Sindh Chief Minister Murad Ali Shah, who visited the Civil Hospital's Trauma Centre to extend his support to the injured, confirmed the grim toll, stating that 17 lives were initially lost, with 52 injured passengers rushed to the hospital, 40 of whom were later discharged.
After Eidul Fitr, Zaeem Qadri, a former leader of the Pakistan Muslim League (PML-N), is set to join Shahid Khaqan Abbasi's political party, ARY News reported, citing sources, on Tuesday.
The two nations issued a joint statement on the meeting between Saudi Arabia's Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman Al Saud and Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif.
The report revealed that the bus targeted in the attack was travelling at a distance of 15 feet from the other bus and fell into a 300-foot-deep ditch after a suicide bomber crashed his explosives-laden vehicle into the vehicle carrying the victims on the Karakoram Highway.
Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) leaders on Saturday lashed out at Punjab Chief Minister Maryam Nawaz for calling Khyber Pakhtunkhwa as 'a corridor of terrorists and smugglers,' Dawn reported, adding that the PTI leaders blamed the Pakistan Democratic Movement (PDM) government for the resurgen
During the Senate session, the newly elected senators are slated to recite their oaths, with the election for the chairman and deputy chairman positions set to take place on the same day, according to sources.
Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has directed all the security agencies to ensure fool-proof security arrangements for the Chinese citizens working on various projects in Pakistan following a recent terrorist attack in Shangla district on March 26.
"Sending threatening letters to judges was part of the government's conspiracy to intimidate and scare the judges so that they could not give decisions based on justice and law," the PTI spokesperson alleged, according to ARY News.
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) said that they are ready to "engage" with Pakistan on a fresh bailout in the "coming months" to help the country resolve "fiscal and external stability challenges," reported Geo News.