Pakistan
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Pakistan People’s Party to field Bilawal Bhutto Zardari for PM
Islamabad: Faisal Karim Kundi, the Information Secretary of the Pakistan People’s Party (PPP), on Thursday said that party chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari will be the candidate for the position of prime minister,…
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Pak court rejects Imran Khan’s pre-arrest plea in Toshakhana case
Islamabad: An anti-corruption court in Pakistan on Wednesday rejected the pre-arrest bail of jailed former premier Imran Khan in the Toshakhana corruption case. The Toshakhana case is based on the allegations that…
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Ex-Pak PM Nawaz Sharif calls corruption cases against him ‘hollow’
Lahore: Former Pakistan prime minister Nawaz Sharif on Wednesday termed the graft cases against him as “hollow” and said the “real punishment” was meted out to the 250 million people of the…
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Bilawal seeks justice for his grandfather & ex-PM Zulfikar Bhutto’s ‘murder’
Peshawar: Bilawal-Bhutto Zardari on Wednesday sought justice for the “murder” of his grandfather and Pakistan’s former prime minister Zulfikar Ali Bhutto, a day after the Supreme Court questioned the maintainability of a…
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India’s SC verdict on Article 370 would ‘further complicate’ Kashmir issue: Imran Khan
Islamabad: Pakistan’s jailed former prime minister Imran Khan has said that India’s Supreme Court verdict upholding the abrogation of Article 370 would “further complicate” the Kashmir issue. The Supreme Court on Monday…
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Pakistan court acquits Nawaz Sharif in Al-Azizia corruption case
Islamabad: The Islamabad High Court on Tuesday acquitted Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) supremo and former prime minister Nawaz Sharif in the Al-Azizia Steel mill corruption case as he eyes a record fourth term…
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23 Pakistani Army soldiers killed in attack on army checkpost
Islamabad: Twenty-three Pakistan Army soldiers were killed in an attack on a checkpost in Dera Ismail Khan’s Daraban area on Tuesday. Six terrorists attacked the security post in the early hours of…
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Pak SC resumes hearing of long-pending case against Zulfikar Bhutto’s death sentence
Islamabad: Pakistan’s Supreme Court on Tuesday resumed hearing a long-pending presidential reference seeking to revisit the 1979 controversial death penalty given to former prime minister Zulfikar Ali Bhutto. A nine-member larger bench…
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Pak court all set to indict Imran Khan, Qureshi in cipher case
Islamabad: A Pakistani special court hearing the cipher case against former prime minister Imran Khan and ex-foreign minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi is set to indict them on Tuesday. Judge Abual Hasnat Zulqernain…
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‘We expect justice,’ says Bilawal ahead of hearing on case against Zulfikar
Peshawar: Pakistan People’s Party chairman and ex-foreign minister Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari on Sunday said his party expected “justice” to be served in a case on revisiting the controversial death sentence given to its…
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Pakistan stock market soars to all-time high
Karachi: The Pakistan Stock Exchange (PSX) wrapped up the trading week on a historic note as the benchmark KSE-100 index soared to an unprecedented all-time high above 66,000 points, a media outlet…
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Nawaz stresses on repairing diplomatic ties with neighbouring nations including India
Lahore: Former Pakistan prime minister Nawaz Sharif has stressed on repairing diplomatic ties with neighbouring nations, including India, Afghanistan and Iran, saying that Islamabad’s global credibility hinged on amicable relations with nations…
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Pakistan team in Australia without a doctor
Karachi: Visa and passport issues have left the national senior cricket team in Australia without a doctor and the under-19 side in the UAE without a team manager. Sohail Saleem, who was…
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Nawaz Sharif says he was ousted in 1999 for opposing Kargil
Lahore: Pakistan’s former prime minister Nawaz Sharif on Saturday said he was ousted from the government in 1999 by (late) Gen Pervez Musharraf for opposing the Kargil misadventure, as he underlined the…
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Some political dissidents had links with terror entities inside country: Pakistan
Islamabad: Pakistan has acknowledged that some of the political dissidents, who have sought asylum in the United Kingdom and other countries, had links with terrorist entities inside the country. Foreign Office spokesperson…
