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Acid attack on former Pakistan PM Imran Khan's adviser brings ISI's London plot into limelight

Dec 20, 2023, at 07:45 pm

An acid attack on former Pakistan PM Imran Khan's adviser in England has once again brought the country's intelligence agency ISI to the limelight.

Pakistan grapples with escalating crisis: A nation on the brink of collapse

Dec 01, 2023, at 03:59 pm

Pakistan is on the brink of collapse. Its economic woes are well-documented, but the recent surge in terrorist attacks across the country paints a far more ominous picture. A disturbing pattern of targeted killings of militants, primarily those affiliated with groups like Lashkar-e-Taiba, Hizbul Mujahideen, and Jaish-e-Muhammed, has emerged in recent months.

Pakistan: FDI falls 23 per cent in July

Aug 21, 2023, at 05:03 am

Pakistan's Foreign direct investment (FDI) shrank 23.27 per cent month-on-month to $87.7 million in July as the country struggled with the ongoing political and economic turmoil.

Pakistan: Senator Anwaarul Haq Kakar named as interim PM

Aug 12, 2023, at 10:48 pm

Balochistan Awami Party (BAP) Senator Anwaarul Haq Kakar was named as the interim prime minister of Pakistan on Saturday.

Protests rock Pakistan cities after ex-president Imran Khan's arrest in Al-Qadir Trust case

May 10, 2023, at 02:54 am

Islamabad/IBNS: Violent protests broke out on Tuesday evening across Pakistan, including Lahore, Rawalpindi, Islamabad, Faisalabad, and Karachi among other places, after former PM Imran Khan was arrested from the Islamabad High Court (IHC), triggering a new political conflict in the country.

MQM-P leader says telling truth has become biggest crime in Pakistan

Mar 19, 2023, at 12:46 am

Islamabad:  Muttahida Qaumi Movement-Pakistan (MQM-P) Convener Dr Khalid Maqbool Siddiqui has said telling truth has become the biggest crime in Pakistan.

Pakistan is in a 'perfect storm' of crises: Foreign Minister Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari

Mar 16, 2023, at 12:26 am

Islamabad: Pakistan's Foreign Minister Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari on Wednesday said his nation is currently facing a "perfect storm" of crises as the country is fighting against worsening political, economic and security issues.

Pakistan: Imran Khan addresses first rally since gun attack; says his Tehreek-e-Insaf will quit all provincial assemblies

Nov 27, 2022, at 05:42 pm

Rawalpindi (Pakistan): Pakistan’s former Prime Minister Imran Khan Saturday addressed the first public rally of his Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) party in Rawalpindi which is also the seat of the country’s powerful army after the assassination attempt on him earlier this month, media reports said.

Taliban make $200m annually through criminal activities in Pakistan, claims Senator

Sep 19, 2022, at 08:25 pm

Islamabad: Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) Senator Mustafa Nawaz Khokhar has claimed that a high ranking government official revealed in a meeting of the National Security Committee of the National Assembly that the Afghan Taliban have been generating around USD 200 million annually by performing different kinds of criminal activities, which included extortion, in Pakistan.

Pakistan Floods: Bilwal Bhutto Zardari slams ex-PM Imran Khan for holding concerts in KP, Punjab

Sep 05, 2022, at 03:33 am

Pakistan Minister Bilawal Bhutto Zardari has slammed ex-Pakistan PM Imran Khan for holding  "concerts" in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa and Punjab at a time when the nation is ravaged by devastating floods.

Pakistan: ECP rules Imran Khan's PTI received prohibited funding

Aug 02, 2022, at 10:38 pm

Islamabad: The Election Commission of Pakistan, in a unanimous verdict on Tuesday, said it found former PM Imran Khan's PTI received  prohibited funding.

Former Pakistan PM Imran Khan cautions nation might descend to civil war if elections are not announced

Jun 04, 2022, at 05:07 am

Islamabad: Former Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan has cautioned that the nation might descend to civil war if elections were not announced.

Lawmakers elected on reserved seats should be jailed for switching loyalties, says former Pakistan PM Imran Khan

May 08, 2022, at 10:57 pm

Islamabad: Former Pakistan PM Imran Khan on Sunday said lawmakers who were elected on reserved seats and "sold" their loyalties should be "thrown in jail".

Pakistan: Imran Khan's PTI lawmakers 'manhandles' Dy Speaker in provincial assembly

Apr 16, 2022, at 09:57 pm

Islamabad: The Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) lawmakers in Pakistan's Punjab Assembly allegedly manhandled Deputy Speaker Dost Mohammad Mazari when he arrived to chair the session convened to elect the new Chief Minister, media reports said on Saturday.

Will resign if foreign conspiracy claim proved: New Pak PM Shehbaz Sharif

Apr 12, 2022, at 05:15 am

Islamabad/IBNS: Shortly after being elected as Pakistan's Prime Minister, Shehbaz Sharif on Monday announced a parliamentary probe into the "foreign conspiracy" claim to topple Imran Khan's government and offered to resign if evidence could prove the allegation.

Pakistan MNA Mohsin Dawar protests for not issuing production order for opposition MNA Ali Wazir

Nov 18, 2021, at 11:50 pm

Islamabad/IBNS: Pakistan's Independent Member of National Assembly (MNA) Mohsin Dawar protested on not summoning opposition MNA Ali Wazir during the joint session of Parliament on Wednesday, according to Pak newspaper The News International.

Imran Khan may be in trouble soon with army rolling out red carpet for Ex-PM Nawaz Sharif: Media reports

Nov 17, 2021, at 05:26 am

Islamabad/IBNS: Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan is likely to be in deep trouble very soon as the Pak army and establishment have given a nudge to Khan's predecessor Nawaz Sharif to return to the country, according to an exclusive report by Indian television network CNN-News18.

Imran Khan should feel ashamed telling the world that media is completely free in Pakistan: Bilwal Bhutto

Jun 03, 2021, at 10:49 pm

Islamabad:  National Assembly Standing Committee on Human Rights Chairman Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari has slammed Pakistan PM Imran Khan and said he should feel ashamed while telling lies to the entire world that the media was completely free in Pakistan.

Pakistan Army rejects allegations of meddling in country's political affairs

Jan 12, 2021, at 10:40 pm

Islamabad/UNI: Pakistan Army has rejected the opposition’s criticism of its meddling in the country's political affairs and said there is no reason for the opposition alliance — Pakistan Democratic Movement (PDM) — to march to Rawalpindi, where the military headquarters are located.

Kidnapping of IGP Sindh, arrest of Mohammad Safdar Awan might lead to Imran Khan's Watergate Scandal: Activist

Oct 23, 2020, at 01:24 am

Islamabad: A key social activist has claimed that the kidnapping of the Sindh police inspector general (IGP) and later the arrest of the leader of the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) Mohammad Safdar Awan in Karachi might eventually lead to Pakistan PM Imran Khan being involved in a scam like the 'Watergate scandal'.

Pakistan: Opposition leaders vow to dislodge ‘selected’ Imran Khan's PTI govt

Oct 17, 2020, at 10:57 pm

Islamabad/UNI:  The eleven-party Pakistan Democratic Movement (PDM) on Friday sounded the war drums in Gujranwala during a massive rally and vowed to dislodge PM  Imran Khan's PTI government, which it called a 'selected government', within weeks, Dawn News reported on Saturday.

Imran Khan's selectors to answer for the ongoing crises in the country : Nawaz Sharif

Oct 10, 2020, at 04:07 am

London: Former Pakistan PM Nawaz Sharif on Thursday attacked current PM Imran Khan over the ongoing crises in the country and said his 'selectors' should answer for it.

Pakistan: ECP asks PML-N to replace Nawaz Sharif as party leader

Aug 09, 2017, at 02:00 am

Islamabad, Aug 8 (IBNS): In a major move, The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) has issued notice to the PML-N and directed it to appoint a new party leader, media reports said.

Pakistan: Lawmaker Ayesha Gulalai quits PTI, says Imran's behaviour indecent towards women

Aug 02, 2017, at 04:29 pm

Islamabad, Aug 2 (IBNS): Pakistani lawmaker Ayesha Gulalai has quit the Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) on Tuesday after making a startling revelation about party chief Imran Khan.