Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (K-P) bore the brunt of the intensifying monsoon system, as relentless rains, flash floods and landslides triggered a series of deadly incidents across the province over the past 48 hours. The powerful monsoon system has been wreaking havoc across Pakistan over the past 48 hours, leaving at least 42 people dead and dozens […]
Awam Pakistan Party (APP) leader Miftah Ismail on Saturday criticised government’s economic policies, saying that if the premier had reduced the budget deficit, the interest rate would have fallen into single digits. Addressing a news conference at Karachi Press Club alongside former MNA Salahuddin, Nasiruddin and others, Miftah said the new federal budget had wasted […]
Monsoon rains and associated gusty winds forced authorities at Jinnah International Airport on Saturday to ground small training aircraft as a precaution, while weather-related incidents raised fresh concerns over aviation safety at one of the country’s busiest terminals. According to sources, light-weight aircraft such as Cessna and Piper models were ordered to halt flight operations […]
Signs of a potential thaw in the country’s tense political landscape emerged on Saturday as Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif extended an offer for a dialogue to the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI). In a brief but significant exchange during a session of the National Assembly, PTI Chairman Barrister Gohar Ali Khan responded with a hopeful one-word reply: […]
The Punjab Home Department on Saturday categorically denied a report published in UK online newspaper The Independent about the “inhumane” treatment being meted out to PTI Patron-in-Chief Imran Khan and his spouse Bushra Bibi during their incarceration, stating that both husband and wife were “receiving full legal entitlements”. While speaking to the British newspaper, Zulfiqar […]
The FIA (Multan Zone) has arrested two individuals involved in human trafficking and visa fraud as part of its ongoing crackdown on illegal migration networks. The arrests were made during major operations in different parts of the city. According to an FIA spokesperson, the arrested suspects have been identified as Muhammad Muzammil and Sher Khan. […]
The US Supreme Court’s landmark ruling blunting a potent weapon that federal judges have used to block government policies nationwide during legal challenges was in many ways a victory for President Donald Trump, except perhaps on the very policy he is seeking to enforce. An executive order that the Republican president signed on his first […]
At least 31 people have died and dozens more have been injured in rain-related incidents across Punjab and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) provinces over the past 48 hours, authorities confirmed on Saturday. According to Radio Pakistan, the Provincial Disaster Management Authority (PDMA) in Punjab confirmed that 12 people were killed and 39 injured in separate incidents […]
President Asif Ali Zardari and Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Saturday strongly condemned the suicide attack on security forces in North Waziristan, terming it a cowardly act sponsored by external forces aiming to destabilise the country. In their separate statements, the president and the prime minister paid tribute to the 13 soldiers martyred during the […]
The United States and the Group of Seven nations have agreed to support a proposal that would exempt US companies from some components of an existing global agreement, the G7 said in a statement on Saturday. The group has created a ‘side-by-side’ system in response to the US administration agreeing to scrap the Section 899 […]