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Pakistan media polarised, aligned towards political factions ahead of gene
Updated : 2 years, 4 months ago IST
The recent polarisation has reached a point where opposing views or narratives are often dismissed on leading TV channels, diminishing the once-admired diversity of perspectives in famous TV talk shows.
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Human Rights Commission expresses concern over growing sense of powerlessn
Updated : 2 years, 4 months ago IST
Noting the pressures built on the media, it said that it is determined to hold the state accountable for such restrictions as the elections approach.
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Pakistan: Islamabad accountability court issues arrest warrants for Imran
Updated : 2 years, 4 months ago IST
The Islamabad Accountability Court has issued arrest warrants for Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf chairman and former Pakistan PM Imran Khan in the Toshakhana and 190 million pounds Al-Qadir Trust cases,
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Pakistan: China announces Khunjerab Pass closure for four months in winter
Updated : 2 years, 4 months ago IST
Khunjerab Pass connects Gilgit-Baltistan with China's Xinjiang region and is the highest paved international border at 15,500 feet from sea level.
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Pakistan: Balochistan-based business tycoon abducted at gunpoint
Updated : 2 years, 4 months ago IST
Balochistan's caretaker minister for information, Jan Achakzai, said that social media has brought to light the disappearance of Haji Naseebullah Khan Achakzai from Baleli area.
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Pakistan: Dengue cases tally crosses 11000 in Punjab, new 139 cases detect
Updated : 2 years, 4 months ago IST
Dengue virus is a mosquito-borne viral disease that has rapidly spread in recent years around the world. Dengue virus is transmitted by female mosquitoes mainly of the species Aedes aegypti and, to a lesser extent, Ae. Albopictus
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Earthquake of magnitude 4.1 hits Pakistan
Updated : 2 years, 4 months ago IST
Taking to X, NCS said, "Earthquake of Magnitude:4.1, Occurred on 11-11-2023, 18:06:42 IST, Lat: 30.67 & Long: 69.73, Depth: 10 Km ,Location: Pakistan"
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Human rights group accuses Pakistan of using Afghan refugees as 'political
Updated : 2 years, 4 months ago IST
The human rights group cited reports of alleged harassment in holding centres and instances where legal migrants possessing Proof of Registration (POR) identity documents were allegedly targeted. The organisation claimed that a 17-year-old boy detained in a Karachi raid on November 3, despit
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Pakistan leader Asad Umar quits Imran Khan's party, quits politics
Updated : 2 years, 4 months ago IST
Taking to X, the PTI leader said, "After more than one decade in public life, I have decided to completely quit politics. I am resigning from [the] basic membership of PTI." Umar was a close aide of PTI Chairman Imran Khan.
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Pakistan's move to deport Afghan refugees increases mistrust between Kabul
Updated : 2 years, 4 months ago IST
As Pakistan forcefully expelled Afghan refugees, Taliban spokesperson Zabiullah Mujahid said that this move will increase the mistrust of the Afghans toward Pakistan, TOLO News reported.
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Islamabad court orders authorities to unfreeze Nawaz Sharif's properties i
Updated : 2 years, 4 months ago IST
An Islamabad accountability court on Friday ordered authorities to unfreeze former Pakistan prime minister Nawaz Sharif's properties in the Toshakhana reference case, ARY News reported.
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PoK: Residents protest soaring electricity bills by symbolically throwing
Updated : 2 years, 4 months ago IST
Demonstrating their frustration with the recurrent hikes in electricity prices, locals have resorted to symbolic acts of resistance, such as discarding their power bills into water bodies.
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