Pakistan

Pakistan court acquits Imran Khan in two cases related to May 9 riots

Islamabad: A court in Pakistan on Thursday acquitted jailed former prime minister Imran Khan in two cases related to May 9 violence, citing “insufficient evidence” against him. The supporters of Khan, the…
4 Pakistanis killed in Balochistan province by Iranian firing: Pak authorities

Karachi: At least four Pakistani citizens were killed and two others injured on Wednesday when Iranian forces opened unprovoked firing on a vehicle in a border town of Pakistan’s restive Balochistan province,…

Attack on Christians: 140 held for alleged involvement in Pakistan

Lahore: Pakistan’s Punjab police on Wednesday claimed to have arrested a total of 140 suspects involved in attacking members of the Christian minority, their properties and police personnel on the issue of…
Pakistan grants India consular access to two alleged spies

Islamabad: Pakistan has granted India consular access to two Indian nationals who were arrested from Gilgit-Baltistan (GB) and charged with espionage in 2020. The meeting between Indian diplomats and the Indian nationals…
Bushra Bibi’s ex-husband assaulted by Imran Khan’s lawyers outside court

Islamabad: The ex-husband of Imran Khan’s third wife Bushra Bibi was attacked by one of the lawyers of the former Pakistan prime minister outside a court here as he appeared for a…
Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf never invited military to intervene in politics: ex-Prez Arif Alvi

Karachi: Arif Alvi, former Pakistan President and a top leader of jailed ex-prime minister Imran Khan’s party, has said that his party never invited the military to intervene in politics but admitted…
28 killed as bus falls into ravine in Pakistan

Islamabad: At least 28 people were killed and 20 others injured on Wednesday when a bus they were travelling in plunged into a ravine in Washuk district of Pakistan’s Balochistan province. The…

‘It was our fault’: Nawaz Sharif says Pak violated agreement with India in 1999

Lahore: Former Pakistan premier Nawaz Sharif on Tuesday admitted that Islamabad had “violated” an agreement with India signed by him and ex-prime minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee in 1999, in an apparent reference…
Modi only remembers ‘Pakistan’ and ‘Musalman’ during elections: Telangana CM

Hyderabad: Chief Minister A Revanth Reddy said that it is only during the elections that Prime Minister Narendra Modi remembers ‘Pakistan’ and ‘Musalman.’ Revanth was in Delhi on Tuesday, May 28, to…
Nawaz Sharif set to be re-elected as PML-N president after six years

Lahore: Three-time former prime minister Nawaz Sharif is set to be re-elected as the President of the ruling Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) party here on Tuesday, six years after losing the post…
Attack on Christians: 33 suspects sent to jail on judicial remand in Pakistan

Lahore: As many as 33 suspects arrested in connection with the attack on the minority Christians, their properties and police personnel on the issue of alleged desecration of a religious book in…
Pak’s ruling coalition of PML-N and PPP invite Imran Khan’s party to ‘meaningful’ talks

Lahore: The ruling coalition of the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) and the Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) has invited jailed former prime minister Imran Khan’s Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf party to abandon its street protests…
Pakistan using terrorism against India as instrument of state policy: Puri

Chandigarh: Union minister Hardeep Singh Puri on Sunday accused Pakistan of using terrorism against India as an “instrument of state policy” and said under the Modi government, India has sent a clear…
Pak asks Afghanistan to hand over TTP terrorists involved in attack on Chinese workers

Islamabad: Pakistan on Sunday asked Afghanistan’s Taliban government to hand over banned Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan’s (TTP) terrorists involved in a deadly attack on Chinese workers to Islamabad, according to a media report. Five…
Pakistan: 25 held, over 450 people booked after mob attack on Christians

Lahore: Police in Pakistan’s Punjab province on Sunday booked over 450 people and arrested 25 of them under terrorism and other charges for attacking members of the minority Christian community and police…