PESHAWAR: Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Chairman Imran Khan on Tuesday appeared before the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) in connection with the alleged misuse of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) government’s helicopters. Khan is accused of allegedly using a Mi-17 and an Ecureuil helicopter of KP government for 74 hours which subsequently resulted in …
Read More »PTI MPA-elect passes away in Multan
MULTAN: Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf’s (PTI) newly-elected Member of Provincial Assembly (MPA) from Punjab Tariq Khan Dreshak passed away on Saturday after he suffered brain hemorrhage four days ago. Late MPA contested general elections form PP-296 of Rajan Pur and won the seat by bagging 49,119 votes. Four days ago, Dreshak was …
Read More »Top court suspends LHC order rejecting newly-drafted nomination papers
LAHORE: The country’s top court on Sunday suspended Lahore High Court’s order rejecting the new nomination papers drafted by the Parliament and directing Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) to redraft the forms. During the hearing of petitions filed by former speaker National Assembly Ayaz Sadiq and ECP, Chief Justice of …
Read More »Gulalai announces four transgender persons will contest on her party’s ticket
ISLAMABAD: Ayesha Gulalai on Sunday announced that four transgender persons will be contesting in the general elections via her party ticket. The former Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf leader Gulalai said four transgender persons Nayab Ali, Nadeem Kashish, Lubna Lal and Madam Rani will contest the elections on her party’s ticket. Nadeem Kashish …
Read More »Trump to receive Kim letter as nuclear summit takes shape
NEW YORK: US President Donald Trump was to receive a letter from his North Korean counterpart Kim Jong Un on Friday, a much-anticipated moment as preparations for a historic nuclear summit gain pace. Kim’s right-hand man, Kim Yong Chol, was due in the US capital a day after talks in …
Read More »Now what? How steel and aluminum tariffs will impact Canada
The first shots have been fired in the unexpected trade war between Canada and the United States, but it’s not immediately clear who’s going to take the most casualties. On Thursday, the U.S. government made a stunning announcement that Canada’s exemption from steel and aluminum tariffs, which U.S. President Donald …
Read More »Nicaragua death toll hits 100 as Ortega vows to remain
The death toll from weeks of violent unrest in Nicaragua rose to 100 Thursday as embattled President Daniel Ortega rejected calls to step down and the Catholic Church, which has tried to mediate the conflict, refused to resume the dialogue. At least 16 people were killed and 88 injured on …
Read More »US officials question their state’s Af-Pak narrative
Nearly four days before Pak-Afghan officials met in Islamabad to continue their revived dialogue under the Afghan Pakistan Action Plan for Peace and Solidarity (APAPPS), most in the local and foreign media missed a unique , though stringing critique – near indictment – of the US-led Nation-Building project in Afghanistan. …
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Nawaz says he is being ‘punished’ for serving country FAISALABAD: Former prime minister Nawaz Sharif on Friday said that he is being “punished” for serving “I am being punished for serving my country, and I am summoned for hearings because the people of Pakistan love me,” Nawaz Sharif said while …
Read More »Coke Fest: The evolution of Pakistan’s biggest food and music festival
There is no greater love than the love of food, the warm, pleasant sensations one feels in the stomach and heart area when emotionally moved by an act of goodwill or love. And aren’t we Pakistanis the most accurate and rejoicing example of this? In a swath of the country …
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