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Lahore: Days after dropping a bomb shell and blowing the flute on the country’s bureaucracy, Defense Minister Khawaja Asif on Monday doubled his criticism, aiming for “lavish pampering” by officials and called for urgent legislative reform to empty them. When he spoke on a private news channel, the minister cited dizzying numbers from a report […]

Islamabad: Authorities on Monday auctioned one of the three properties “illegally” transferred to former Prime Minister Imran Khan and his wife Bushra Bibi, according to the $ 190 million corruption reference filed by the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) against the couple and some other accused in December 2023. A Responsibility Court in Islamabad on January

Islamabad: Pakistan Tehreek-E-Insaf (PTI) Foundation Chairman Imran Khan has filed a petition in Islamabad High Court (IHC) seeking the formation of a medical board consisting of doctors from Shakat Khanum Memorial Cancer Hospital (SKMCH) for his monthly health examinations, stating his weight loss and the risk of several diseases. The petition, filed through Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa chief

Islamabad: Pakistan strongly rejected the Indian Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) declaration on comments attributed to the head of the Army Staff Field Marshal Asim Munir, denoting the “immature” and a distortion of facts. The Foreign Office said that the Indian tale of alleged “nuclear extortion” was “misleading and self -service” and that Pakistan remained

Islamabad: The federal government has decided to establish Pakistan Virtual Assets Regulatory Authority (Pvara) to oversee all issues related to virtual assets, including cryptocurrency and licensing, said officials on Monday. According to the authorities, the new body will handle the licensing process for crypto companies, monitor virtual asset service providers (VASP) and monitor all related

Islamabad: Pakistan on Monday greeted the award made by the Court of Arbitration, of the issue of general interpretation of the Indus Water’s Treaty (IWT), the Ministry of Foreign Affairs said in a statement. The award was announced on August 8 and published on the court’s website on Monday. The rulers interpret the designed criteria

Lahore: An Anti-Terrorism Court (ATC) in Lahore Monday revealed its judgment in two separate 9 May cases and sentenced some important PTI leaders, including Umar Sarfraz Cheema, Dr. Yasmin Rashid, Ejaz Chaudhry and Mian Mehmoodur Rasheed. However, ATC, who held his procedure in a courtroom in Lahore’s Kot Lakhpat prison, acquitted PTI -Valukdtor Shah Mahmood

Islamabad: The United States on Monday formally appointed Balochistan Liberation Army (Bla) and its suicide unit, Majeed Brigade, as foreign terrorist organizations (FTO), in one step hailed in Islamabad as a major boost for Pakistan’s control efforts. The US Department of State said it has also added Majeed Brigade as an alias to Bla’s existing

Gilgit: At least eight volunteers were killed and several others are feared trapped when a landslide hit a flood -damaged water channel in Gilgits Danyor Nullah during repair work, police said Monday. The volunteers worked to restore the canal when a soil mass suddenly collapsed and buried them under waste, according to police. Hospital sources

Islamabad: The Permanent Arbitration Court (PCA) gave benefit to Pakistan in questions of general interpretation of the Indus Waters Treaty and said that India would let the water flow in the Western rivers to Pakistan’s unlimited use. The Haag-based PCA issued a binding award for the interpretation of IWT on August 8, 2025, which was