ISLAMABAD: Interior Minister Ahsan Iqbal has said that any unilateral action by the United States in Pakistan will not only bring the bilateral relations to an irreparable stage but also be counterproductive. During an interview to CNN on Tuesday, he said, “Any unilateral action in Pakistan will be a red …

ISLAMABAD: The first phase of joint maritime exercise Aff’aa Al Sahil, being held between Pakistan Navy (PN) and Royal Saudi Naval Forces concluded on Wednesday. During the first phase, series of land and harbour exercises were carried out; wherein, special maritime operations were rehearsed for the second phase at sea, …

ISLAMABAD: A parliamentary body on Wednesday recommended the Ministry of Interior to stop implementation of a policy regarding conversion of automatic weapons with semi-automatic firearms. The said policy was a brain child of incumbent Premier Shahid Khaqan Abbasi, who had announced in his very first speech in National Assembly that …

ISLAMABAD: Minister of State for Power Chaudhry Abid Sher Ali has on Thursday rejected Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) chairman Imran Khan’s claim that the opponents had used ‘bribery’ for winning the by-election in Lodhran’s NA-154. Talking to media at Judicial Complex, Abid Sher Ali said that the people had only displayed …

ISLAMABAD: Minister of State for Information and Broadcasting Marriyum Aurangzeb has on Thursday said that the government would look into the request filed by National Accountability Bureau (NAB) to put the Sharif family members’ names on Exit Control List (ECL) but would first see whether the demand was appropriate or …

SEOUL: Comments by US Vice President Mike Pence suggest the United States may be looking more favourably at diplomatic engagement with North Korea as South Korea considers a rare summit with its neighbour and long-time foe. Pence said in a newspaper interview the United States and South Korea had agreed …

The Supreme Court on Tuesday, during the hearing of Naqeebullah Mehsud extra-judicial killing case, granted protective bail to Rao Anwar and directed the former Malir senior superintendent police (SSP) to appear in court on Friday. The case was being heard by a three-member bench headed by Chief Justice Mian Saqib …

A Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) worker on Monday accused Muttahida Qaumi Movement-Pakistan (MQM-P) MNA Salman Mujahid Baloch of threatening him at gunpoint in Karachi — a claim the MNA has denied. Ahsan Alavi, a Karachi resident associated with PTI’s social media team, in a post on Facebook group Halaat Updates ─ …

Mayor John Tory has unveiled a 10-point plan to address crowding on the TTC, two weeks after subway delays almost prompted the evacuation of a busy downtown station. Ahead of a council meeting Monday to decide on the city’s 2018 budget, the mayor announced at a city hall press conference …

There is an imbalance in Canadian politics. It takes most obvious form in the presence, federally and in some provinces, of two parties on the left to only one on the right. But its essence is not institutional but psychological. It is the crippling insecurity of the right, a crisis …