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Pakistan to allow Indian trucks carrying wheat 'on exceptional basis',PM Imran Khan tells Taliban delegation

Nov 13, 2021, at 02:16 pm

Islamabad/UNI: Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan on Friday told an Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan delegation led by Acting Foreign Minister Amir Khan Muttaqi that Islamabad would “favourably consider” the request by the Afghan Taliban to allow trucks carrying Indian wheat through Pakistan “on exceptional basis”.

Pakistan PM Imran Khan allowed use of force against TLP, military advised against it

Nov 10, 2021, at 10:45 pm

Islamabad: Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan-led government had authorised use of force against the Tehreek-i-Labbaik Pakistan (TLP) protesters but the military had advised against it, according to a report by a Pakistani daily.

Afghanistan govt mediating between TTP, Islamabad: Reports

Nov 08, 2021, at 05:43 pm

Kabul: The Taliban government in Afghanistan is mediating talks between Tahrik Taliban Pakistan (TTP) and Islamabad, media reports said on Monday.

Pak opposition alliance PDM to hit the streets against Imran Khan govt's anti-people policies, inflation

Nov 08, 2021, at 05:32 am

Islamabad/IBNS: Pakistan's multi-party opposition alliance, Pakistan Democratic Movement (PDM), has decided to hold a country-wide protest and a long march towards the capital, Islamabad, against the Imran Khan-led Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) government's "anti-people policies" and inflation.

Sindh shutting down mills contributed to increase in sugar prices: Imran Khan

Nov 07, 2021, at 12:11 am

Attock: Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan has said shutting down of three mills in Sindh has led to the spike of sugar price.

Job with PCB would have better suited Imran Khan: Sindh Chief Minister Murad Ali Shah

Nov 02, 2021, at 11:32 pm

Sindh Chief Minister Murad Ali Shah taunted Pakistan PM Imran Khan and said he would have been better suited to work in a post for  the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) than becoming the premier of the nation.

Pakistan PM Imran Khan's address to nation on TLP protests postponed

Oct 30, 2021, at 11:53 pm

Islamabad/UNI: Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan's address to the nation on the ongoing protest by the Tehreek-e-Labbaik Pakistan (TLP).

Pakistan govt seems to have surrendered to Islamist group TLP, frees 350 members

Oct 26, 2021, at 05:58 am

Islamabad: The Pakistan federal government seems to be surrendering to the proscribed Tehreek-i-Labbaik Pakistan (TLP) by announcing the release of 350 members even as the Islamist group took out its violent march for the past few days.

Entire PM Imran Khan govt must be sent packing: Pak Leader of Opposition over inflation

Oct 25, 2021, at 11:25 pm

Islamabad/UNI: Lashing out at Prime Minister Imran Khan over inflation in Pakistan, Leader of the Opposition in the National Assembly Shahbaz Sharif said the "entire government" should be "sent packing" and delay in the matter will be a "gross injustice" with the country.

Opposition leader Maryam Nawaz slams Pak PM by sharing his old statement on Umrah trip

Oct 25, 2021, at 10:05 pm

Islamabad/UNI: Taking a jibe at Prime Minister Imran Khan over his visit to Saudi Arabia to perform Umrah, PML-N vice president Maryam Nawaz said he is on tour when the country is facing its worst inflation.

Pakistan denies any deal to allow US to use its airspace

Oct 24, 2021, at 02:36 am

Islamabad/UNI: The Pakistan Foreign Office on Saturday denied a media report claiming that the US is "nearing" a formalised agreement with Islamabad to allow Washington to use Pakistani airspace to conduct military and intelligence operations against Afghanistan.

PTI is gifting people with inflation and unemployment: Jamaat-e-Islami Emir Sirajul Haq

Oct 24, 2021, at 12:33 am

Jamaat-e-Islami Emir Sirajul Haq slammed PM Imran Khan-led government and said it is helping people with nothing else but gifting them with inflation and unemployment and burdening the country with massive debts.

BBC Urdu journalist's article criticising Pakistan's economic condition earns wrath of Imran ministers

Oct 24, 2021, at 12:22 am

Islamabad: BBC Urdu journalist Asma Shirazi faced the wrath of PM Imran Khan-led government's ministers over her article where she criticised the current economic conditions in the country and reports relating to supernatural remedies around the Prime Minister’s private residence Bani Gala.

Pakistan to remain in FATF grey list

Oct 22, 2021, at 05:26 am

The Financial Action Task Force (FATF) on Thursday announced that Pakistan will remain in the grey list, media reports said, giving jolt to PM Imran Khan-led government.

Church of Pakistan slams PM Imran Khan-led govt for rejecting draft bill on forced conversions

Oct 19, 2021, at 10:22 pm

Islamabad/UNI: The leaders of Church of Pakistan (CoP) have condemned the rejection of draft legislation against forced conversion by Prime Minister Imran Khan-led government as the decision was taken without taking the leadership of the religious minorities on board.

Time to decide now: Maryam Nawaz Sharif tells people asking them to help her oust PM Imran Khan

Oct 19, 2021, at 01:20 am

Seeking support to oust PM Imran Khan from power,  PML-N Vice-President Maryam Nawaz has told the nation that the time for them to decide their future and to change their fate is "now".

Bilawal Bhutto Zardari slams Imran Khan, says he is trying to turn all institutes into his pary's Tiger Force

Oct 18, 2021, at 02:10 pm

Karachi: Pakistan's key opposition leader and  PPP chairperson Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari on Sunday slammed PM Imran Khan and said he is trying to turn all institutions of the country into his party's Tiger Force.

PPP slams Imran Khan govt over electricity tariff hike

Oct 17, 2021, at 12:47 am

Pakistan Peoples Party has slammed PM Imran Khan-led government for increasing electricity tariff up to 40 per cent over the last three years.

Pakistan: Imran Khan govt drops petrol price bomb on citizens

Oct 17, 2021, at 12:22 am

Islamabad:Pakistan's Imran Khan-led government on Saturday hiked prices of petroleum products with petrol now becoming expensive in the nation by Rs10.49 for the next fortnight.

PTI lacks capacity, vision to govern country: Jamaat-i-Islami chief

Oct 14, 2021, at 12:05 am

Islamabad: Jamaat-i-Islami (JI) chief Sirajul Haq slammed Pakistan PM Imran Khan and his  Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) and said it lacks capacity and vision to put the economy on track as bad governance, unemployment and inflation have brought endless miseries to the life of the people.

'Father of Pakistan's atomic weapons programme' Abdul Qadeer Khan dies at 85

Oct 11, 2021, at 03:29 am

Islamabad: Pakistani nuclear physicist and metallurgical engineer Abdul Qadeer Khan, who was regarded as the "father of Pakistan's nuclear bomb", died on Sunday in Pakistani capital Islamabad after being hospitalized with Covid-19. He was 85.

Price hike: ANP launches protest campaign against Imran Khan govt

Oct 09, 2021, at 08:16 pm

Peshawar:  Awami National Party (ANP) has put pressure on PM Imran Khan-led government as on Thursday they launched a hunger-strike camp for failing to control growing inflation and price-hike.

5.9 magnitude earthquake hits southwestern Pakistan, leaves at least 15 killed

Oct 08, 2021, at 02:41 am

Islamabad/IBNS: At least 15 people were killed and more than 150 injured as a 5.9 magnitude earthquake struck parts of Balochistan in Pakistan on Thursday, media reports said.

Pakistan opposition leader demands Imran Khan's resignation over Pandora Papers

Oct 05, 2021, at 09:59 pm

Islamabad: Pakistan's key opposition leader Ahsan Iqbal has demanded country's Prime Minister (PM) Imran Khan’s resignation over Pandora Papers.

Pandora Papers Leak: Over 700 Pakistanis, including names from Pak PM Imran Khan's Cabinet, feature

Oct 05, 2021, at 12:36 am

Islamabad: Names of over 700 Pakistanis have come up in the latest leak called Pandora Papers, which features a huge tranche of leaked data on offshore companies that is larger in size and scope than the Panama Papers.

PML-N will bury PTI forever in 2023 polls: Shahbaz Sharif

Sep 27, 2021, at 03:06 pm

Islamabad: PML-N President Shahbaz Sharif on Sunday gave a strong message to PM Imran Khan and said his party will "bury PTI forever" in the 2023 general elections.

At UN, Pakistan Prime Minister urges ‘bold steps’ to prevent humanitarian crisis in Afghanistan

Sep 25, 2021, at 11:21 pm

New York: Against the backdrop of what he called “a critical time” in Afghanistan, Prime Minister Imran Khan of Pakistan said on Friday that if the situation there is neglected, “a huge humanitarian crisis” lies ahead.

Awami National Party, Jamiat Ulema-i-Islam- Fazl demonstrate in Pakistan against price rise, slam Imran Khan-led govt

Sep 22, 2021, at 01:03 am

Peshawar: The Awami National Party and Jamiat Ulema-i-Islam- Fazl members demonstrated separately in  across Khyber Pakhtunkhwa on Sunday over the issue of  price hike.

World should give Taliban time on human rights: Imran Khan

Sep 17, 2021, at 05:45 pm

Islamabad: Pakistan PM Imran Khan has said the best way to establish peace and stability in Afghanistan is by  engaging with the Taliban and "incentivizing" them on issues such as women's rights and inclusive government.

Marriyum Aurangzeb slams PTI, calls EVMs ‘election fraud machines’

Sep 13, 2021, at 05:53 am

Islamabad: Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) Information Secretary Marriyum Aurangzeb has attacked the use of EVM in polls and said the  federal ministers are attempting to trample upon Pakistan’s constitution to rob the next voting through the ‘election fraud machines’.