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Pakistan: WSSC workers protest against non-payment of salary for three mon
Updated : 2 years, 4 months ago IST
The workers of Pakistan's Water and Sanitation Services Company on Wednesday demonstrated against the non-payment of salary for three months in Bannu, Dawn reported.
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On key day for journalists, Pakistan grapples with unresolved murders
Updated : 2 years, 4 months ago IST
It reported that on Aug 13, Jan Muhammad Mahar was shot dead soon after leaving his office at the Kawish Television Network (KTN) in Sukkur where he was the bureau chief. Less than a week earlier, another journalist, Ghulam Asghar Khand, was shot at least nine times while on his way home in
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Pakistan People Party hints at electoral alliance with Imran Khan's party
Updated : 2 years, 4 months ago IST
Meanwhile, following the continuous appeals to announce the date for general elections in Pakistan, the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) finally announced on Thursday that general elections will be held on February 11 next year.
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Supportive organisations call on UN to halt forced expulsion of Journalist
Updated : 2 years, 4 months ago IST
Meanwhile, following Pakistan's decision to expel nearly 1.7 million foreign nationals, primarily Afghans, schools teaching Afghan children in Pakistan have started closing their doors for them.
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More than a year lapsed, "Pakistan provided nothing", say Gilgit Baltistan
Updated : 2 years, 4 months ago IST
More than a year has passed since devastating floods created mayhem in the illegally occupied territory of Gilgit Baltistan. Bridges collapsed, farmlands were ravaged, the households were inundated but the proxy administration of Pakistan did nothing to save and salvage the victims from natu
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Pakistan court turns down request to extend remand of PTI's Parvez Elahi's
Updated : 2 years, 4 months ago IST
A Lahore district and Sessions court turned down a request by the police to extend the remand of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) president Parvez Elahi in a case pertaining to an illegal appointment in the Punjab Assembly, ARY News reported on Monday.
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Pakistan: Aurat March writes to Pak caretaker PM, asks to stop deportation
Updated : 2 years, 4 months ago IST
The letter written to the premier, jointly by Aurat March Lahore, Aurat March Multan, Aurat March Karachi and Aurat March Islamabad said, "These refugees have been living in Pakistan for decades, escaping a repressive Taliban regime in Afghanistan and are protected under international laws.
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Despite laws for protection, journalists facing threats in Pakistan: Repor
Updated : 2 years, 4 months ago IST
The Pakistan government authorities and state agencies have been accused of being involved in the persecution of journalists, including kidnapping, physical assaults and registration of serious legal cases against them such as sedition, treason and electronic crimes.
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Pakistan: Jamaat-e-Islami holds pro-Palestine rally in Islamabad
Updated : 2 years, 4 months ago IST
The Jamaat-e-Islami (JI) held a protest criticising the stance of the interim government in Pakistan on the situation in Gaza, Dawn News reported on Monday, adding that thousands of protesters gathered on the streets in support of Palestine amid the ongoing Israeli offensive against Hamas.
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Pakistan: Amid worsening economy, chicken prices in Karachi fixed at PKR 5
Updated : 2 years, 4 months ago IST
Meanwhile, the price of chicken has reached an all-time high in Rawalpindi, Islamabad, and some other cities with a kilogram of poultry meat being sold for PKR 700-705. While, in Lahore, the second most populous city in the country, the price of chicken meat is hovering between PKR 550-600 p
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Pakistan: Imran Khan's PTI open communication channels with other parties
Updated : 2 years, 4 months ago IST
The Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) has opened channels of communication with the other parties to take them on board before the upcoming general elections, Dawn News reported on Sunday.
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Pakistan: Anti-corruption authority recovers PKR 4.1 mn from Parvez Elahi'
Updated : 2 years, 4 months ago IST
Earlier in September, Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) President Chaudhry Parvez Elahi was shifted to Rawalpindi's Adiala Jail soon after a judicial magistrate discharged him in a case of alleged corruption in the Lahore Master Plan 2050
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