Students charged with sedition ‘for solidarity with PTM’ include PhD, MPhil scholarsAt least 15 of the 37 youngsters held at Adiala Jail on serious charges inlcuding sedition are enrolled in various graduate programmes at leading public-sector univeristies in the federal capital. Dat...
After testy G7, how should Europe deal with Trump?The G7 summit at the weekend in Canada ended in acrimony when US President Donald Trump refused to sign a joint statement, leaving European leaders aghast at another diplomatic snub. Since Trump's ele...
After Sunita Parmer, five more Dalit women enter race for general seatsKARACHI: After Sunita Parmar, several other women from the persecuted Dalit community in Sindh have come forward to contest the upcoming election on general seats. As the deadline for submission of no...
Body formed to remove bottlenecks in FATA merger processPrime Minister Justice (r) Nasirul Mulk has said that the merger of the Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) into Khyber Pakhtunkhwa is a landmark development promising positive impact on addres...
Sattar not MQM convener anymoreThe Islamabad High Court on Monday dismissed Muttahida Qaumi Movement-Pakistan (MQM-P) leader Farooq Sattar's plea against the Election Commission of Pakistan's (ECP) decision to remove him as the par...
Imran assures fair allocation of party ticketsPakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Chairman Imran Khan on Monday assured party workers that tickets would be allocated on fair basis. The statement came after a rift appeared among PTI workers over the is...
Judge, wife get two more years in prison for torturing child maidThe Islamabad High Court (IHC) on Monday increased the prison term of a suspended judge and his wife convicted of torturing a child maid, taking their jail terms from a year to three years. The decisi...
Nawaz denies seeking exemption from hearings to visit KulsoomFormer prime minister Nawaz Sharif observed on Monday that he had neither requested the Supreme Court for an exemption from attendance at court hearings nor did he plan to do so. On Sunday, Chief Just...
Interior Ministry told to submit report in MML registration caseThe Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) on Monday directed the Interior Ministry to submit a report regarding Milli Muslim League (MML) registration until June 13. During a hearing of MML registrati...
SC suspends tax deduction on calling cardsIn another populist verdict, the Supreme Court of Pakistan on Monday suspended deduction of taxes imposed by the federal government on pre-paid cell phone cards. CJP Mian Saqib Nisar ordered the suspe...