ISLAMABAD – Interior Minister Rana Sanaullah stated on Saturday that the government was forced to ban the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) and vowed to take strict action against “PTI gangsters who vandalised the public property” during protests against PTI leader Imran Khan’s arrest in the Al-Qadir Trust corruption case. He toldRead More →
LAHORE: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif urged the Punjab government on Saturday to arrest vandals and anyone engaged in arson attacks within 72 hours after the arrest of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) chairman Imran Khan. The premier, who presided over the meeting at the Punjab Safe City Authority headquarters in Lahore, describedRead More →
NEW DELHI: India’s major opposition Congress party was expected to win elections in the southern state of Karnataka on Saturday, ousting the governing Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), TV stations said, providing a significant boost ahead of national elections next year. The election is the first of five critical state electionsRead More →
On Saturday, Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Chairman Imran Khan said that the military leadership was to blame for uncovering the “corruption syndicate of Niazi,” according to Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif. The PTI chief’s comments regarding the COAS, Gen. Syed Asim Munir, were criticised by the premier in a scathing tweet asRead More →
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has now requested Pakistan to arrange $8 billion in new loans to support external debt repayments over the next seven months in order to ensure that the long-stalled ninth review bailout package is successfully completed, despite receiving confirmation from Saudi Arabia and the United ArabRead More →
Following the arrest of PTI leader Imran Khan in a corruption case, interim Punjab Chief Minister Mohsin Naqvi announced on Saturday the creation of a joint investigation team to look into vandalism at civil and military installations, including the home of the Lahore Corps Commander. The chief minister made theRead More →
KARACHI: Former Senator Mustafa Nawaz Khokhar has warned that the present scenario in Pakistan is “dangerously” close to civil war. He said on Friday that the credibility of the institutions, including parliament, as well as politics, has gone as the nation is in political chaos. “I have been drawing attentionRead More →
WASHINGTON – The US has said that it seeks collaboration with a strong and prosperous Pakistan, rather than with a political party or candidate. A representative for the US Department of State similarly declined to speculate on the implications of the current political turmoil on the safety of Pakistan’s nuclearRead More →
ISLAMABAD: The military spokesman on Friday rejected reports that some top ranking army officials had resigned and disobeyed Chief of Army Staff (COAS) Gen Asim Munir, ruling out the possibility of imposing martial law in the country in the aftermath of violent protests by Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI). Inter-Services Public RelationsRead More →
The Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) has received no directives to reinstate social media, according to a PTA official on Saturday. The PTA representative confirmed that mobile internet connections had been restored throughout the nation, but that no directives had been received to reinstate social media networks. Previously, on May 9,Read More →
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