By-election: over 100 in race for 35 seatsISLAMABAD/LAHORE: Over 100 candidates, including some big names, are contesting for 35 National Assembly and provincial assembly seats in the by-polls scheduled for October 14 (tomorrow), a private TV...
PML-N calls upon ECP to order Shehbaz’s releaseISLAMABAD: Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) Chairman Raja Zafarul Haq has urged the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) to pass orders for the release of Opposition Leader in National Assembly S...
Pakistan reaffirms support to Kashmir freedom movementA delegation of the All Parties Hurriyat Conference (APHC) led by Convenor Ghulam Muhammad Safi on Friday called on the Human Rights Minister Dr Shireen Mazari in Islamabad and discussed with the latt...
Afghan Taliban to positively respond to US envoy’s suggestionISLAMABAD: Afghan Taliban will respond positively to suggestion by top American peace envoy, Zalmay Khalilzad, about the formation of a team for talks with the United Sates, Taliban leader Mullah Agha...
Kh Saad, brother ‘blacklisted’ on NAB’s requestPakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) leader Khawaja Saad Rafique and his brother Khawaja Salman Rafique have been blacklisted by the immigration authorities following a request by the National Account...
Award-winning rights activist detained and releasedA leading women's rights campaigner was detained for nearly nine hours after landing in Islamabad Friday, activists said, sparking an outcry amid fears the space for dissent is shrinking. The Federal...
Peace vital for int’l trade, FM tells SCOForeign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi has said that establishing peace is imperative to ensure sustained international trade. The foreign minister was addressing a meeting of the Shanghai Cooperation...
CJP takes notice of Hindu land grabbingThe illegal occupation of properties owned by Hindus in Sindh came to light on Friday as Chief Justice of Pakistan Justice Mian Saqib Nisar took notice of the matter. According to a statement issued b...
Six Palestinians killed in clashes on Israel border: Gaza ministrySix Palestinians were killed in new clashes along the Gaza-Israel border on Friday, the health ministry in the Hamas-run enclave said. The Israeli army said five were shot dead after breaking through...
SC to hear review plea on 18thA three-member bench of the Supreme Court will hear a review petition filed against the apex court verdict exonerating Prime Minister Imran Khan in a disqualification case on October 18. The review pe...
SJC dismisses all complaints against IHC chief justiceThe Supreme Judicial Council (SJC) has dismissed all complaints against Islamabad High Court (IHC) Chief Justice Muhammad Anwar Khan Kasi, according to a press release issued by the Supreme Court on F...