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Pak opposition leader rejects former CJP Gulzar Ahmed's name for caretaker
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], April 6 (ANI): Leader of Opposition in the National Assembly Shehbaz Sharif on Wednesday rejected former chief justice of Pakistan Gulzar Ahmed's name for the post of caretaker prime minister, local media reported.
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Pakistan: PTI members of Sindh Assembly hang effigy symbolising 'traitors'
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], April 6 (ANI): The Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) members of the Sindh Assembly on Wednesday carried out symbolic hanging of the "traitors" allegedly involved in toppling the Imran Khan government, according to Pakistani media.
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Imran Khan to demand judicial inquiry into lettergate from apex court
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], April 6 (ANI): Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan will demand the Supreme Court to form a judicial commission to probe "lettergate" that involves a threatening letter from a foreign country for regime change in the country, local media reported.
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Pakistani government increasing digital clampdown: Report
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], April 6 (ANI): The Pakistani government is further tightening its grip on cyber laws after showing utter disregard for media freedom in the country, a report said. It means it will deny people the right to express themselves, especially on social media.
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Pakistan: Imran Khan's step-son says family has no links with 'deals' done
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], April 6 (ANI): Imran Khan's step-son Musa Maneka on Tuesday said that his family has nothing to do with the 'deals' done by Farah Khan, who is believed to be a close friend of the caretaker Prime Minister's wife Bushra Bibi and who left Pakistan for Dubai on Sunday amid
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Pakistan SC adjourns hearing on no-trust motion rejection till tomorrow
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], April 6 (ANI): Pakistan Supreme court on Wednesday adjourned the hearing in the case related to the legality of the ruling by the National Assembly deputy speaker dismissing the no-trust vote till Thursday, reported local media.
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PoK, Gilgit-Baltistan stare at more suffering as Pakistan plunges into pol
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
(Diamer) [Gilgit-Baltistan] / (Muzaffarabad) [PoK], April 6 (ANI): As Pakistan is grappling with an unprecedented political crisis, the spiralling instability in the country is set to have bearings all around, especially in the illegally occupied regions.
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Pakistan President asks poll body to propose date for general elections
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], April 6 (ANI): Amid the ongoing political turmoil in the country, the President's Secretariat has asked the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) to propose dates for the general elections.
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Pakistan PM Imran Khan's aide Fawad Chaudhry heckles journalists outside S
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], April 6 (ANI): Pakistan Prime Minister's aide and former federal Information and Broadcasting Minister Fawad Chaudhry on Wednesday lost his cool and heckled a journalist who asked about corruption allegations against Farah Khan, believed to be a close friend of the f
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Imran Khan urges public to protest against foreign power
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], April 6 (ANI): After failing on the political front Imran Khan is playing on its popularity front. Taking to twitter on wednesday, Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan called the public to protest against the foreign power that is interfering in Pakistan's sovereignty and
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Newborn girls still face existential threats in Pakistan
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], April 6 (ANI): The recent murder of an infant by her father in Pakistan's Punjab province might have come as a shock to many but critics argue that it should not as the country ranks a lowly 153 out of 156 countries on the Gender Gap Index.
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Pakistan Chief Justice clarifies court only looking at legality of trust m
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], April 6 (ANI): Chief Justice of Pakistan (CJP) Umar Ata Bandial on Tuesday said that the Supreme Court would only look into the legality of Pakistan National Assembly (NA) Deputy Speaker Qasim Suri's rejection of the no-confidence motion moved by the Opposition again
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