PTI Chairman Imran Khan has claimed his former associates Aleem Khan and Jahangir Khan Tareen of attempting to get illegal favors from him, claiming that disagreements arose when he denied them. In a podcast released on Thursday, the former prime minister stated, “Aleem Khan expected me to legalise his 300-acre land near Ravi,” adding, “I […]
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Fawad predicts regime fall by the end of May
Fawad said during a news briefing in Islamabad on Friday that failing to purchase wheat before the end of the year will result in a flour shortage. “To appease the PPP, Punjab’s water is being provided to Sindh.” He stated that the chief secretary of Punjab and the Inspector General of Police are uncertain to […]
CM Punjab calls on Sheikh Rasheed
ISLAMABAD, Chief Minister Punjab Usman Buzdar called on Interior Minister Sheikh Rasheed Ahmed here Wednesday. Current political situation in the country came under discussion during the meeting, said a statement issued here.
Fawad asks ECP to issue notice to PML-N on horse trading
ISLAMABAD: Minister for Information and Broadcasting Chaudhry Fawad Hussain on Wednesday demanded that the Election Commission of Pakistan should issue notice to Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz for its leader Javed Latif’s confession of indulgence in horse-trading. In a tweet, the minister said that after the PML-N MNA’s confession, in principle, the ECP should issue notice to […]
Opposition’s dream won’t come true, next 48 hours important: Usman Dar
ISLAMABAD, Special Assistant to Prime Minister on Youth Affairs, Usman Dar Wednesday said that the oppositions’ dream to defeat the government against a no-confidence move would not come true and the next 48 hours remain crucial for the ruling government and its allied political parties. “Conspiracies were being hatched against the PTI-led government from day […]
Hero worship in Sufi tradition
Who is called a real hero? What role a hero can play in someone’s life? What should be the criteria to call someone a hero? These questions often pique my curiosity about heroes. Having a degree in English Literature, we were trained to praise Bertolt Brecht’s famous lines in The Life of Galileo. When Galileo’s […]
US hopes to restart Iran talks but cites ‘alarming’ nuclear progress
The United States hopes to restart nuclear talks with Iran soon, a senior US official said Monday, while noting “alarming” progress by Tehran on developing nuclear capacity. “We’re hopeful we can be back in Vienna (for talks)… in a fairly short period of time,” the senior administration official, who spoke on condition of anonymity, told […]
Media: an emerging institution to achieve political objectives
When we shuffle the archives of history, we come to know that world remain in peace for only 45 years. However, those years were recorded differently in different eras.” Leo Tolstoy (War and Peace) There is no denial to the fact that the world affairs remained in constant leap and bounds where each state tries […]
Hundreds evacuated by sea as wildfire reaches Turkish power plant
Turkish rescuers on Thursday began evacuating hundreds of villagers by sea after a deadly wildfire engulfed the outer edges of a thermal power plant storing thousands of tonnes of coal. An AFP team saw firefighters and police fleeing the 35-year-old Kemerkoy plant in the Aegean province of Mugla as bright balls of orange flame tore […]
Malaysia’s Mahathir, Anwar shelve rivalry to protest PM
Malaysian political heavyweights Mahathir Mohamad and Anwar Ibrahim put aside long-running animosity and joined an opposition protest Monday against the shutdown of parliament and demand the country’s embattled premier resign. The final day of a parliament session, due to take place Monday, has been cancelled after the discovery of several coronavirus cases in the legislature. […]