A district and sessions court in Islamabad indicted Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Senator Azam Swati in a case pertaining to controversial tweets allegedly targeting the country’s sensitive institutions, including the military. The indictment was handed down by Additional District and Sessions Judge Muhammad Afzal Majoka on Saturday, who dismissed the senator’s application for acquittal. Swati, during […]
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Violence mongers don’t deserve any leniency, says Maryam
ISLAMABAD: Strongly condemning the brutal martyrdom of a police constable Kamal Ahmed by Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) leader in Lahore, Pakistan Muslim League Nawaz (PML-N) Vice President Maryam Nawaz said on Tuesday that the killers of nation’s defenders don’t deserve any leniency. In a tweet, she said a mother was deprived of her son forever due […]
Farrukh asks opposition to accept proposal of in-camera NA session on lettergate issue
ISLAMABAD: Minister of State for Information and Broadcasting Farrukh Habib said on Saturday that Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi has offered to convene an in-camera meeting of the National Assembly and summoning the then Pakistani Ambassador to the United States. In a tweet, he asked the opposition to accept this proposal so that the facts […]
Some media houses consider fake news as their right: Fawad
ISLAMABAD: Minister for Information and Broadcasting Chaudhry Fawad Hussain said on Monday that some media houses were claiming fake news as their right. In a tweet, he said that some media house owners were telling their employees to take bonus along with their salary and quit the job. The minister asked how could the law […]
Hina Rabbani Khar sends a defamation notice to Minister for Information
Pakistan People’s Party member and ex-Foreign Minister Hina Rabbani Khar decided to send a defamation notice to information minister Fawad Chaudhry after he accused her in a press briefing for taking stay order in electricity stealing case. حناربانی کھربجلی چوری کیس میں 2 سال سےاسٹےآرڈرپرہیں،فوادچودھری روحیل اصغرکاگیس بل ماہانہ ایک کروڑروپےسےزائد ہے،فوادچودھری روحیل اصغر کوپہلےگیس […]
Nawaz Sharif recommended backup pacemaker by doctors
Doctors treating former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif have recommended that he has a backup pacemaker and an implantable cardioverter-defibrillator fitted. In a series of tweets on Wednesday, his daughter Maryam Nawaz outlined a number of measures being sought by doctors to curb Nawaz’s ailing health. She told her followers: “Doctors have recommended Backup Pacemaker & […]
Sanam Saeed supports the domestic abuse victim
Many known men and women came out in support of the domestic abuse victim Asam Aziz and one of them was Sanam Saeed who said that an old dance video doesn’t justify the brutal tortured her husband inflicted on her. Sanam Saeed’s tweet went viral in which she defended the victim of abuse and also […]
India will get a response, says Asad Umer
ISLAMABAD: Finance Minister Asad Umer on Tuesday while commenting on Indian violation of Line of Control (LoC) said that India will get a response. the time and manner of response will be chosen by Pakistan. Finance Minister Asad Umer in a tweet said “India WILL get a response. The time and manner of response will […]
S.African farmers ‘furious’ over Trump land reform tweet
South African farmers have demanded Donald Trump “leave us the hell alone” after the US president criticised the country’s land reform plans, accusing him of trying to deflect attention from his own scandals. “The people were furious about Trump — and I think they still are,” said Preline Swart, a 37-year-old black woman who farms […]
S.Africa lashes Trump over land ‘seizures’ tweet
South Africa accused US President Donald Trump of fuelling racial tensions on Thursday after he said farmers were being forced off their land and many of them killed. Trump’s tweet touched on the overwhelmingly white ownership of farmland in South Africa — one of the most sensitive issues in the country’s post-apartheid history. “South Africa […]