A 5.7 earthquake on the Richter scale jolted most parts on northwestern and central parts of Pakistan Wednesday afternoon, the meteorological department said. There was no report of casualty or destruction. However, the tremours created panic and people in some areas run out of buildings. Quake jolted Islamabad, Peshawar, Mardan, Swat, Dir, Nowshera, Rawalpindi, Lahore, […]
Spokesperson to the President Senator Farhatullah Babar has urged the CEC to take note of the vilification campaign against the President and issue directions to all to desist from it in the interest of free and fair elections. In a letter addressed to the CEC which he personally delivered in the office of ECP […]
Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Chief Imran Khan on Wednesday rejected the notion that he is diving the anti-PPP votes and that this approach can bring President Zardari back into power. Addressing a press conference in Lahore he said that both PPP and PML(N) were elected a number time‚ but‚ unfortunately they did nothing for the […]
The Lahore High Court on Wednesday rejected bail of former President Pervez Musharraf in the 2007 assassination case of former Prime Minister, Benazir Bhutto, prosecutors said. Musharraf had got an interim bail in the case and had approached the court for extension, however, the LHC rejected his application as his defence lawyers failed to appear […]
There is no let-up in pre-elections attacks in the country as more blasts on Wednesday injured dozens of people in the country. A bomb blast injured 13 people in Quetta a day after a suicide attack and three blasts in the city killed at least five people, including a security man, and injured nearly […]
A series of bomb blasts in Quetta late Tuesday killed at least five people and injured 30 others, police said. Police said that four blasts occurred in different parts of Quetta in less than three hours. A bomber exploded his explosive-laden vehicle near a check post on Alizai road, killing four people and […]
Ahmad Raza Kasuri, defence lawyer of former president Pervez Musharraf’s lawyer, says that it is the exclusive domain of the Federal Government to initiate a high treason case under article 6 of the constitution. He told Radio Pakistan that no institution can direct the federal government in this regard. He said statements of Secretaries, Law […]
The Islamabad High Court on Tuesday ordered action against Inspector General Police Bani Amin in the escape case of former president Pervez Msuharraf. The IHC directed the Additional Secretary Interior to submit report till Thursday detailing disciplinary steps. “The IGP has tried to mislead the court and he did not deserve to retain […]
Chairman Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf Imran Tuesday again invited PML-N chief Nawaz Sharif for a TV debate that will enable the people to choose leaders in the May 11 elections. Addressing a rally in Renala Khurd he said that world leaders appear on TV for debates but the practice has never been adopted in Pakistan. […]
A Rawalpindi anti-terrorism court, conducting the trial of suspects charged with involvement in the 2007 assassination of former prime minister, Benazir Bhutto, on Tuesday ordered that former President Pervez Musharraf should be included in the investigation process. The Federal Investigation Agency (FIA), which is investigating the case, told the court that the former military […]
Pakistan will participate in the Trilateral Core Group Meeting with Afghan President Hamid Karzai, and US Secretary of State, John Kerry in Brussels on 23-24 April, the Foreign Ministry said Monday. Pakistan army chief General Ashfaq Parvez Kayani and Foreign Secretary Jalil Abbas Jilani will be proceeding to Brussels to attend the meeting, a […]
The Supreme Court of Pakistan on Monday disclosed names of those journalists and media persons who were allegedly paid huge money by the information ministry through its secret funds. The apex court uploaded list of a large number of the the media persons on its website. A total of Rs 177.98 million rupees have […]