ISLAMABAD – The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) on Friday issued schedule for by-elections on 33 seats of the National Assembly fell vacant after National Assembly Speaker Raja Pervez Ashraf accepted resignations of PTI lawmakers and AML chief Sheikh Rashid Ahmed earlier this month. An ...

A seasoned politician and Awami Muslim League (AWM) chief Sheikh Rasheed Ahmad categorically stated that Lal Haveli has never fought the establishment in past and it will also not go against it in the future. He also gave a hint at witnessing a ‘civil war’ in Pakistan due to the ‘Minus ...

Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif Wednesday held a meeting with President of the United Arab Emirates Sheikh Mohamed Bin Zayed and discussed the ways and means to further strengthen bilateral relations. The meeting took place as the UAE president arrived here on a visit to Pakistan, which the prime ...

ISLAMABAD – The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) on Wednesday denotified 43 MNAs of the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI). The development came after National Assembly (NA) Speaker Raja Pervez Ashraf on Tuesday approved the resignations of the PTI MNAs in the lower house despite their request ...

LAHORE – Former minister and leader of the ruling Pakistan Muslim League (N) Tariq Khokhar narrowly escaped an assassination attempt in Sheikhupura. Local law enforcers told media that motorbike-borne assailants opened fire at Khokhar’s vehicle in the wee hours of Wednesday at Grand Trunk ...

ISLAMABAD – Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has nominated a new member management committee headed by Najam Sethi with more than a dozen members to run the affairs of the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB). A notification issued in this regard confirmed that the premier is pleased to approve the ...

Giving interim relief to 18 PML-N MPAs who have been barred from attending Punjab Assembly session, the Lahore High Court has allowed them to attend the assembly session in order to cast their votes in case no-confidence resolution is tabled in the upcoming Dec 21 session. A two-judge LHC bench ...

The State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) has cleared 30,000 pending cases of letters of credit (LCs) and others will be cleared after consultation with the Ministry of Commerce. SBP Governor Jameel Ahmed told the National Assembly’s Standing Committee on Finance that all confirmed LCs have been ...

Former interior minister and Awami Muslim League (AML) chief Sheikh Rashid said Wednesday that days from December 15 to 30 were important. “Whoever loots the wealth of the nation should be executed publicly,” he stated while addressing a ceremony at a public school in Dhoke Elahi Bakhsh, ...

Bangladeshi police said on Tuesday that they had arrested the chief of the country's largest Islamist party, days after it announced it would join the main opposition in protests to oust Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina. Counter-terrorism officers arrested Jamaat-e-Islami party emir Shafiqur Rahman ...