ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Chairman Barrister Gohar Ali Khan on Sunday condemned the imposition of an emergency and governor’s rule in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, describing the move as undemocratic and warning that it could intensify political confrontation between the federal and provincial governments. In a statement, Gohar termed the decision a […]
ISLAMABAD: President Asif Ali Zardari on Sunday imposed an emergency in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa under Articles 232(1) and 234(1) of the Constitution, citing a deteriorating law and order situation, an increase in terrorist attacks and what the federal government described as the provincial government’s failure to effectively tackle terrorism. The proclamation, […]
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s Ministry of Information and Broadcasting has rejected as “fake and fabricated” a New York Times report claiming that Pakistan Air Force (PAF) aircraft were being employed against Yemen’s Houthis from Saudi Arabia. In a fact-check issued on Thursday, the ministry said the New York Times report, titled “Explosions […]
ISLAMABAD: Petroleum Minister Ali Pervaiz Malik has said the government cannot change petroleum levy targets set in the federal budget without consulting its multilateral partners. “The targets for the petroleum levy are allocated in the budget, and we cannot change them without our multilateral partners,” Malik said while addressing a […]
ISLAMABAD: The 12th edition of the Pakistan Super League (PSL) will be played from March 18 to May 2, 2027, with all eight franchises returning to compete for the title, the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) announced on Thursday. The eight-team format will continue for the second successive season following a […]
LONDON: Monitored populations of nearly 5,800 vertebrate species declined by an average of 73% between 1970 and 2022, the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) said in its latest Living Planet Report published on Thursday. The Living Planet Index, managed by the Zoological Society of London (ZSL) and WWF, tracked […]
STOCKHOLM: Canadian poet and writer Anne Carson won the 2026 Nobel Prize in Literature on Thursday for her “bold and inventive oeuvre that, in playful dialogue with the classical tradition, has created new forms for contemporary literature”, the Swedish Academy said. The prize is worth 12 million Swedish crowns ($1.2 […]
ISLAMABAD: Defence Minister Khawaja Asif has warned that Imran Khan would not receive relief if the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) sought to pressure the government through its long march, saying the government would not yield to political pressure. Speaking to media at Parliament House, Asif accused PTI of acting in concert […]
UNITED NATIONS: Pakistan has accused India of providing material and logistical support to the Taliban government in Afghanistan to facilitate terrorist attacks against Pakistan, saying Islamabad remains fully aware of the cost of what it described as India-sponsored terrorism. Muhammad Jawad Ajmal, counsellor at Pakistan’s Permanent Mission to the United […]
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan and Bahrain on Thursday agreed to establish a joint working group on trade and investment and push for the early finalisation of the GCC-Pakistan Free Trade Agreement as the two countries signed the agreed minutes of the third session of their Joint Ministerial Commission (JMC). Deputy Prime Minister […]