News Pakistan

January 24, 2019

PA to hold in-camera session on Sahiwal incident

LAHORE: For the first time in its history, the Punjab Assembly is going to hold an in-camera session. The topic of discussion will be the gory […]
January 24, 2019

PM willing to hold judicial inquiry into bungled operation in Sahiwal

ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Imran Khan has said that his administration is amenable to the opposition demand for a judicial inquiry into the bungled operation by the […]
January 24, 2019

Top govt official confirms Sahiwal operation was ‘ill-planned, bungled’

LAHORE: Punjab’s Additional Chief Secretary Faisal Asghar Sahoo has confirmed that the Sahiwal operation that claimed the lives of an innocent family along with a terror […]
January 24, 2019

Full text of PTI govt’s second mini-budget

Finance Minister Asad Umar presented on Wednesday the supplementary budget 2019 in a session of the lower house. Amid jeering by opposition lawmakers, the finance minister […]
January 23, 2019

SC overturns Shah Hussain’s acquittal in Khadija stabbing case, orders arrest

The Supreme Court on Wednesday took up the appeal of Khadija Siddiqui ─ a law student who was stabbed 23 times in Lahore in 2016 ─ […]
January 23, 2019

IHC throws out plea challenging Shehbaz’s eligibility

ISLAMABAD: The Islamabad High Court (IHC) on Tuesday dismissed a petition challenging the appointment of Opposition Leader in the National Assembly (NA) Shehbaz Sharif as chairman […]
January 23, 2019

India drags feet on Kartarpur corridor

LAHORE / ISLAMABAD: India refuses to relent in its obduracy despite repeated peace overtures from the PTI government in Pakistan. A day after Islamabad formally invited […]
January 23, 2019

UAE formalises $3b deposit into SBP to support Pakistan’s economic growth

Pakistan and United Arab Emirates (UAE) signed a $3 billion bailout package on Tuesday, as part of Abu Dhabi’s support for Islamabad’s falling foreign exchange reserve […]