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Federal minister claims party founder ordered murder while drunk; the case still haunts MQM politics Mustafa Kamal says Indian spy agency has been spending money to destroy Karachi for the last 22 years. PHOTO: AFP KARACHI: Senior Muttahida Qaumi Movement-Pakistan leader and federal minister Mustafa Kamal on Sunday accused the party’s founder, Altaf Hussain, of

Says the parties will have to find a political path; Warning incidents like 9 May have no place in politics PPP Chairman Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari addresses a large rally at Garhi Khuda Bakhsh. Photo: Express HYDERABAD: PPP Chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari has offered the services of his father, President Asif Ali Zardari, to spearhead the process

Challenging rivals to show strength, rejects claims of PTI’s waning influence in Punjab Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa Chief Minister Sohail Afridi. Photo: X LAHORE: Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa Chief Minister Sohail Afridi on Saturday announced that Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) would hold a public meeting at Minar-e-Pakistan on Sunday (today), making a tightly controlled Lahore visit a challenge to an attempt to

KARACHI: The former Governor of State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) Dr. Shamshad Akhtar died on Saturday at the age of 71 due to cardiac arrest. Akhtar was serving as chairman of the Pakistan Stock Exchange at the time of her death, giving her a rare role spanning the country’s monetary policy, financial management and capital

ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan Bar Council (PBC) has unanimously rejected the Punjab Protection of Ownership of Immovable Property Act, 2025, warning the PML-N Punjab government to desist from what it called the “illegal aspirations of the land mafias”. The decision was taken during the 247th meeting of the PBC, which was held on Saturday at the

Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Ishaq Dar holds a press briefing in Islamabad on Friday to review Pakistan’s diplomatic achievements in 2025. SCREENGRAB ISLAMABAD: Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Senator Mohammad Ishaq Dar on Saturday reiterated that Pakistan, which was once dubbed as ‘diplomatically isolated’, had emerged strong and prominent diplomatically, politically and

Imran Khan and wife Bushra Bibi. Photo: File ISLAMABAD: Appeals against the convictions of former prime minister Imran Khan and his wife Bushra Bibi in the Toshakhana-II case have been prepared and are likely to be filed on Monday. Islamabad Special Judge (Central) Shahrukh Arjumand on 20 December found Imran and Bushra guilty in a

. ISLAMABAD: Two female PIA flight attendants were suspended after an argument between them escalated into a physical fight at the Jeddah airport ahead of a Multan-bound flight, the national carrier confirmed on Saturday. According to details, the incident took place in the international departure area of ​​Jeddah Airport. The dispute reportedly started with a

PML-N’s Ayaz Sadiq in the National Assembly. Photo: Screengrab SUGAR: With Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif’s talk offer appearing to have run aground, ruling party leaders on Saturday again demanded clarity from the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI), alleging that the opposition party was flashing mixed signals. The PML-N leaders said the former ruling party had taken adversarial