MUZAFFARABAD: Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK) President Sardar Masood Khan has urged the international community and the United Nations to help end the most “cruel, inhuman and degrading” treatment meted out to the people of Jammu -and Indian Occupied Kashmir (IOJ&K) by the occupying forces. “We fully agree with UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres’ statement that … Read more
Senior PTI leader Shah Mahmood Qureshi is seen before a special court after being granted a four-day remand in Islamabad on August 21, 2023. — AFP LAHORE: Amid growing speculation over Khyber Pakhtunkhwa governor’s rule and banning of the former ruling party, incarcerated former foreign minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi on Saturday warned against “crushing” the … Read more
PESHAWAR: Lawmakers on Friday addressed the issue of poor internet connectivity for students in remote areas of the province, noting that the novel coronavirus (Covid-19) pandemic means online classes are now the only way to get an education for students. This was discussed when the Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa (KP) Assembly resumed on Friday to debate the provincial … Read more
PPP leader Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari, party workers and supporters via video link during the 57th founding day of PPP, November 30, 2024. — Screenshot via Geo News Referring to Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI), Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) Chairman Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari criticized the opposition for its agitational politics, stressing the need to ensure stability of the country either … Read more
PESHAWAR: Dozens of people were injured on Friday during clashes between police and demonstrators in the Tehkal district of the provincial capital, as the latter demonstrated against the excesses of the former. The clashes took place even as the government wrote to the provincial judiciary, asking it to investigate reports that police arrested an Afghan … Read more
Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Mumtaz Zahra Baloch addresses seminar on ‘IIOJK Erasure of Muslim Identity and Genocide of Kashmiris to Bring Demographic Change’ (Youm e Istehsal) organized by Friends of Kashmir at Kashmir House on August 5, 2023. — APP No Pakistan-China program for TTP engagement: FO spox. According to him, Lukashenko visited Pakistan at the … Read more
HARIPUR: After Peshawar, a case of police excesses emerged in Haripur, where a senior police officer allegedly beat up a gas station attendant for refusing to serve his son. A report submitted to the District Police Officer’s Office (DPO0) said that additional son of SHO SI Muhammad Nawaz had visited a fuel station in Batrassi … Read more
Relatives carry the body of a victim killed in attacks in Kurram district, KP, on November 22, 2024. — AFP The number of injured reached 151 over 8 days. The Peshawar-Parachinar highway is closed. Internet and mobile services suspended. KURRAM: The ongoing clashes in Kurram district have claimed three more lives, taking the death toll … Read more
MUZAFFARABAD: Sardar Masood Khan, President of Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK), said that after reluctantly accepting independence from Pakistan, India adopted a secular doctrine, an insincere attempt to hide nationalism Hindu dominant under the guise of secularism. He made these remarks at two separate web conferences organized by the Institute of Policy Studies on the … Read more
SIC Chairman Sahibzada Hamid Raza (left) and PTI General Secretary Salman Akram Raja speak at a separate press conference in these undated photos. — Facebook/Sahibzada Hamid Raza/PPI/File Raja did not mention any reason for his resignation: Raoof. Expresses hope that Hamid Raza will withdraw his resignation. The SIC chief also decides to resign from his … Read more
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) Chairman Bilawal Bhutto on Saturday called on Balochistan National Party-Mengal (BNP-M) chief Akhtar Mengal to discuss the current political situation in the country. According to details, the two leaders agreed on a joint strategy for next year’s fiscal budget. They also exchanged views on the 18th Constitutional Amendment and the … Read more
The Silver Jubilee Gate of the University of Karachi. — APPLICATION/File As many as 16,506 students of the Morning, Evening and Executive Masters of Business Administration programs of the University of Karachi have not paid their long-standing dues of over Rs 2,101.5 million, from 2020 to 2024. The figure, the university said in a statement … Read more