Alerts
Two leaders of India’s youth-led Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) were remanded in custody for five days on Wednesday, as police ratcheted up efforts to clamp down on anti-election commission protests. CJP activists and opposition parties have defied a security crackdown to demand the resignation of Indi...
PESHAWAR: PTI Chairman Barrister Gohar Ali Khan on Wednesday moved the Peshawar High Court (PHC) against the imposition of emergency and governor’s rule in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, requesting the court to declare the move unconstitutional. Advocate Shah Faisal Ilyas submitted the petition on behalf of th...
ISLAMABAD: The Federal Constitutional Court (FCC) ruled on Wednesday that the administrative staff of the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) Police were not entitled to risk allowance. The judgment was issued by a two member bench headed by Justice Aamer Farooq and including Justice Syed Arshad Hussain Shah. I...
ISLAMABAD: The National Assembly on Wednesday passed a resolution endorsing the federal government’s imposition of emergency in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. The Centre had imposed governor’s rule and emergency in KP on Sunday, citing the provincial government’s “deliberate disengagement” from the fight again...
Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Ishaq Dar on Wednesday said that Houthi attacks against Saudi Arabia were “totally unacceptable”. He made the remarks while addressing a joint press conference after the 8th session of the Pakistan-Oman Joint Ministerial Commission (JMC) alongside Oman’s Fo...
On February 29, 2024, Israeli forces fired at civilians as they gathered around an aid convoy. At least 115 people were killed in what has since become known as the ‘Flour Massacre’. Survivors recalled the involvement of armed tanks and quadcopters. “When the aid entered, the tank and quadcopter sta...
Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Wednesday met the newly appointed secretary general of the Makkah Defence Alliance, retired Lieutenant General Nauman Mahmood, and was briefed on the strategy to promote “defence and strategic cooperation” under the pact, state-run Radio Pakistan reported. Mahmood wa...
ISLAMABAD: The Federal Constitutional Court (FCC) on Wednesday rejected a plea moved by former first lady Bushra Imran seeking suspension of the seven-year sentence awarded to her by the Accountability Court in the Al-Qadir Trust case on Jan 17, 2025. Earlier in the day, a two-judge FCC bench consis...
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan and Russia on Wednesday agreed to finalise an extradition treaty and pledged to sign a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on collaboration on the prevention of organised crime and information exchange. Kolokolstev arrived in Pakistan on Monday. He is undertaking a four-day visit a...
Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Senator Mohammad Ishaq Dar and Oman’s Foreign Minister Sayyid Badr Albusaidi discussed regional tensions and ways to strengthen bilateral cooperation on Wednesday. Albusaidi arrived in Pakistan on Tuesday on a two-day visit. Speaking at the outset of the 8t...
ISLAMABAD: The Federal Constitutional Court (FCC) on Wednesday reserved its ruling on a plea moved by former first lady Bushra Bibi seeking suspension of the seven-year sentence awarded to her by the accountability court in the Al-Qadir Trust case on Jan 17, 2025. “Wait for our order,” observed Chie...
Rescuers dragged out 13 dead children from India’s Ganges river after an overloaded boat capsized en route to a Hindu festival, officials said Wednesday, with Prime Minister Narendra Modi expressing grief over the “deeply painful” tragedy. The boat overturned late Tuesday in Vaishali district in eas...
