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PTI MNA Imtiaz Choudhary gestures in this image released on June 8, 2024. — Facebook/@HajiImtiazChaudhary GUJRANWALA: An Anti-Corruption Establishment (ACE) team allegedly has come under attack from gunmen who targeted the government authority and “freed” Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf’s (PTI) Member of National Assembly (MNA) Imtiaz Choudhary. The ACE team had taken Choudhary to Mandi Bahauddin for … Read more
Pakistani fashion designer and PTI activist Khadija Shah. — Instagram/@khadijahshah Fashion designer and Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) supporter Khadijah Shah has announced giving up her United States citizenship after accepting the party’s nomination for served seats. Taking to Instagram, Shah wrote: “Making the decision to relinquish my US citizenship, which guarantees freedom, safety, and opportunity, was not … Read more
An inside view of the National Assembly. — APP/File ISLAMABAD: The bill proposing amendments to the Elections Act 2017 was approved by the National Assembly’s Parliamentary Affairs Committee on Wednesday. The amendments seek to bar lawmakers, who contested the general elections as independent candidate, from changing their affiliation to a political party at a later stage. The … Read more
PTI Information Secretary Raoof Hasan walks as he is presented before a court for a hearing in Islamabad on July 28, 2024. — YouTube/Geo News/Screengrab Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf’s (PTI) Information Secretary Raoof Hasan, who is already under the custody of the FIA over charges of running a digital anti-state campaign, has been arrested in a terrorism case … Read more
Motorcyclists are passing through a flooded road in Karachi amid heavy rain on September 12, 2022. — APP The Pakistan Meteorological Department (PMD) on Wednesday forecast that there’s a likelihood of torrential monsoon rain showers across the country from August 1 to 6 with occasional gaps. Strong monsoon currents are likely to penetrate from the … Read more
Jamaat-e-Islami Vice Emir Liaqat Baloch (centre) addresses the workers during the sit-in at Rawalpindi’s Murree Road on July 29, 2024. — Facebook/@JIPOfficial1 RAWALPINDI: Jamaat-e-Islami (JI) Vice Emir Liaqat Baloch on Wednesday warned the government of leaving the negotiation table if the latter showed a “nonserious attitude” towards the party’s demands as he vowed to continue … Read more
A representational image of armed Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) militants. — AFP/File The federal government on Wednesday moved to take on the outlawed Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) on the ideological front and labelled it as “Fitna al-Khawarij”. The government also made it mandatory for all institutions to use “Khariji” before the names of perpetrators of terrorist attacks … Read more
Pakistani playwright and screenwriter Khalilur Rehman Qamar gestures in a photograph. — Facebook/@KrqOfficial LAHORE: Famous playwright and screenwriter Khalilur Rehman Qamar has registered a complaint against “honey-trap” gang with the Cyber Crime Cell of Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) for allegedly leaking his obscene videos on social media. A woman had allegedly lured Qamar to her … Read more
Patricia Scotland, General Secretary of the Commonwealth (left) and Pakistan’s Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif. — Reuters/File ISLAMABAD: Commonwealth Secretary General Patricia Scotland on Wednesday said that Pakistan under the leadership of Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has remarkably provided opportunities, resources and support to the youth. She expressed these views while addressing the Young Entrepreneurs Awards … Read more
In this undated photo, a road is seen submerged under rainwater. — APP/File KARACHI: Heavy rainfall hit the port city on Wednesday night inundating roads and low-lying areas as the Pakistan Meteorological Department (PMD) forecast heavy downpours across the country over the next few days. Different parts of the port city, including Saddar, I.I. Chundrigar … Read more