Opposition responsible for Pakistan's sorry state: Minister Shibli Faraz
Islamabad/UNI: Pakistan Information Minister Shibli Faraz on Friday held the country's opposition responsible of the current bad economic position, saying that government institutions collapsed over the last 40 to 50 years.
Pakistani schools teach children about hating Hindus, Jews: Baloch activist tells UN
Geneva: Munir Mengal, the president of Baloch Voice Association, has alerted the United Nations that schools in Pakistan teach about hatred against Hindus and Jews to the students.
Pakistan: NAB to probe closure of Roosevelt Hotel
Islamabad: Chairman of the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) retired Justice Javed Iqbal on Tuesday tasked its Rawalpindi bureau office to investigate the reports about the closure of Pakistan International Airlines’ (PIA’s) Roosevelt Hotel in US city of New York from Oct 31, Dawn News reported.
Pakistan is not a democracy but a stratocracy: Altaf Hussain
Islamabad: Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) founder Altaf Hussain has slammed Pakistan and said the nation is not a "democracy but a stratocracy".
Pakistan sees bloody protests ahead of Maryam Nawaz meeting in Punjab
Islamabad: Issues are simply not dying down for Pakistan's Prime Minister Imran Khan and his cabinet as the South Asian country continues to witness massive protests one after the other while scenes of blood-spattered women protesters rolling on the streets from police crackdown in the latest action triggering outrages.
Gilgit-Baltistan: Massive protest demands release of political prisoners
Quetta: Demanding release of political prisoners, a massive protest was held in Gilgit-Baltistan area of Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK) recently.
Maryam Nawaz challenges Pakistan PM Imran Khan, says the govt will go home before January
Islamabad: Pakistani Muslim League (Nawaz) [PML(N)] vice president Maryam Nawaz has challenged PM Imran Khan and said his government will go home before January, a few days before the Opposition holds its first power show in a campaign aimed to oust the government.
Pakistan witnessing major rise in targeting religious minorities: Reports
Islamabad: Pakistan is witnessing a major rise in the targeting of religious minorities under the draconian blasphemy law of the south Asian country, media reports said.
Pakistan: Imran Khan’s key aide Lt Gen (Retd) Asim Saleem Bajwa resigns as SAPM on information
Islamabad: Pakistan PM Imran Khan’s key aide Lt Gen (Retd) Asim Saleem Bajwa, about whom an investigative report had alleged corruption scams, on Monday quit as Special Assistant to the Prime Minister (SAPM) on Information and Broadcasting.
Terrorism: FATF's Asia Pacific Group keeps Pakistan on 'Enhanced Follow-up List'
Islamabad: Pakistan received a jolt as the Financial Action Task Force's (FATF's) Asia Pacific Group (APG) on Money Laundering has kept the country on "Enhanced Follow-up List" for its slow progress on the technical recommendations of the FATF to fight terror financing, media reports said.
Sindhi community people demonstrate against Pakistan govt's decision to annex Sindh Islands
Karachi: Sindhi protesters have demonstrated outside the Sindh Governor House in Karachi city of Pakistan against the government's decision to annex the Sindh Islands against the will of the community.
FATF greylist: Pakistan 'hires' lobbyist firm for US bailout
Islamabad: Pakistan seems to have hired a lobbyist firm on the Capitol Hill to push a narrative favouring Islamabad with US President Donald Trump-led administration and get bailed out of the club of nations on the “grey list', just days ahead of the crucial Financial Action Task Force (FATF) meeting.
PoK former 'PM' condemns Imran Khan govt's plan to merge Gilgit-Baltistan with Pakistan
Islamabad: Pakistan-occupied Kashmir former 'Prime Minister' Sardar Attique Khan has condemned PM Imran Khan for his plan to merge Gilgit Baltistan with Pakistan.
Pakistan: Unknown gunmen kill Balochi language singer Hanif Chamrok
Unknown gunmen recently shot dead Balochi language singer Hanif Chamrok in Pakistan's Turbat city.
Afghanistan: Two Pakistani Taliban terrorists killed in drone strike
Kabul: A drone strike in Afghanistan's Nangarhar province has left two Pakistani Taliban insurgents killed, media reports said.