The villagers in Chakothi, Azad Jammu and Kashmir are frustrated to live with the constant fear of fighting along the heavily militarized Control Line (LoC) in the disputed Himalayan region. Their situation has been exacerbated since the government of India, led by the Hindu nationalist party Bharatiya Janata, imposed a security blockade and a communications […]
The provincial government has set up a high-level committee, headed by Punjab law minister, Raja Basharat, to negotiate with a 30-member committee formed by the Sikh community of Pakistan regarding a case related to the alleged forced conversion of A Sikh girl, emerged Friday. According to a memo sent to the Inspector General of Police
An accountability court in Lahore issued dance arrest warrants for former Prime Minister Raja Pervaiz Ashraf on Friday in a case of the National Office of Accountability (NAB) against him for making illegal appointments at the Gujranwala Electric Power Company ( Gepco) during his term as federal minister of water and power. The judge on
Vice President of the Asian Development Bank (ADB), Shixin Chen, who is on his first two-day official visit to Pakistan, met with Prime Minister Imran Khan and "reaffirmed the support of the ADB for Pakistan's development priorities "a press release issued by the bank said on Friday. . Other meetings of the ADB and the
KARACHI: "There will be 27 new projects in the second phase of the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC)," said Chinese Consul General Wang Yu during a dialogue on the issue organized by the Karachi Council on Foreign Relations (KCFR) at a hotel Local here on Thursday. He said that after the signing of the memorandum of
KARACHI: A total of 12,584 cases of murder and narcotics have been resolved in approximately five months by 167 model courts established throughout the country to carry out rapid trials, emerged Thursday. The model criminal trial courts (MCTC) decided 4,897 cases of murder and 7,687 cases of narcotics by conducting expedited trials since its establishment
ISLAMABAD: The government canceled on Thursday the joint session of parliament convened on Friday (today) for a constitutionally mandatory speech by President Arif Alvi, which caused a strong reaction from opposition parties that have been flexing their muscles to present a protest and interrupt the proceedings for the issue of the appointment of two members
ISLAMABAD: The government on Thursday offered another amnesty to powerful industrialists and opened the LNG sector from much of the government control with which it is currently impregnated. In addition, it has also been decided to reduce the number of laws, regulations and approvals related to the energy sector and offer better incentives to investors
Karachi – Thursday, three people were injured near Clifton in Karachi and fears broke out among the residents. Police and hospital officials found dead bodies near the seaside view park in the southern metropolis Karachi – Thursday, three people were injured near Clifton in Karachi and fears broke out among the residents. Police and hospital
Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi said Thursday that, unlike Pakistan, Indian political parties disagree with the revocation of the special status of occupied Kashmir. On August 5, the government of India, led by the Hindu nationalist party Bharatiya Janata, decided to repeal article 370 of the Indian constitution, which had granted Kashmir special occupied status.
