MUZAFFARABAD: Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK) President Sardar Masood Khan has urged the international community and United Nations to help end the most “cruel, inhumane and degrading” treatment of the people of Indian Occupied Jammu and Kashmir (IOJ&K) by occupation forces, “We fully agree with UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres’s statement that torturers must never be … Read more
Ten members of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) who were arrested during a late-night raid at the Parliament House earlier this week were presented in the National Assembly on Thursday, following the issuance of their production orders. The raid, which took place around 3 am on Tuesday, involved plainclothes personnel who cut the power supply and stormed … Read more
Quad leaders (from left) Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese, US President Joe Biden, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida. — AFP WASHINGTON: US President Joe Biden will host the leaders of allies Australia, India and Japan in his hometown of Wilmington, Delaware on September 21 for talks focused on tensions … Read more
ISLAMABAD: Multiple Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) leaders, including high-ranking figures, have been charged with terrorism-related offences following accusations of violence against police officers during a rally in Islamabad. The cases, registered at Sangjani and CTD police stations, involve serious allegations under the Anti-Terrorism Act and the “Peaceful Assembly and Public Order Act 2024.” According to an … Read more
ISLAMABAD: An Anti-Terrorism Court (ATC) on Tuesday approved an eight-day physical remand for PTI leaders Sher Afzal Marwat, Aamir Dogar, Zain Qureshi, Naseem Shah, Ahmed Chattha, and others in connection with the Sangjani police station case, while rejecting the physical remand request for Advocate Shoaib Shaheen and sending him to judicial custody. Islamabad police had … Read more
PTI leaders Salman Akram Raja (centre), Omar Ayub Khan (right), and Asad Qaiser address a press conference in Peshawar on September 10, 2024. — Screengrab via Geo News PESHAWAR: The Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) has vowed to continue its anti-government movement a day after several of its leaders were arrested from Parliament House in late night … Read more
Islamabad police personnel arrest PTI lawmaker Sher Afzal Marwat outside Parliament House on September 9, 2024. — Screengrab via Geo News Police crackdown begins after PTI’s Islamabad rally. Red Zone’s routes sealed amid heavy deployment of police. PTI leader Shoaib Shaheen arrested from residence: sources. ISLAMABAD: The Islamabad police on Monday arrested Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) … Read more
BEIJING: Chinese President Xi Jinping hosted more than two dozen African leaders at a banquet in Beijing on Wednesday, kicking off the city’s biggest summit in years with promises of cooperation in infrastructure, energy and education. China, the world’s number two economy, is Africa’s largest trading partner and has sought to tap the continent’s vast … Read more
KARACHI: Business leaders have raised alarms, urging the government to take serious notice of the exodus of multinational enterprises (MNEs) from Pakistan. They expressed concerns that this trend is leaving both workers and highly skilled professionals unemployed, while foreign and local investors are growing increasingly wary of the country’s economic environment. Majyd Aziz, former president … Read more
ISLAMABAD: An anti-terrorism court (ATC) on Tuesday extended the interim bail of Uzma Khan and Aleema Khan, sisters of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) founder Imran Khan, as well as Opposition Leader in the National Assembly Omar Ayub, along with other PTI leaders, in connection with the Jinnah House attack case until September 14. ATC Judge Khalid … Read more