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Islamabad: The military has no interest in cooperating with political parties and should not be drawn into politics, the chief military spokesman said in an interview on Friday, stressing that the institution consistently maintained that politics was the domain of elected representatives. In an interview with the BBC Urdu, the Director -General, Director -General LT […]

Islamabad: Pakistani citizens can now travel to 32 countries either visa-free or with visa-on-arrival access following a remarkable improvement of the global location of the Pakistani passport. According to the latest data released by the International Ranking Platform Henley & Partners, Pakistan’s passport is currently ranking 100. Global, a leap from its 113. Position in

Listen to article Islamabad: Staff for Army Staff Field Marshal Asim Munir said on Friday that Islamabad sought peaceful and cooperative relations with Afghanistan and warned Kabul against allowing Indian sponsored terrorist project to operate from his land. Field Marshal Asim claimed that Afghanistan was a nearby Islamic country in Islamabad and maintained officers in

Listen to article Islamabad: On Friday, the government increased the fixed fees on gas bills by 50% and also merged gastarifers for non-residential consumers, but exposed a decision on imports of up to 500,000 tonnes of sugar due to a disagreement over huge subsidies. The Cabinet’s Economic Coordination (ECC), which made the decisions, also approved

Listen to article Islamabad: Finally, Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) emerged on Friday as the largest party on Friday, with the party and its allies at the same time securing a two-third majority in the National Assembly, after the Supreme Court allocated reserved seats to the ruling coalition. The current parliamentary as well as the political

PTI has strongly condemned the Supreme Court’s judgment in the case reserved seats and calls it a violation of constitutional and democratic principles. In a statement released by PTI’s central media department on Friday, Imran Khan’s party described the verdict as a "Continuation of state oppression" and "A robbery of the public mandate". Once again,

Listen to article SWAT: Flash flooding triggered by a sudden rise in the SWAT River and other streams in the district after heavy monsoon rains on Friday claimed the lives of at least 10 people, while several others remain missed, according to provincial rescue officials and eyewitnesses. Provincial Disaster Management Authority (PDMA) described the level

Listen to article Islamabad: The Court of Arbitration, in accordance with the Indus Waters Treaty (IWT) of 1960, stated on Friday that India’s decision to hold the Treaty in Abeyance did not deprive it of its competence to judge Pakistan’s complaints of his neighbor. The court issued a “supplementary award” on the case introduced by

Listen to article The ruling parties have gained another victory on the legal front as a constitutional bench (CB) for the Supreme Court has set aside SC’s judgment of July 12, 2024, which had resurrected PTI as a parliamentary party and allowed the reserved seats in legislation. “For detailed reasons to be recorded later, subject