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Pakistan: Girl gang-raped at gunpoint in Islamabad
Updated : 2 years, 2 months ago IST
A Pakistani girl was allegedly gang-raped at gunpoint within the limits of Shalimar police station in Islamabad, ARY News reported on Thursday.
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IMF approves USD 700 mn loan for Pakistan
Updated : 2 years, 2 months ago IST
Amid the crippling economic woes in Pakistan, the Executive Board of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) completed its first review of the country's economic reform programme and allowed the immediate disbursement of USD 700 million, ARY News reported on Thursday.
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Pakistan: Islamabad Court revokes stay order in cypher case trial, declare
Updated : 2 years, 2 months ago IST
Justice Miangul Hassan Aurangzeb heard the appeal against the in-camera trial of former Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan in the cypher case. The IHC had stopped the hearing of the case till January 11.
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UN Special Rapporteur Mary Lawlor voices concern over reports of police ha
Updated : 2 years, 2 months ago IST
She said that "spurial criminal complaints" against the peaceful protesters should be dropped.
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FIR filed against participants of rally held in solidarity with Baloch pro
Updated : 2 years, 2 months ago IST
Over a thousand participants of a rally held in solidarity with Baloch protesters in Islamabad were named in an FIR (First Information Report) on Tuesday, The Balochistan Post reported.
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Islamabad court indicts Imran Khan, wife Bushra Bibi in Toshakhana case
Updated : 2 years, 2 months ago IST
The Islamabad accountability court indicted former Pakistan PM and Tehreek-e-Insaf chairman Imran Khan and his wife Bushra Bibi in the Toshakhana reference, Dawn News reported on Tuesday.
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Former envoy to Pakistan Ajay Bisaria recalls Vajpayee’s 'yeh aapne kya ki
Updated : 2 years, 2 months ago IST
Bisaria said he informed Vajpayee about Musharraf's interview with newspapers and the footage of it being played on television.
"State-Sponsored Death Squad" members organise camp opposing Baloch protes
Updated : 2 years, 2 months ago IST
ndividuals alleged to be members of "state-sponsored death squads" have organised a camp outside the National Press Club in Islamabad where the Baloch protesters are peacefully protesting against the "Baloch Genocide", as reported by the Balochistan Post.
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Pakistan: JUI-F announces candidates in Punjab ahead of general elections
Updated : 2 years, 2 months ago IST
Earlier, Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) and Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam (JUI-F) agreed on a seat-to-seat adjustment formula after talks between Nawaz Sharif and Maulana Fazlur Rehman.
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Pakistan Apex Court seeks guarantee against illegal arrests of Baloch prot
Updated : 2 years, 2 months ago IST
According to the written order for the January 3 proceedings of the court on the petitions filed against enforced disappearances in the country, the apex court strongly objected to manhandling of the families of the missing persons from the Balochistan province in Islamabad.
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Canada: Baloch, Sindhis, Pashtun protest against Pak military atrocities,
Updated : 2 years, 2 months ago IST
The joint protest in Toronto was called by the Baloch Human Rights Council of Canada, World Sindhi Council and Pashtun Council Canada to condemn Islamabad's apartheid policy of violence and repression against the Baloch, Sindhis and Pashtuns in the strongest terms.
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PoK residents raise voices against corrupt, expensive education system
Updated : 2 years, 2 months ago IST
Pakistan has never laid emphasis on learning and enlightenment, the state of education in the regions that Islamabad has illegally taken over is particularly appalling. There is a serious crisis in the education system in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir.
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