NAB witnesses testify against Nawaz, Maryam, SafdarISLAMABAD: The National Accountability Bureau’s (NAB) witnesses testified before the accountability court on Tuesday against ex-PM Nawaz Sharif, his daughter Maryam Nawaz and son-in-law Captain (r) Mu...
Senate body expresses anger at irregularities in FATA DirectorateISLAMABAD: A legislative body of Upper House of Parliament on Tuesday found gross irregularities in all appointments made in the FATA Directorate of Monitoring and Evaluation. The directorate is the o...
Govt should take special care of minorities: SCISLAMABAD: Disposing of a suo-motu notice pertaining to the preservation of minorities’ rights in Pakistan, the Supreme Court on Tuesday said that the government should take special steps to take care...
PPP jiyalas ‘barred’ from entering capitalISLAMABAD: Scores of Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) activists were reportedly stopped from entering Islamabad to participate in a huge public gathering held at the Parade Ground to mark the party’s 50t...
Nawaz, Maryam leave for LondonLAHORE: Former prime minister and president of PML-N, Nawaz Sharif departed for London on Tuesday from Lahore airport. He flew to London via Doha through foreign airline QR-629. Sharif’s daughter Mary...
Shehbaz Sharif should resign forthwith: QadriLAHORE: Pakistan Awami Tehreek (PAT) chief Tahirul Qadri demanded on Tuesday that Punjab Chief Minister Shehbaz Sharif should immediately step down after an inquiry report had held him ‘responsible’ f...
Report ‘full of errors’, ‘defective’: Sanaullah LAHORE: Punjab Law Minister Rana Sanaullah on Tuesday dismissed the Model Town inquiry report as ‘full of errors’ and ‘ineffective’. “The report is defective in the eye of law as it is based on...
Ex-PM Nawaz made unprecedented efforts to resolve issues: MarriyumISLAMABAD: Former prime minister Muhammad Nawaz Sharif, in spite of persistent agitation, sit-ins and the politics of false allegations orchestrated unprecedented development in every sphere of the na...
Army chief briefs top brass on ‘military diplomacy’ISLAMABAD: Top military leadership met on Tuesday to discuss internal and regional security developments in a Corps Commanders Conference in Rawalpindi, chaired by Chief of Army Staff (COAS) General Q...
Pakistan’s foreign policy to remain US-centric no moreISLAMABAD: Foreign Minister Khawaja Asif on Tuesday said Pakistan’s foreign policy has for long remained US-centric, however, the time had come to review the policy and shift its focus towards Russia...