ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s parliament clipped the powers of the Supreme Court in the early hours of Monday by empowering the executive through an amendment to the constitution passed with a two-thirds majority in both the senate and the National assembly.With full backing from the powerful military, Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif’s govt had been attempting since last…
LAHORE: Describing foreign minister S Jaishankar’s visit to Pakistan for the SCO meeting as a positive development that should provide an opening for more substantive engagements between the two countries, former Pakistan PM Nawaz Sharif reached out to PM Narendra Modi, saying the latter’s decision to visit Sharif’s home in 2015 was not an ordinary…
Senior directors of a Pakistan college stated on Wednesday that there was no evidence to support claims of a student being raped on campus, despite reports circulating online that led to several days of protests. The allegations, which spread through social media posts, claimed that a woman was raped in the basement of a Punjab…
Pakistan is gearing up to secure its capital, Islamabad, ahead of a Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) summit. The event, taking place on Tuesday and Wednesday, will see the attendance of key regional leaders, including India’s foreign minister Subrahmanyam Jaishankar, Russia’s Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin and China’s Premier Li Qiang.In preparation for the summit, Pakistan’s government…
NEW DELHI: Pakistan’s Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif said that the Imran Khan-led Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) party will not be allowed to disrupt the upcoming Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) Head of States’ Summit, the way they did in 2014, prompting the cancellation of the Chinese president’s visit thenSharif’s statement comes in response to Khan’s call for…
PESHAWAR: Jailed ex-PM Imran Khan‘s PTI has distanced itself from a party member’s invitation to India’s external affairs minister S Jaishankar to join its protest, asserting that no foreign country has a role in its political struggle.Party chairman Gohar Ali Khan said Saturday that remarks by Muhammad Ali Saif, an adviser on information to the…
NEW DELHI: Pakistan is in a state of turmoil as it witnesses widespread protests by Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) workers as India’s neighbor prepares to host the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation’s Council of Heads of Government (SCO-CHG) meeting for the first time in Islamabad on October 15 and 16.Supporters of former Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan clashed…
Supporters of former Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan reached Islamabad’s iconic D-Chowk late on Saturday, despite the government’s efforts to deter them by deploying a heavy police force and cutting off internet services in the capital. The police’s use of tear gas to stop protesters was largely ineffective as heavy rain in the capital weakened…
Lt Gen Muhammad Asim Malik. ISLAMABAD: Pakistan‘s ISI will have a new chief in Lt Gen Muhammad Asim Malik from Sept 30, replacing former PM Imran Khan‘s appointee, Lt Gen Nadeem Anjum, the military’s media wing announced Monday.Inter-Service Public Relations said in a release that the new ISI director general previously served in the Balochistan…
NEW DELHI: India’s all-rounder Ravindra Jadeja is close to achieving a rare milestone in Test cricket. In the history of Test cricket, only 10 players have managed to score 3000 runs and take 300 wickets. Jadeja needs just six more wickets to join this elite group. This achievement has been accomplished by only two other…
