Khan’s demands—the dissolution of the national assembly and the announcement of the next general elections—will further create political instability and could also affect the government’s ability to take economic reform measures and critical decisions.
A rights watchdog on Thursday slammed the "draconian and arbitrary" powers given to the "dictatorship-era body", referring to the National Accountability Bureau (NAB), and urged the Pakistani government to stop using the institution to harass and intimidate opponents
A local court on Wednesday dismissed a petition of US blogger Cynthia D. Ritchie seeking registration of a rape case against Senator Rehman Malik, a former interior minister, after a police report termed the complaint baseless
The Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) will partially resume its flights to the United Kingdom from Aug 14 with a hired plane
The Inter-Provincial Education Ministers’ meeting on Wednesday reiterated that educational institutions across the country including Punjab will reopen on September 15
In a strongly worded response to Indian MEA's statement on Pakistan's issuance of a new political map, the Pakistan Foreign Office said: "We categorically reject the statement made by the Indian Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) on Pakistan's political map
Pakistan's Punjab province, the second worst-hit in the country due to the coronavirus pandemic, has lifted a lockdown amid a continued fall in the number of positive cases, it was reported on Monday
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has placed Pakistan among the five worst-affected Asian economies as the inflow of workers’ remittances may be hit by a massive 27% due to loss of jobs and drop in income of expatriates, mainly in the oil-producing and exporting nations
The past few months have seen much intimidation and threats meted out to the Sikhs in different parts of Pakistan
In the last 24 hours, six COVID-19 fatalities were reported in the country which makes it the lowest number of deaths recorded in a single day since April while the total death count stands at 5,976
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan telephoned Prime Minister Imran Khan and President Arif Alvi on Saturday to exchange Eidul Azha greetings and best wishes for the two countries and their people on this auspicious occasion
Pakistan's Chief of Army Staff (COAS) General Qamar Javed Bajwa, on a visit to the Line of Control (LoC), has said no one understands the "spirit of sacrifice" better than a soldier
Pakistan President Arif Alvi and Prime Minister Imran Khan on Saturday urged the nation to strictly observe precautionary measures on the occasion of Eid al-Adha in an effort to curb the spread of COVID-19
The management of Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) has made it mandatory for its cabin crew to take a breathalyser test to know how much alcohol they have in their blood before they are permitted to board a flight
Of the advisers and special assistants to Prime Minister Imran Khan, Dr Zafar Mirza and Tania S Aidrus, who have exited the federal cabinet, figured among the real technocrats on health and digital Pakistan respectively
The University of Health Sciences (UHS) Punjab, in collaboration with Oxford University, has begun preparations for a coronavirus vaccine trial in Pakistan
