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Karachi: The blockade of highways due to the ongoing protest movement against the construction of new channels on the Indus River could have a devastating influence on the supply of medicine from Sindh to Punjab and other provinces, experts warned on Thursday. Due to the blockade, the trucks, carrying different drugs, remained firm on traffic […]

Karachi: Awaam Pakistan Party (App) Chief Shahid Khaqan Abbasi said on Thursday that no country could attract investment in the midst of political chaos and in the absence of the rule of law and emphasized that no improvement should be expected until the country was ruled under the Constitution. Abbasi, who spoke on the ‘Meet

Islamabad: The Senate’s Standing Committee for Interior was informed on Thursday that over 12,000 Afghan citizens were caught in the last five years while traveling to Saudi Arabia on fake Pakistani passports. The committee, who met with its chairman Faisal Saleem in the chairman, postponed a briefing on the law and the order situation in

Islamabad: Foreign Minister Senator Ishaq Dar on Thursday expressed the hope that the respective three countries would soon sign the framework agreement for Uzbekistan-Afghanistan-Pakistan (UAP) railway line project. The project was discussed during a telephone discussion between Ishaq Dar and Foreign Minister for Uzbekistan Saidov Bakhtiyor Odilovich, according to a press release from the Foreign

Islamabad: Foreign Secretary Amna Baloch oriented a group of Islamabad-based head of mission and diplomats on the evolving situation following Pahaldam attacks in IIOJK. Foreign Secretary shared the results of the National Security Committee meeting. She rejected the Indian misinformation campaign against Pakistan and said such tactics would prevent the path to peace and stability

Rawalpindi: Pakistan Railways has closed Pakistan Railways Advisory and Consultancy Service (Pracs), which repeats 280 employees in the midst of a serious financial crunch. The move triggered a strong setback from the person concerned staging a protest against the decision. They raised slogans against the railways, blocked the road and announced plans to challenge the

Islamabad: On Thursday, PTI presented five demands to the government, called for a transparent legal process, the release of political prisoners, the freedom of the media, immediate free and fair elections and an end to what it called “fascism” by dropping politically motivated cases. In a speech with the media outside Islamabad High Court, PTI

Rawalpindi: It has been over two weeks since a regular bench of the Supreme Court (SC) led by the Chief Justice of Pakistan (CJ) Yayha Afridi ordered Anti-Terrorism Courts (ATCS) the hearing 9 May rebel cases to end the trial in four months. However, the ATCs in Punjab have not yet received the SC order