Pakistan: Minister directed to stop seminary students from joining PDM's rally
Islamabad: Pakistan's Interior Minister Sheikh Rashid Ahmed has been directed to prevent the students of religious seminaries from participating in the opposition’s Pakistan Democratic Movement (PDM) march on Islamabad next month, media reports said.
Pakistan's power transmission company blames human error for recent power outage
Islamabad: National Transmission and Dispatch Company (NTDC) has said the massive power outage that was reported in Pakistan on Saturday was caused by poor maintenance of transmission circuitry.
Pakistan is witnessing worsening crackdown on dissent: HRW
New York: Pakistan’s government intensified its crackdown on the media, political opponents, and civil society in 2020, while failing to stem violence against women and minorities, Human Rights Watch said today in its World Report 2021.
Pakistan PM Imran Khan is visionless: Maulana Fazalur Rehman
Islamabad/UNI: Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam (JUI-F) chief Maulana Fazalur Rehman on Wednesday called Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf-led government a "rigged" and said Prime Minister Imran Khan has no vision.
Pakistan: Cop escorting polio workers shot dead
Islamabad: A cop, who was escorting a team of polio health workers, has been shot dead by unidentified gunmen in Pakistan's Khyber Pakhtunkhwa region on Tuesday, media reports said.
PDM chief Maulana Fazlur Rehman calls its struggle against govt ‘jihad’
Islamabad/UNI: Pakistan Democratic Movement (PDM) chief Maulana Fazlur Rehman on Monday termed the opposition’s struggle against the government a 'jihad' and claimed that the nation is ready to offer any sacrifice for this cause.
Pakistan Army rejects allegations of meddling in country's political affairs
Islamabad/UNI: Pakistan Army has rejected the opposition’s criticism of its meddling in the country's political affairs and said there is no reason for the opposition alliance — Pakistan Democratic Movement (PDM) — to march to Rawalpindi, where the military headquarters are located.
Pakistan: Two minor girls set ablaze over marriage dispute
Muzaffargarh: A marriage dispute in Leshariwala locality in Pakistan turned violent when minor girls were set ablaze, media reports said on Sunday.
Pakistan: Blast hits Balochistan, four injured
Quetta: An explosion hit Turbat's Cinema bazaar in Balochistan region of Pakistan and left at least four people hurt on Sunday, media reports said.
Protests in Bangladesh against atrocities against minorities in Pakistan
Dhaka: A large section of people recently protested in Bangladesh capital Dhaka against the ongoing atrocities on minorities in Pakistan, which had once unleashed horrors in the people of Bangladesh during its independence movement that culminated in the birth of a new nation in 1971.
Blackout: Major power outage hits Pakistan
Islamabad: Pakistan plunged into darkness after a major power breakdown occurred in the country.
Pakistan: Two Hindu girls kidnapped, forcibly converted to Islam
Islamabad: Two Hindu girls have been abducted and now forcibly converted to Islam in Pakistan, showing the state of minority community in the country.
Relation between France and Pakistan has touched historic low: French President's top advisor
French President Emmanuel Macron's top advisor, Emmanuel Bonne, has said the relationship between France and Pakistan has touched 'historic low'.
Only new elections can solve Pakistan’s problems: Abbasi
Islamabad: Senior PML-N leader Shahid Khaqan Abbasi has said only a fresh election can bring Pakistan out of the prevailing crisis.
Quetta: Condemning the killing of 11 coal miners by Islamic State terrorists, the World Sindhi Congress (WSC) on Friday urged the international community to put pressure on Pakistan to ensure the safety of all the minorities.