Three bomb blasts killed at least three soldiers and injured six others in three bomb attacks in tribal regions and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa on Sunday, officials said. They said that a remote-controlled bomb exploded near a check post when a convoy of the security forces was passing through the restive North Waziristan tribal region, killing three […]
PML-N Chief Nawaz Sharif Tuesday regretted that the country is facing acute energy crisis despite being a nuclear power. Addressing a “Yaum-e-Takbeer” function in Lahore‚ he said his government will ascertain the reason for the problem. He said that the acute power shortage has crippled the national economy and the common man’s life. […]
Unidentified gunmen Friday shot dead a driver of a Nato truck in Khyber tribal region, officials said. Nearly 70 percent supplies are transported to thousands of NATO troops in Afghanistan via risky Pakistani routes. NATO trucks are routinely come under attacks in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Balochistan provinces, both bordering Afghanistan. Officials said […]
Parliamentary meeting of the newly-elected members of PML-N is being held in Lahore later on Monday to chalk out strategy regarding formation of government. The meeting to be chaired by PML-N Chief Nawaz Sharif will also discuss priorities on national and public issues. Independent parliamentarians-elect‚ who have joined PML-N‚ will also attend the […]
Chairman Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf Imran Khan says his party believes in democracy and will play the role of a strong opposition in the National Assembly. In a video message in Lahore on Wednesday‚ he said despite political differences with PML [N]‚ we will jointly move forward to resolve the major issues being faced by the […]
Jamaat-e-Islami chief, Syed Munawar Hasan, Wednesday said that his party has reached agreement with the Pakistan Tehrik-e-Insaf to form govt in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. Aftab Sherpao’s Qaumi Watan Party and Swabi’s Awami Jamhoori Ittehad, have also decided to join the government, the Jamaat chief told reporters after visiting Imran Khan at hospital in Lahore. […]
PML(N) Chief Mian Nawaz Sharif Tuesday visited Imran Khan at the Shaukat Khanum Memorial Hospital in Lahore and inquired about his health. Khan was injured this month after he fell down off his lifter. Sharif later told reporters that Imran Khan agreed to maintain good working relationship for the sake of the country. […]
Secretary Election Commission Ishtiak Ahmad Khan Sunday said that printing of one hundred and eighty million ballot papers is in progress and so far one hundred and fifty million ballot papers have been printed. He told a news conference that printing and dispatch of ballot papers for Balochistan and Sindh have been completed. […]
Caretaker Prime Minister, Mir Hazar Khan Khoso Friday announced that he would transfer the reign of the government to the elected representative on completion of May 11 parliamentary elections. “We will not accept extension in the tenure of the caretaker government at any cost and under no circumstances,” the Pakistani Prime Minister told the nation […]
A roadside bomb blast and clashes between the police and armed men left at least eight persons dead in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa on Thursday, security officials said. A tractor trolley collided with an improvised explosive device (IED) in Parachinar tribal region, a official said. Three other people were injured who were shifted to a […]
A blast near a passenger coach Saturday killed at least nine persons in the town of Mattani, witnesses said. The bomb exploded when the coach was passing at Matani bazaar, some 30 kilometers from Peshawar, the capital of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. Matani is located at the edge of the tribal town of Darra Adam Khel […]
The Election Commission of Pakistan has directed caretaker government of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa to remove Inspector General Police. Talking to newsmen in Election Commission Secretariat‚ Secretary ECP Ishtiaq Ahmad said on Friday that the Commission is trying to ensure impartiality in all four provinces. Replying to a question about delaying reports‚ he said ECP […]