MUZAFFARABAD – Former ruling Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) has decided to take the opposition benches in Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK) Legislative Assembly after Imran Khan-led party lost its premier and its cadres split into factions. The decision was made after PTI chief Imran Khan chaired a ...

LAHORE: The Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) on Sunday formed a three-member committee, consisting of Pervaiz Khattak, Ejaz Chaudhry, and Mian Mehmoodur Rasheed, to hold a dialogue with the Jamaat-e-Islami (JI) on the ongoing political crisis in the country. This move comes after the JI leader ...

ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif criticised President Arif Alvi for rejecting the Supreme Court (Practice and Procedure) Bill, 2023, and accused him of being a Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) supporter. The bill aims to limit the powers of the chief justice, which includes the ability to ...

ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif called for an emergency cabinet meeting to discuss the issue of Punjab elections, amidst the coalition government's persistent disregard for the Supreme Court's ruling. The meeting will be held at 2pm in Lahore, with the premier chairing the meeting and ...

NEW DELHI – The Indian parliament has disqualified opposition leader Rahul Gandhi after his conviction in a defamation case. A court had sentenced Gandhi to two years in prison this week. A notice issued by the parliament on Friday read, “Rahul Gandhi… stands disqualified from the member of ...

An Indian court Thursday found opposition leader Rahul Gandhi guilty of defamation for a 2019 campaign trail remark implying that Prime Minister Narendra Modi was a criminal. Modi's government has been widely accused of using the law to target and silence critics, and the case in the premier's ...

ISLAMABAD – The federal government on Saturday appointed Lt Gen retired Nazir Ahmed as new chairman of the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) days after Aftab Sultan resigned from the post. The Ministry of Law and Justice has issued a notification in this regard with reports suggested that ...

ISLAMABAD – Finance Minister Ishaq Dar said on Friday Pakistan is expected to receive $1.3 billion in financing from the Industrial and Commercial Bank of China in the coming days to help improve its foreign exchange reserves. Addressing a press conference, he hoped that by June 30 the State ...

ISLAMABAD: The political crisis deepened in Pakistan on Wednesday after a high court suspended an order issued by the country’s election regulator last month de-notifying 43 lawmakers of ex-prime minister Imran Khan’s Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) party, ordering that by-elections in ...

ISLAMABAD – The Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) on Friday moved the Supreme Court against the appointment of Mohsin Naqvi as Punjab caretaker chief minister. On Jan 22, the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) appointed Mohsin Naqvi as the caretaker Punjab Chief Minister after the parliamentary ...