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Lahore: A few days after abandoning a bomb and whistled the country’s bureaucracy, the Minister of Defense, Khawaja Asif, doubled his criticisms on Monday, targeting the “sumptuous indulgences” of civil servants and calling for urgent legislative reforms to reintegrate them. Speaking on a private news channel, the minister cited narcotic figures for a report, saying

Islamabad: Authorities sold one of the three “illegally” properties transferred to former Prime Minister Imran Khan and his wife Bushra Bibi, according to the corruption reference of 190 million pounds sterling filed by the National According to the Couple (NAB) against the couple and certain other accused in December 2023. A Islamabad court of responsibility

Islamabad: The founding president of Pakistan Tehreek-E-insaf (PTI), Imran Khan, deposited a petition at the High Court of Islamabad (IHC), requesting the training of a medical advice including doctors from Shaukat Khanum Memorial Hospital (SKMCH) for his monthly health checks, invoking his weight concerns and the risk of multiple diseases. The petition, deposited by the

Islamabad: On Monday, Pakistan firmly rejected the declaration of the Indian Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) concerning the remarks awarded to the Chief of the Staff of the Army, the Marshal Asim Munir, calling it “immature” and a distortion of the facts. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs said that the Indian account of the alleged

Islamabad: The federal government has decided to establish Pakistan Virtual Assets Regulatory Authority (PVARA) to oversee all questions related to virtual assets, including licenses and cryptocurrency regulations, officials announced on Monday. According to the authorities, the new body will manage the license process for cryptographic companies, the supervision of virtual asset service providers (Vasp) and

Islamabad: Pakistan welcomed the allocation rendered by the Court of Arbitration on Monday on issues of general interpretation of the Industry Water Treaty (IWT), the Ministry of Foreign Affairs said in a statement. The prize was announced on August 8 and published on Monday on the court website. The decision performs the criteria designed for

Lahore: An anti-terrorism court (ATC) in Lahore unveiled its verdict on Monday in two separate cases of May 9, condemning certain key leaders of PTI, notably Umar Sarfraz Cheema, Dr. Yasmin Rashid, Ejaz Chaudhry and Mian Mehmood Rasheed. The ATC, which held its procedure in a courtroom inside Kot Lakhpat prison in Lahore, however acquitted

Islamabad: The United States has officially appointed the Balutchistan Liberation Army (BLA) and its suicide unit, the Majeed Brigade, as a foreign terrorist organization (FTO), in a move hailed in Islamabad as a major omen of the efforts to combat Pakistan terrorism. The United States Department of State said that it had also added the

Gilgit: At least eight volunteers were killed and several others are feared when a landslide hit a water channel damaged by Danyor’s floods from Gilgit during the repair work, police said on Monday. Volunteers worked to restore the chain when a ground of earth suddenly collapsed, buried them under debris, according to the police. Hospital