LAHORE: JUI-F will not be part of any joint movement with TTAP until past concerns between them and PTI are resolved, a party official said, as contrasting positions emerge from Tehreek Tahaffuz Ayeen-i-Pakistan (TTAP) and JUI-F on joint movement. Two meetings – an informal interaction in Parliament and another formal meeting at Maulana Fazlur Rehman’s […]
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ISLAMABAD: The main opposition leaders on Wednesday called for a renewed national political consensus to protect the constitution and urged all political stakeholders to come together in the spirit of the 18th constitutional amendment. The call came at a press conference held on the occasion of Senator Mushtaq Ahmad Khan joining Tehreek-e-Tahafuz-e-Ain Pakistan (TTAP), an
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The Attorney General argues that the Superintendent of Prisons has the authority to decide what facilities a prisoner should and should not have Bushra Bibi addresses PTI supporters along with KP-CM Ali Amin Gandapur and Leader of Opposition Omar Ayub. PHOTO: ONLINE ISLAMABAD: The Islamabad High Court (IHC) on Thursday reserved its judgment on a
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ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court has refused to entertain the Lahore Bar Association’s (LBA) petition challenging the 27th constitutional amendment and the subsequent transfer of three judges from the Islamabad High Court (IHC) to different high courts. It is learned that the Supreme Court Registrar’s office returned the petition to the Advocate-on-Record (AOR) without issuing a
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ISLAMABAD: Defense Minister Khawaja Asif warned Afghanistan on Wednesday that if Kabul failed to stop harboring terrorists, Pakistan would respond in the same way it had against India last year. Addressing the National Assembly, Asif said: “If they are not ready, then what we did with Delhi, we will do the same with Kabul.” The
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ISLAMABAD: Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi urged Pakistan to step up mediation efforts and contribute to the proper handling of issues related to the opening of the Strait of Hormuz, China’s state-run Xinhua news agency reported on Wednesday. Wang made the remarks during a telephone conversation with Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Ishaq Dar
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3.7% growth was pulled by service sector, followed by 3.5% growth in industry, 2.9% in agriculture sector ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s economy grew by 3.7% in the last financial year, missing the annual target and dashing hopes for higher growth due to slowing wheels in the industrial and construction sectors, which has contributed to higher unemployment in
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Ritter described Pakistan as ‘the only game in town’ capable of helping bring the crisis towards a final resolution Former UN weapons inspector and former US Marine Corps intelligence officer Scott Ritter has praised Pakistan’s diplomatic role in ongoing regional tensions and says Islamabad remains central to efforts to secure a breakthrough between Iran and
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ISPR says seven terrorists were killed in exchange of fire in Barkhan’s Nosham area Major Tauseef Ahmed Bhatti and four other military personnel were martyred during an area clearance operation in Balochistan’s Barkhan district on Wednesday, the military’s media wing said. “On the morning of 13 May 2026, troops of the Pakistan Army and Frontier
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The government is launching a nationwide hepatitis C drive with a focus on screening, prevention and free treatment The Ministry of National Health Services in coordination with the World Health Organization (WHO) on Wednesday launched the Prime Minister’s Hepatitis C Elimination Program with the aim of eliminating the disease by 2030. Under the initiative, Pakistan
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