Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan on Tuesday approved, in principle, a law on chemical castration of rapists
Imran Khan vows the biggest protest in Pakistan’s history; asks the government to sever ties with India
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.
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IHC defers decision to declare former PM Sharif proclaimed offender
The Islamabad High Court on Tuesday deferred decision to declare deposed Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif a proclaimed offender until December 2
Pakistan PM okays creation of liaison body for spy agencies
Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan has approved the setting up of the National Intelligence Coordination Committee (NICC), a senior security source said on Monday
Pakistan PM Imran Khan’s lawyer made PTV chairman
Prominent lawyer Naeem Bukhari, who led the legal team of Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) chief Imran Khan in the Panama Papers leak case, will head the state-run Pakistan Television (PTV) as its chairman
Political violence in Gilgit-Baltistan over election results
The workers of Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) and police clashed here on Monday, as the former protested against the unofficial results of Gilgit-Baltistan A-2, Gilgit-2 constituency
Puppet rule must come to an end in Pakistan, says opposition PDM
In defiance of a ban on public gatherings and without a formal permission, the Pakistan Democratic Movement (PDM), an alliance comprising 11 of the country's opposition parties, staged it fourth power show in Peshawar during which it made renewed attacks on the incumbent Imran Khan-led government
Former PM Nawaz Sharif's mother passes away in London
Former Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif's ailing mother has died in London, Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) leaders announced
All education institutions to close down in Pakistan from Nov 26
Education Minister Shafqat Mahmood has said that all educational institutions, including schools, colleges and tuition centres, will close down from November 26 (Thursday)
COVID-19 hospitalisations in Pakistan doubled in last two weeks
A meeting of the National Command and Operation Centre (NCOC) was informed on Monday that hospitalisations due to COVID-19 in Pakistan have doubled in the last two weeks while the positivity ratio had increased to 7.46 per cent in the last 24 hours
Pakistan, Belgium discuss impact of COVID-19, decide to expand bilateral trade soon
Pakistan and Belgium discussed the impact of COVID-19 in an inaugural round of political consultations between representatives of both countries on Monday
Minorities under attack in Pak: Another Ahmadi shot dead
A professor, a trader, a pharmacist, an 82-year-old grandfather, a US citizen and now a 31-year-old doctor -- the long long list of targeted killings in Pakistan of the Ahmadiyya community is never-ending
Pakistan PM Imran Khan warns of total lockdown if rallies continue
Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan on Sunday said the government would be compelled to enforce complete lockdown if the opposition did not desist from holding public gatherings at a time when the country was reeling under the impact of COVID-19
Khadim Hussain Rizvi: Death of an expendable Pakistani cleric?
What happens to a jihadist non-state actor when he becomes a liability to the Pakistani establishment? He dies causelessly, as did the blasphemy activist and head of the Tehreek-i-Labbaik Pakistan (TLP) party, Khadim Hussain Rizvi
Minor raped at gunpoint in Lahore
A seven-year-old girl was hospitalised after a shopkeeper allegedly raped her at gunpoint in Lahore, police said, adding the perpetrator has been arrested
81 Pakistanis among world’s top 2% scientists
Eighty one (81) Pakistani academics have figured in the list of the world’s top two per cent scientists in a global list issued by the United States’ Stanford University
