Plane sent to bring back Pakistanis stranded in Chinese cityLAHORE: After the grant of a special permission by the Civil Aviation Authority (CAA), the Shaheen Air on Friday sent a plane to bring back 300 Pakistanis stranded in a Chinese port city since July 29...
Last minute change of loyalty costs Wattoos and Gillanis safe seatsOkara: In what was seen as an attempt to ensure a place on the post-election bargaining table, the two leading political families of Okara, the Wattos and the Gillanis, bet their electoral fortunes by...
LHC stays NA-108 notification on Abid Sher Ali’s petitionLAHORE: The Lahore High Court (LHC) on Friday ordered the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) to withhold the notification of victory of Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf's (PTI) Farrukh Habib, who emerged a...
Imran and the IMF: Pakistan’s bailout dilemmaOnce Pakistan's election winner Imran Khan forms a government, there will be little time to bask in his triumph: the country's next prime minister will inherit a critical economic situation, and analy...
Political dynasties of OkaraManzoor Ahmed Wattoo has been active in politics since 1983, when he was elected as the chairman of district council. He got elected to the Punjab Assembly and took charge of the office of the speaker...
Justice Siddiqui turns down workshop invite citing life threatsJustice Shaukat Aziz Siddiqui of the Islamabad High Court has excused himself from attending a workshop at a university in England citing serious life threats to his family. In a letter addressed to I...
Inaugural NA session likely on Aug 13 or 14, says Informatin MinisterMinister for Information, Broadcasting, National History and Literary Heritage Syed Ali Zafar said on Friday that the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) had assured that it would complete legal for...
Imran tells Britain he will bring back looted wealthPakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Chairman Imran Khan has told Britain he will retrieve the wealth looted from Pakistan and stashed in the UK by corrupt Pakistani politicians, The Telegraph reported. In...
Al-Azizia, Flagship hearing adjourned for third timeAn accountability court on Friday again adjourned the hearing of Al-Azizia and Flagship references against the Sharif family for the third time. The hearing of corruption references involving former p...
PML-N will eventually ‘implode’: Sh RasheedAwami Muslim League (AML) chief Sheikh Rasheed has predicted that a 'forward bloc' would emerge in the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) and the former ruling party would eventually 'implode'. Spea...