WASHINGTON—U.S. President Donald Trump’s televised meeting on guns ended with a gun control activist gleefully tweeting out an image of people eating popcorn and a gun rights group calling him “the gun-grabber-in-chief.” In summary: Trump, whose best-known position on guns is his proposal to arm teachers, started talking like one …

WASHINGTON – A senior State Department official has gone on record to state that the United States was not thinking of cutting ties with Pakistan. In an interview with Media, Acting State Department South and Central Asia Assistant Secretary Alice Wells said the US considered Pakistan essential to resolving the …

ISLAMABAD: Muttahida Qaumi Movement – Pakistan (MQM-P) leader Dr Farooq Sattar submitted his reply to the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) on Thursday in petitions filed by members of the Raabita Committee (RC), urging for the dismissal of applications. The petitions include removal of Sattar as the convener by two-third …

Interior Minister Ahsan Iqbal on Thursday took a jibe at Pakistan Peoples Party’s (PPP) co-chairman and former president Asif Ali Zardari saying Pakistan was blacklisted twice in Financial Action Task Force (FATF) during the party’s tenure. Addressing the former president directly, Iqbal said, “Mr Zardari with your “English speaking” Foreign …

ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court has directed PTI chairperson Imran Khan to submit a reply to allegations on the ‘forging’ a No-objection Certificate (NoC) for the construction of his Banigala house. Counsel for PTI chief Chaudhry Faisal Hussain appeared in court and requested time to submit a reply regarding a government …

Foreign Minister Khawaja Asif on Thursday said, “Pakistan and China have made a beautiful example of friendship”. Addressing the media after a China Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) event in Islamabad, the minister said President Xi Jinping’s “one belt, one route” vision will benefit 65 countries in the region. Asif further …

ISLAMABAD: Former Principal Information Officer of the Ministry of Information Rao Tehsin filed an appeal in the Islamabad High Court (IHC) against the January 27 decision of the court where they dismissed his petition seeking a copy of the Dawn Leaks inquiry report A two-member bench comprising of Justice Athar …

WASHINGTON – Pakistan and India need to sit and talk about their escalating border tensions, the US State State Department spokesperson Heather Nauert said on Tuesday during a media briefing. “We think that both sides would certainly have to sit down and have talks about that,” Nauert said when questioned …

KARACHI: Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) co-Chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari on Wednesday criticised Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) for electing a ‘controversial’ figure as party head. Speaking to the media, Bilawal said that PML-N has elected a ‘controversial’ figure in Shehbaz Sharif, who is accused of corruption in Ashiana Housing scandal and …

ISLAMABAD: Member of National Assembly (MNA) Mian Tariq Mehmood, who parted ways with Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) last week, joined Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) on Tuesday. Tariq Mehmood was elected MNA from NA-98 constituency of Gujranwala. He had parted ways with PML-N last week along with two former MPAs belonging to …