Pakistan’s Supreme Court has come down hard on the powerful military’s commercial activities and sought a commitment from the government to ensure the armed forces exclusively focus on defence-related matters rather than business ventures. The assurance was sought by Chief Justice of Pakistan (CJP) Qazi Faez Isa, who was heading a three-judge bench in a … Read more
Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) founder Imran Khan on Wednesday said that his party is willing to talk to all political parties except with the Pakistan Peoples Party, Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) and the Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM-P), as reported by Dawn. This comes at a time when the PPP and the PML-N to enter into an … Read more
Seven paramedical staff members sustained severe burns on Sunday after a fire broke out at the emergency room of Sindh Government Hospital Liaquatabad in Karachi, Dawn reported, citing the local authorities. According to Zeeshan Shafiq Siddiqi, the Central Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP), cops raced to the scene after learning of a possible “explosion” within … Read more
The Torkham border, a crucial crossing between Pakistan and Afghanistan, is set to reopen with a relaxed travel document requirements starting from Tuesday until March 31, 2024, as reported by The Express Tribune. Pakistan and Afghanistan agreed on the deal after a delegation of Afghan transporters and Chamber of Commerce representatives held a meeting with … Read more
Pakistan attacks Iran: Iran had conducted strikes in Pakistan on Tuesday New Delhi: Pakistan on Thursday struck targets in Iran, a day after warning Tehran of “consequences” over its attack on the Jaish al-Adl group’s headquarters, according to local media reports. Pakistan has reportedly attacked the posts of two Baloch separatist groups — the Balochistan … Read more
Pakistan’s Supreme Court on Monday quashed the lifetime disqualification for lawmakers, ruling that parliamentarians would be barred from holding office for five years, in a major relief to leading politicians, including former prime ministers Nawaz Sharif and Imran Khan. A 2018 judgment by a five-member bench of the apex court had declared that disqualification under … Read more
Pakistan’s current economic model is not working, a top World Bank official has said, underlining that the cash-strapped nation must change policies that have plagued development and benefitted only a few. The remarks by World Bank Country Director Najy Benhassine came in a Policy Vision article, published in the latest UNDP publication. Pakistan’s current economic … Read more
A new political front organisation of the 26/11 terror attacks mastermind Hafiz Saeed has fielded candidates for most of the national and provincial assembly constituencies across Pakistan for the February 8 general elections. Saeed, the founder of Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT), has been in jail since 2019 after being convicted for several years in multiple terror finance … Read more
