Federal Information Minister Marriyum Aurangzeb has rubbished the reports about Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif’s decision to take a vote of confidence. The prime minister did not decide to take a vote of confidence, she clarified in a tweet. There is no such consultation and there is no need for ...

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 ...

Hours after the National Assembly passed a resolution against the Supreme Court verdict on the Punjab elections, the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) once again extended a dialogue offer to the coalition government to finalise a date for the “national elections”. The NA resolution made it ...

ISLAMABAD – The civil and military leadership decided on Friday to pace the operation against terrorists in the country. They reached a decision during a meeting of the National Security Committee (NSC) which was chaired by Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif. Chief of Army Staff General Asim ...

ISLAMABAD – Interior Minister Rana Sanaullah dropped a hit of imposition of emergency in the country as standoff deepens between the government and judiciary over delay in elections in Punjab and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. The constitution provides an option of emergency, he told media outside ...

Senior Puisne Judge of the Supreme Court (SC) Justice Qazi Faez Isa Monday advised Registrar of the apex court Ishrat Ali to relinquish the office as he does not have the requisite competence, ability and understanding to hold this position. Justice Isa wrote a letter to the SC Registrar and also ...

Saudi Arabia has agreed to join the Shanghai Cooperation Organization as a "dialogue partner", state media reported on Wednesday, the latest indication of closer political ties with China. The Shanghai Cooperation Organization was established in 2001 as a political, economic and security ...

Senior journalists and bureaucrats recently sat down with General (retd) Qamar Javed Bajwa link for a lengthy and frank conversation in which he admitted that former prime minister Nawaz Sharif was ousted by the military establishment. Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Chairman Imran Khan, his ...

ISLAMABAD – The federal cabinet has approved an amendment bill that aims at clipping the powers of the chief justice of Pakistan regarding taking suo motu notice and constituting benches. Reports said the top judge’s discretionary power of taking a suo motu notice would be revoked and it ...

The federal government has decided to take strict action against those campaigning on social media against Pakistan Army and its officers. Federal Ministery for Interior Affairs made a decision to form a special task force against those who target the Pakistan Army on social media. The task ...