ISLAMABAD – Foreign Office says the US decision to go ahead with sale of F-16 fighter jets to Pakistan will enhance the country’s counter terrorism capability. Foreign Office spokesperson Nafees Zakaria emphatically stated that the sale of fighter jets to Pakistan should not be a matter of worry for any other country. When asked about […]
KARACHI/ISLAMABAD: To express solidarity with party chief Altaf Hussain after former Karachi mayor decimated him in a press conference Thursday afternoon, Mutahidda Qaumi Movement (MQM) workers and activists staged peaceful protest rallies at several locations in Karachi on Friday. Kamal had criticised Altaf Hussain for ‘deception’ as well as what he called ‘poor running […]
ISLAMABAD: After the first session of the twelve-member Terms of references (TORs) committee leaders of the joint opposition held a press briefing and told that an agreement has been reached on four preambles for probing plan into the Panama Papers leaks. Pakistan Peoples’ Party (PPP) leader Barrister Aitzaz Ahsan briefed the media that out of […]
MARDAN: At least 12 people including four lawyers and two policemen were killed and another 54 injured when two blasts occurred on Friday, targeting the Mardan District Courts that were crowded with lawyers and other people. “A small blast suspected to be a hand grenade took place outside the courts, which was followed by a […]
KABUL: The Afghan government has asked Pakistan to take practical steps to eradicate terrorism and persuade the Taliban to come to the peace talks, otherwise Kabul will not trust Islamabad, the Afghan media quoted officials as saying on Sunday. President’s deputy spokesman Dawa Khan Mina Pal said that Islamabad’s role was very essential in combating […]
LAHORE – The Lahore High Court (LHC) on Friday declined a petitioner’s request to lift the ban from the screening of Pakistani film “Maalik” and directed the authorities concerned to issue a notice to the petitioner for May 17. The order was passed by Justice Shams Mehmood Mirza, while hearing a petition challenge the ban […]