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Political slingshots in Pakistan scorch Army Generals
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], May 18 (ANI): The recent spurt of verbal attacks by former Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan and other politicians wreaked havoc on the Pakistani Army and despite the strong words of the Army in public against the mudslinging there has been no respite.
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Pakistan sees upsurge in terrorism with recent killings of Sikhs, Shias
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], May 18 (ANI): Pakistan is witnessing a new wave of terrorism with several incidents of target killings of Sikh and Shia minorities reported in the Peshawar region in recent years.
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Pakistani delegation reaches Kabul to hold talk with TTP
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], May 17 (ANI): A Pakistani delegation, led by the Peshawar Corps Commander Lieutenant General Faiz Hameed, visited Kabul on Monday to hold talks with the banned Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) representatives, supposedly to make an agreement between Pakistan and the TTP
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Shehbaz Sharif orders tightening of security for Chinese nationals
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], May 17 (ANI): Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Tuesday ordered the tightening of security for Chinese nationals working on the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) projects.
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Pak minister to order probe into undue favours given to Imran Khan's unive
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], May 17 (ANI): Pakistan Defence Minister Khawaja Muhammad Asif on Monday said the government would order investigations into undue favours given to the Abdul Qadar University in cash and land, local media reported.
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Imran Khan accuses Shehbaz-led govt of 'stifling' voices of critics
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], May 17 (ANI): Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Chairman Imran Khan has accused Shehbaz Sharif-led government of using means to "stifle the voices" of its opponents.
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Fake Twitter handles from Pakistan mislead users by promoting Chinese narr
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], May 17 (ANI): Gwadar_Pro, a China-Pakistan agricultural and industrial Twitter platform, has been promoting Beijing's narratives dedicated to CPEC and also making the relations between the two countries stronger.
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Have Pakistani politicians ganged up against the Generals?
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], May 17 (ANI): Politicians in Pakistan across the political spectrum, ranging from Imran Khan to Maryam Nawaz, are targeting the all powerful Generals of the country with equal force and glee, despite the warnings of restraint from the establishment.
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Pakistan's water woes to worsen with climate change
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], May 17 (ANI): Highlighting that the Himalayan glaciers have lost more mass since 2000 than in the entire twentieth century, a report by a Washington-based institute said that water scarcity in Pakistan is projected to worsen with climate change.
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Pakistan: Police registers FIR in Sikh traders' killing in Peshawar
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], May 17 (ANI): Amid severe backlash over the persecution of the minority community in the country, Pakistan's counter-terror department has registered an FIR into the targeted killing of two Sikh traders in Peshawar.
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Pakistan: Climate change deepens water crisis, worries mount amid droughts
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], May 17 (ANI): Pakistan's Federal Minister for Climate Change, Sherry Rehman, on Monday raised the issue of water scarcity while Pakistan is designated as one of the three most water-stressed countries in the world as the intense water crisis in the country has led to se
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Pakistan: Former Punjab governor seeks treason trial of Shehbaz Sharif
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], May 17 (ANI): Amid the ongoing political crisis in Pakistan's Punjab province, PTI leader and former Punjab governor Omer Sarfraz Cheema has announced that he is approaching the court for a high treason case against Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif.
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