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PIA Airbus at Dubai Airport. Photo: PIA website Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) has canceled five flights and adjusted passenger numbers after an attempt by its engineers union to disrupt its operations, the national airline said in a statement on Friday. The airline claimed that the Society of Aircraft Engineers of Pakistan (SEAP), an unrecognized entity,

Ambassador Sheikh meets Deputy Secretary Kapur as both sides reaffirm commitment to lasting engagement Pakistan’s Ambassador to the United States, Rizwan Saeed Sheikh, met with Assistant Secretary of the Bureau of South and Central Asian Affairs Paul Kapur at the State Department on Saturday. The meeting was announced by the two managers on X (formerly

CB bench exchanges light-hearted remarks amid speculation over location of Constitutional Court ISLAMABAD: Even before the approval of the 27th constitutional amendment, speculation began about where the Federal Constitutional Court, the creation of which is proposed as part of the amendment package, will be established. Members of a five-member constitutional bench of the Supreme Court

Fazl vows to resist rollback of provincial powers, says 27th Amendment draft is yet to surface ISLAMABAD: JUI-F leader Maulana Fazlur Rehman on Friday warned that attempts to “manufacture” a two-thirds parliamentary majority for the proposed 27th constitutional amendment would harm democracy, saying his party would strongly resist any move to curtail provincial autonomy. Speaking

“No patriot could utter such words about the valiant officers and soldiers” ISLAMABAD: Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Chief Minister Sohail Afridi’s remarks on the security forces on Friday sparked a wave of criticism from the federal government and the provincial governor, who called them “inappropriate and inflammatory”. In a strong statement, Interior Minister Mohsin Naqvi said the