Politics

Donald Trump gives Pakistan jitters for his tilt towards rival India

Donald Trump gives Pakistan jitters for his tilt towards rival India

  Islamabad: Donald Trump’s surprise election as US president has Pakistanis wary that he may accelerate what they see as a shift in American policy to favour arch-foe India in the long rivalry between nuclear-armed neighbours, analysts said on Wednesday. Historical allies in the region, Islamabad and Washington have seen relations sour over US accusations that […]

Donald Trump gives Pakistan jitters for his tilt towards rival India

Donald Trump gives Pakistan jitters for his tilt towards rival India

Islamabad: Donald Trump’s surprise election as US president has Pakistanis wary that he may accelerate what they see as a shift in American policy to favour arch-foe India in the long rivalry between nuclear-armed neighbours, analysts said on Wednesday. Historical allies in the region, Islamabad and Washington have seen relations sour over US accusations that […]

This Pakistani politician’s got ‘many marriage proposals’ but he’s ‘rejected all of them’

This Pakistani politician’s got ‘many marriage proposals’ but he’s ‘rejected all of them’

  NEW DELHI: Bhutto family scion Bilawal Bhutto said yesterday that he’s “received many marriage proposals but I have rejected all of them,” because he will only marry someone his sisters choose for him, The Express Tribune reported. “And the girl who my sisters choose will be lucky,” added the modest 28-year-old head of the Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP), […]

Interior ministry asks Khyber Pakhtunkhwa govt to not participate in Nov 2 protest

Interior ministry asks Khyber Pakhtunkhwa govt to not participate in Nov 2 protest

The Ministry of Interior on Monday informed the chief secretary of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP), through a letter, that intelligence agencies’ reports had indicated that a group of people from KP have intentions to march on Islamabad with a declared intention of paralysing government institutions in Islamabad. “It is also learnt that certain cabinet ministers and […]

Bilawal in Balochistan

Bilawal in Balochistan

A genuine show of emotions was displayed by Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) Chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari during his visit to the Civil Hospital, Quetta, where he inquired after health of those who were injured in a terrorist attack on the police training centre last Monday. Over 60 people were killed and dozens injured last week […]

‘راستوں کی بندش عدلیہ کا ٹرائل ہے، کارکن بنی گالا پہنچیں’

‘راستوں کی بندش عدلیہ کا ٹرائل ہے، کارکن بنی گالا پہنچیں’

پاکستان تحریک انصاف کے رہنما عمران خان کا کہنا ہے کہ حکومت کا کنٹینر لگا کر راستے بند کرنا عدلیہ کی توہین ہے اور حکومت کے ان اقدامات سے اُن کا نہیں بلکہ عدلیہ کا ٹرائل ہو رہا ہے۔ ادھر پاکستان کے وفاقی وزیرِ داخلہ چوہدری نثار نے کہا ہے کہ کسی سیاسی جماعت کی […]

پرویز رشید کی کوتاہی خبر کی اشاعت رکوانے میں ناکامی تھی: چوہدی نثار

پرویز رشید کی کوتاہی خبر کی اشاعت رکوانے میں ناکامی تھی: چوہدی نثار

  پاکستان کے وزیرِ داخلہ چوہدری نثار علی خان نے کہا ہے کہ وزیرِ اطلاعات پرویز رشید کو انگریزی اخبار ڈان میں قومی سلامتی کے منافی خبر کی اشاعت رکوانے کے سلسلے میں اپنا کردار ادا نہ کرنے پر ان کے عہدے سے ہٹایا گیا ہے۔ اس خبر میں نان سٹیٹ ایکٹرز کے معاملے پر […]

Sharbat Gula sent on 14-day judicial remand

Sharbat Gula sent on 14-day judicial remand

    PESHAWAR: A local court on Friday sent Sharbat Gula, the green-eyed Afghan woman whose picture made it to the cover of the National Geographic magazine in 1985, on 14 days judicial remand in the case of possessing a fake Pakistani computerised national identity card (CNIC). The officials of Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) produced her before […]

طاہرالقادری کی حمایت، دھرنے کےلیے27 اکتوبر سے روانگی

طاہرالقادری کی حمایت، دھرنے کےلیے27 اکتوبر سے روانگی

پاکستان عوامی تحریک کے سربراہ نے تحریک انصاف کے سربراہ عمران خان کی جانب سے دو نومبر کو اسلام آباد بند کرنے کی کال کی حمایت کر دی ہے۔ ٭ ‘تیسری قوت’ آئی تو ذمہ دار نواز شریف ہوں گے‘ پاکستان عوامی تحریک کے ذرائع نے بی بی سی کو بتایا ہے کہ عمران خان نے […]

Govt mulling appointment of new army chief to deal with PTI demo, leak probe

Govt mulling appointment of new army chief to deal with PTI demo, leak probe

  Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif Saturday launched a consultative process with his core group in Lahore to deal with the daunting challenges posed by the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf’s (PTI) planned demonstration and the mending of souring ties with the military establishment through the appointment of the next army chief as a possible solution to both the […]