Feb 17, 2024, at 11:55 pm
Pakistan’s delayed general elections that were held on 8 February have thrown up more questions than they have answered, and alarmingly for the country’s all-powerful military, most of the difficult questions are yet again directed pointedly towards it.
Aug 13, 2023, at 12:43 am
Pakistan’s President Arif Alvi, on the advice of Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif, on 9 August approved dissolution of Pakistan’s parliament, thereby paving the way for the holding of fresh general elections in November.
Dec 11, 2022, at 12:34 am
Last week marked the formal taking charge of Pakistan’s 17th Chief of Army Staff (COAS), four-star General Asim Munir, who replaced the now-retired Qamar Javed Bajwa as head of the Pakistani Army. Munir has become COAS at a time when Pakistan faces various political challenges, ranging from the escalating insurgency of the Pakistani Taliban (Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan - TTP) along the border with Afghanistan, continued loan negotiations with the International Monetary Fund (IMF), economic downturn, the political standoff between the Sharif government and Imran Khan-led opposition, and the prevailing humanitarian response issues linked to the floods of the summer.
Nov 16, 2022, at 12:33 am
Former Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan was shot and injured during a protest rally in Punjab province on 3 November in an incident that left one bystander dead and at least six others, including leaders of Khan’s (PTI), wounded.
Pakistan plunges into deeper political turmoil as former PM Imran Khan faces terrorism charges
Aug 28, 2022, at 05:41 am
Shortly after Pakistan’s Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif spoke vociferously of the imperative of achieving “permanent peace” with India, the political turmoil that descended upon and engulfed the Pakistani political space this past week has yet again served to demonstrate just how tenuous the prospect of realizing such peace actually is.
Imran Khan plays S Jaishankar video in rally; praises India's independent foreign policy
Aug 15, 2022, at 01:22 am
Former Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan has once again praised India for standing firm in the face of US pressure as he attacked the West for criticizing India for buying discounted Russian crude.
Imran Khan lauds India for 'sustaining US pressure' over fuel price cut
May 22, 2022, at 03:42 pm
Islamabad/IBNS: Former Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan on Sunday lauded India for not buckling under the "US pressure" and buying discounted oil from Russia.
Apr 17, 2022, at 04:18 am
A historical event in Pakistan’s political trajectory was witnessed in the wee hours of 10 April, when after much dramatic fuss and needless political wrangling and feet dragging by the then Prime Minister Imran Khan, the no-trust vote against him was finally held and yielded a narrow Opposition victory.
Pakistan: SC ruling on deputy speaker’s action
Apr 05, 2022, at 08:14 pm
Islamabad/UNI: Chief Justice of Pakistan (CJP) Umar Ata Bandial has asked the petitioners comprising the joint opposition parties to explain to the Supreme Court how the Apr 3 ruling by the national assembly deputy speaker Qasim Suri on the no-confidence resolution against the prime minister was illegal, Dawn reported on Tuesday.
No Pakistan PM has completed five years
Apr 01, 2022, at 10:21 pm
Islamabad/UNI: When Imran Khan ceases to helm Pakistan, he will become the 22nd Prime Minister in the country's history who failed to complete five years in office.
Pakistan: Journalist held for criticising Imran Khan government
Feb 16, 2022, at 10:01 pm
Islamabad/UNI: Pakistan's Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) on Wednesday arrested journalist Mohsin Baig after conducting a raid on his house in Islamabad.
Nov 21, 2021, at 06:17 pm
New Delhi/IBNS: Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MP Gautam Gambhir on Friday slammed Punjab Congress chief Navjot Singh Sidhu for calling Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan his "elder brother".
Sidhu calls Pak PM 'Bada Bhai', BJP, Congress colleagues slam him
Nov 21, 2021, at 07:20 am
Chandigarh/IBNS: Punjab Congress Chief Navjot Singh Sidhu has triggered yet another controversy by calling Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan his "bada bhai" (elder brother) during his visit to Kartarpur Corridor.
Oct 30, 2021, at 10:43 pm
Islamabad: Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan has, for quite some time, been going through a difficult phase due to the litany of woes, mainly self-created, that has befallen him and the nation that he has been entrusted to lead by the country’s all powerful military establishment.
Sep 26, 2021, at 12:42 am
New York: Indian PM Narendra Modi addressed the UN General Assembly on Saturday when he gave a strong message to Pakistan and said those using terrorism as a political tool should realise that it is also a threat to them.
Pakistan is an arsonist which is disguised as firefighter: India hits back at Imran Khan
Sep 25, 2021, at 03:08 pm
New York/UNI: India on Friday gave a strong reply to Prime Minister Imran Khan’s tirade against the country at the UN General Assembly and slammed Pakistan by calling it a nation which is an “arsonist disguising itself as a firefighter”.
Tashkent Conference: Imran Khan, Qureshi refuse to shake hands with S Jaishankar
Jul 19, 2021, at 04:36 am
Tashkent: Prime Minister Imran Khan and Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi did not shake hands with India's External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar during a group photo at the Tashkent conference recently, media reports said.
Pakistan prime minister’s expedient silence over the plight of Uyghur Muslims in China’s Xinjiang
Jun 24, 2021, at 02:10 am
Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan’s recent interview where he displays excruciating coyness not to say anything even remotely critical of let alone offensive to China about its torturous treatment of the Uyghur Muslims in Xinjiang Province has received considerable media attention.
Pakistan prime minister’s expedient silence over the plight of Uyghur Muslims in China’s Xinjiang
Jun 24, 2021, at 01:39 am
Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan’s recent interview where he displays excruciating coyness not to say anything even remotely critical of let alone offensive to China about its torturous treatment of the Uyghur Muslims in Xinjiang Province has received considerable media attention.
Pakistan PM Imran Khan wishes Manmohan Singh speedy recovery from COVID-19
Apr 21, 2021, at 05:48 am
New Delhi: Pakistan PM Imran Khan on Tuesday wished former Indian PM Manmohan Singh a speedy recovery from COVID-19.
India permits use of airspace by Imran Khan's special aircraft while flying to Sri Lanka
Feb 24, 2021, at 06:14 pm
New Delhi:India gave permission to Pakistan PM Imran Khan's special aircraft to use the country’s airspace while flying to Sri Lanka on Tuesday, media reports said.
Arrest of 26/11 Mumbai attack mastermind Hafiz Saeed is an eyewash: Mirza slams Pakistan
Nov 22, 2020, at 09:57 pm
Glasgow: Human rights activist Amjad Ayub Mirza has slammed Pakistani government and said the arrest of 26/11 Mumbai attack mastermind Hafiz Saeed is nothing but an “eyewash”.
PM Modi addresses SCO Summit, raise voice against terrorism
Nov 12, 2020, at 12:31 am
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday attended the Summit of SCO Council of Heads of State where he raised voice against terrorism.
SCO meet: PM Modi gives tough message to China, Pakistan
Nov 10, 2020, at 09:23 pm
New Delhi: Indian PM Narendra Modi on Tuesday attended the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) meet virtually which was also attended by Chinese President Xi Jinping and Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan, among other leaders.
Nov 07, 2020, at 03:25 am
New Delhi/IBNS: India on Friday lodged a strong protest with Pakistan after the Imran Khan government officially took over full control of the Gurudwara Darbar Sahib at Kartarpur in Punjab province's Narowal district.
Pakistan govt announces granting Gilgit-Baltistan provisional provincial status, India rejects move
Nov 02, 2020, at 01:32 am
Islamabad: Pakistan PM Imran Khan on Sunday announced granting the provisional-provincial status to Gilgit-Baltistan region.
Oct 12, 2020, at 04:29 am
The Pakistani daily Dawn on 5 October carried an article titled ‘Most Pakistanis fear country headed in wrong direction: survey’. It quoted the findings of lpsos, a France-based organization that specializes in global market research and public opinion, while concluding that the “Majority of Pakistanis continue to fear that the country is heading in the wrong direction since last year”. It further underlined that “three in four Pakistanis expressed dissatisfaction with the way things are going in Pakistan today, while the same proportion of Pakistanis described as bad the current economic situation in the country”.
Vacate entire PoK, India asks PaK at UNGA
Sep 26, 2020, at 08:54 pm
New York/UNI: India categorically asked Pakistan at the UN General Assembly (UNGA) to vacate the entire Pakistan-occupied-Kashmir (PoK) as that is the only dispute left and said it should abjure its moral, financial and material support to terrorism in order to become a ‘’normal country.’’
Lies, Misinformation, warmongering, malice: India hits out at Pakistan over Kashmir at UNGA
Sep 26, 2020, at 06:10 pm
New York/IBNS: In strong-worded response to Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan's statement at the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) here, India on Thursday called out Islamabad's "lies, misinformation, warmongering and malice" over the Jammu and Kashmir issue which has remained a bone of contention between the two nuclear armed nations.
Pakistan's new political map including entire J&K is 'political absurdity': India
Aug 05, 2020, at 04:22 am
New Delhi/IBNS: After Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan unveiled a new political map of his country which included the entire Jammu and Kashmir, India has called it a 'political absurdity.'