Pakistan

ISLAMABAD: Chief of Army Staff General Qamar Javed Bajwa on Friday linked global peace with the impartiality of multilateral forums, collective defense of the common good and the supremacy of international law, as the head of the army became the first-ever Pakistani dignitary to be invited by the British monarch …

EVER since Shahbaz Gill’s unwise words considerably complicated the PTI’s relationship with the establishment, the party’s leadership and their chief, Imran Khan, have been complaining about how certain nefarious elements are attempting to drive a wedge between the PTI and the armed forces. However, though they seem regretful of what transpired and …

KARACHI/MANSEHRA/QUETTA: At least eight people were killed in the fresh spell of heavy rains and flash floods in different areas of Balochistan, traffic between Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Gilgit-Baltistan was suspended for the second time this month after flash floods swept away a bridge, while the Met department on Friday forecast …

ISLAMABAD: PTI leader Dr Shahbaz Gill on Friday told a court in the capital that investigators had focused their interrogation on the frequency of his meetings with Lt Gen Faiz Hameed, and “compelled him to testify against party chairman Imran Khan” in connection with his controversial statement about the army. Judicial Magistrate …

ISLAMABAD: Former Pun­­jab chief minister Hamza Shehbaz Sharif on Friday approached the Sup­reme Court with a plea to revisit and recall its July 26 order which declared Chau­dhry Parvez Elahi as duly elected chief minister of the province for admittedly sec­uring 186 votes against 179 in the July 22 run-off poll. Filed …

LAHORE: Gearing up for a major action against those involved in the torture of PTI’s leaders and workers on May 25, the Lahore police on Thursday shown the door to 25 station house officers (SHOs) for their alleged involvement in the “sordid” episode during the party’s Azadi March at the “behest of …

ISLAMABAD: While the senior leadership of the Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) stopped short of condemning outright the controversial statement made by Dr Shahbaz Gill on a TV channel on Aug 8, the party has conceded that he could have chosen better words, or not said what he did. Addressing a press …

ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Thursday underscored the trade relationship with the European Union as he hoped that the GSP Plus scheme, a special trade and investment policy set to expire next year, would continue beyond 2023. The premier made these remarks during a meeting with the newly-arrived envoy …

ISLAMABAD: Further seeking reprieve from courts in the prohibited funding case, a Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) staffer challenged the call-up notice issued to him by the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) in its ongoing probe into the case, while the Peshawar High Court restrained the FIA from taking any action against former National …