbaz has been assigned the task to run the election campaign of Maryam Nawaz in NA-127, Lahore.

Maryam Nawaz is currently in London to be with his mother Kulsoom Nawaz who remains on ventilator after suffering a cardiac arrest last month.

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ISLAMABAD: Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Justice (retd) Sardar Muhammad Raza Khan has taken notice of using pictures of Chief Justice of Pakistan and Chief of Army Staff in posters and banners of election campaign by PTI candidate Nasir Cheema

Pakistan Muslim league-Nawaz (PML-N) candidate Haroon Sultan from Muzaffargarh has stepped forward with a contentious claim, terming it ‘haram’ to cast votes for women.

The claims were publicized by the candidate while addressing a corner meeting in his constituency

Chief of Army Staff General Qamar Javed Bajwa confirmed the death sentences awarded to 12 hardcore terrorists, who were involved in heinous offences related to terrorism, including killing of innocent civilians, attacking Law Enforcement Agencies

Islamabad, 02 July 18: Pakistan Navy Ship ASLAT visited Aqaba, Jordan as part of overseas deployment to Mediterranean - European countries.

 PNS ASLAT Port Call to Aqaba was aimed to strengthen friendly ties and defence cooperation between Islamic

The collective water storage capacity in the dams around the country has hit its lowest mark, as reported by Geo News.

The media report citing officials of the Indus River System Authority claimed that the dams in Pakistan have been encountering severe water

ISLAMABAD: Denying any covert meeting with PMLN supremo Nawaz Sharif, former president and Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) Co-Chairman Asif Ali Zardari has said that they don’t want to come in power through ‘power politics’.

In an interview with Hamid Mir in Geo News

MULTAN: Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) leader Shah Mahmood has rejected all three conditions of former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif regarding upcoming elections, saying it is akin to an assault on democracy.

PTI, he said, is ready to hold the general elections as per schedule.

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ISLAMABAD: Former Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) leader Chaudhry Nisar on Monday asked party quaid Nawaz Sharif to reveal which statement of his hurt him.

He raised the concern in response to Nawaz’s comments on Sunday, where the former prime minister said Nisar’s remarks

ISLAMABAD: Former Chairman Senate Mian Raza Rabbani has criticized the caretaker government for overstepping its mandate by agreeing to implement a plan given by Financial Action Task Force (FAFT).

In a statement issued to media Monday, Rabbani said that

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) leader Fawad Chaudhry on Monday stated that Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz's (PML-N) narrative is bent on making  the upcoming polls controversial.

The statement came in response to PML-N quaid Nawaz Sharif

UNITED NATIONS: Pakistan has gained "tremendous success" in combating terrorism in recent years, but stressed the need for more international cooperation to eliminate the hydra-headed scourge from across the world, Ambassador Maleeha Lodhi

LONDON: Former prime minister Nawaz Sharif and his daughter Maryam Nawaz have reportedly decided to return  to Pakistan to lead the PML-N's election campaign.

According to Geo News, the decision was taken after the consultations with  party’s  senior leadership  wan

LONDON: Former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif says that although hopes for fair and transparent general election are fading, nation will not allow polls to be rigged at any cost.

"The recent events are quite disturbing. I am going through a difficult phase," he said.

"I would've

ISLAMABAD - National Accountability Bureau (NAB) Chairman Justice (retd) Javed Iqbal on Sunday said NAB had nothing to do with elections, and it was working in accordance with law and would continue to perform its duties as per its mandate.

“The allegations of rigging b

ISLAMABAD: The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) has fixed July 5 as last date for receiving of applications regarding postal ballots for general election 2018. 

As per sec (93) of the Election Act 2017, the out-stationed voters, who can not reach to the polling station