News about Happenings in Pakistan
ISLAMABAD: Tremors were felt in several parts of Pakistan, including the federal capital, on Friday evening after a 5.6-magnitude earthquake struck the region. According to the Pakistan Meteorological Department (PMD), the epicentre of the quake was located in Afghanistan’s Hindu Kush region, with a depth of 120 kilometres. The National […]
ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Thursday presided over a high-level meeting on the repatriation of Afghan refugees, attended by Chief of Army Staff Field Marshal Syed Asim Munir, federal ministers, provincial chief ministers, the Prime Minister of Azad Jammu and Kashmir, and senior officials from the federation and provinces. […]
LAHORE: A sessions court in Lahore on Thursday approved the post-arrest bail of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) social media activist Falak Javaid in a case linked to uploading alleged fake videos of Punjab Information Minister Azma Bukhari on social media. The bail was granted by Additional Sessions Judge Sajid Ahmed Chaudhry […]
ISLAMABAD: Chief of the Naval Staff, Admiral Naveed Ashraf, visited the United States as part of ongoing efforts to strengthen bilateral maritime cooperation and defence engagements, the Pakistan Navy said on Thursday. During the visit, Naval chief Admiral Ashraf met US Deputy Chief of Naval Operations Vice Admiral Yvette Davids […]
ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Thursday cautioned the Afghan Taliban regime that any attempt to misuse the 48-hour ceasefire agreed earlier this week as a tactic to regroup or buy time would not be tolerated. The premier’s warning came after Pakistan launched precision strikes in Kabul and Kandahar in […]
ISLAMABAD: The Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) has officially suspended all Afghan Transit Trade from Karachi’s ports, citing massive congestion triggered by the recent closure of the Pak-Afghan border, according to official orders issued this week. The directive, passed during a high-level meeting chaired by the Director General at Custom […]
GUJRAT: The principal of a government college in Kharian tehsil of Gujrat district has been issued a formal warning after a flag featuring Punjab Chief Minister Maryam Nawaz’s image was hoisted alongside Pakistan’s national flag atop the college building. Deputy Director of Colleges Gujrat, Shoaib Butt, confirmed that the principal […]
ISLAMABAD: At least 50 terrorists belonging to Fitna al-Khawarij — a term used for outlawed groups like the TTP — were killed in Mohmand district of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa during an attempted border incursion, security sources said on Thursday. According to officials, the Afghanistan-based militants tried to take advantage of the […]
PESHAWAR: Newly elected Chief Minister of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Sohail Afridi, has filed a petition for protective bail in the Peshawar High Court (PHC), with the hearing scheduled to be taken up shortly. According to court officials, a two-member bench comprising Justice Ijaz Anwar and Justice Naeem Anwar will hear the […]
WEB DESK: The Punjab government is preparing to impose a fresh ban on the rightwing Tehreek-e-Labbaik Pakistan (TLP) after clashes during its attempted march on Islamabad left 48 policemen injured and dozens of vehicles torched. The TLP had announced plans to stage a sit-in outside the US Embassy in Islamabad […]