LAHORE: Former premier Nawaz Sharif, accompanied by his brother Shehbaz Sharif, reached London on Tuesday to continue with his medical treatment. “Former PM #NawazSharif onboard Qatar Airways Air Ambulance A7-MED has landed safely at Heathrow, London-UK,” his personal physician Dr. Adnan Khan, who also traveled along with the former premier, …
Read More »PPP refuses to join Maulana’s ‘Plan B’
The Pakistan People’s Party on Thursday distanced itself from Maulana Fazlur Rehman’s ‘Plan B’, stating that the party will not participate in blocking roads and highways. Soon after the Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam-Fazl (JUI-F) chief called off his sit-in in Islamabad, Fazl said that the protest movement set off by the ‘Azadi …
Read More »Wife of Gen (retd) Hamid Gul passes away
ISLAMABAD: Former Director-General Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) Lt. Gen (R) Hamid Gul’s wife passed away on Saturday. Son of Gen (R) Hameed Gul, Abdullah Hamid Gul said her mother was suffering from cancer and had also undergone around 17 major and minor surgeries. She was also facing severe health complications due …
Read More »Blasts reported around Indian Military ammunition depot along Pakistan border
PAKISTAN: Blasts were reported around the Indian Military ammunition depot along the Pakistan border in Rajasthan. The panic was gripped across Rajasthan’s Jaisalmer district after loud explosions were heard as the Indian Army destroyed its old ordnance last evening. The Indian Army stated, “Old ordnance was being destroyed between 6.30 …
Read More »No air-conditioner, no cooler in Zardari’s prison cell
RAWALPINDI: The former president Asif Ali Zardari enjoys no basic facilities as per Adiala jail rules, said the vice-chairperson of the Punjab chief minister’s complaint cell, Mehnaz Saeed, on Friday. reported that she has examined Zardari’s phone so that there could be no provision of illegal facilities to the former …
Read More »Mohsin Dawar and Ali Wazir released from jail as bail goes into effect
MNAs Mohsin Dawar and Ali Wazir were set free from Jail in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa’s district, Haripur as the two lawmakers were granted bail two days earlier. Notably, the bail was granted by the Peshawar High Court in the Kharqamar attack case. Dawar and Wazir, who are closely associated with PTM, …
Read More »The world must consider the security of India’s nuclear arsenal: PM
Prime Minister Imran Khan Sunday urged the world to seriously consider the safety and security of India’s nuclear arsenal which is in the control of the fascist, racist Hindu supremacist Narendra Modi’s government. “This is an issue that impacts not just the region but the world,” the prime minister said …
Read More »Fire breaks out in PM Secretariat
ISLAMABAD: A fire broke out on the sixth floor of the Prime Minister Secretariat on Monday. However, Premier Khan was on the fifth floor with the CENTCOM chief at the time the fire broke out. Steps to counter the situation include evacuation of the building and emergency action by local …
Read More »Aasia Bibi acquitted by Supreme Court
ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court on Wednesday acquitted Aasia Bibi – a Christian woman accused of blasphemy in 2010 and sentenced to death – and set aside an earlier judgment passed by a lower court. Chief Justice Saqib Nisar, heading the three-member bench comprising Justice Asif Saeed Khosa and Justice Mazhar …
Read More »Musharraf suffering from amyloidosis, has difficulty standing and walking: APML leader
Former president retired General Pervez Musharraf is said to be suffering from a rare disease amyloidosis, DawnNewsTV reported on Wednesday, citing All Pakistan Muslim League (APML) Overseas President Afzaal Siddiqui. Last month, former APML chairperson Dr Muhammad Amjad had revealed that Musharraf was “growing weaker rapidly” due to an unspecified …
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