News Pakistan

July 28, 2018

Seven things Pakistan’s election results reveal

Islamabad, Pakistan – With election results from at least 267 of Pakistan’s 272 National Assembly constituencies now in, we can begin to make some sense of […]
July 23, 2018

Court reserves judgement on Sheikh Rasheed NA-60 poll delay petition

The Rawalpindi bench of the Lahore High Court (LHC) on Monday reserved its judgement on a petition filed by Awami Muslim League (AML) President Sheikh Rasheed […]
July 23, 2018

School heads to be charged under PEEDA Act

LAHORE: The public school heads whose schools performed poorly in the recently-announced matriculation annual examinations will be charged under the Punjab Employees Efficiency, Discipline and Accountability […]
July 23, 2018

SC moved to take suo motu of Justice Siddiqui’s Rawalpindi speech

LAHORE: A petition submitted at the Supreme Court’s Lahore Registry has requested Chief Justice of Pakistan (CJP) Mian Saqib Nisar to take suo motu of Justice […]
July 23, 2018

SC moved to declare Nawaz, Maryam residences sub-jails

LAHORE : A petition requesting to declare the residences of deposed prime minister Nawaz Sharif, daughter Maryam Nawaz and son-in-law Safdar as sub-jails was submitted in […]
July 23, 2018

Transgender citizens claim law protecting rights not implemented

Karachi, Pakistan – When Pakistan goes to the polls on July 25, there will be 25 transgender citizens acting as election monitors in 18 constituencies, with […]
July 23, 2018

Change in Pakistan as women seize right to vote

Hameeda Shahid is making history. She is standing for parliament in a conservative tribal area of Pakistan which borders Afghanistan. Dir was once a Taliban stronghold […]
July 20, 2018

IHC tells army, ISI chiefs not to intrude in other depts

ISLAMABAD: The Islamabad High Court (IHC) explicitly asked on Wednesday the army chief and the top spymaster to stop meddling in affairs of other departments. Expressing […]