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Pak Sarzameen Party (PSP) chief Mustafa Kamal on Monday condemned the targeted killing of Abdul Habib, a party worker and the candidate from the Sindh Assembly's PS-122 constituency. Speaking to the media here in the city, Kamal demanded the immediate arrest of the suspects and facilitators...

Governor of the State Bank of Pakistan Tariq Bajwa has said the country has come out of the financial crisis with the help of friendly countries and the economy has been set on the right path. Speaking at a private university in Lahore on Monday, he said uncertainty in the economy had ended...

Senior US official Lisa Curtis on Tuesday opened her visit to Pakistan with meetings amidst reports that the process of engagement with the Taliban for restarting the Afghan peace process had stalled. US Special Envoy for Afghan Peace and Reconciliation Amb Zalmay Khalilzad, who too was due in...

QUETTA: Inspector General of the Frontier Corps (FC) Maj Gen Nadeem Anjum said on Thursday that the Pakistan Army and the FC were paying attention to resolving the issues of Balochistan and education and health facilities for people, along with peace, were their priority. “We are providing...

The ‘killers’ of Model Town were now facing the music and any leniency shown to them will translate into dangers for the country, says PAT chief Tahirul Qadri. Reacting to the possible arrival of Nawaz Sharif, Qadri said he had defended heinous act of killings at Model Town and created hurdles...

FAISALABAD: Though the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz is struggling hard to accord an ‘unforgettable’ welcome to its ‘quaid’ and former prime minister Nawaz Sharif and his daughter Maryam, upon their arrival in the country, Abid Sher Ali and Rana Sanaullah groups still don’t appear to be...

General elections in Pakistan will be held on July 25 and political parties have shared their vision for the country's future via their manifestos. While the manifestos cover major social and economic issues, there is little mention of sports. A look at the manifestos of the three major...

The National Accountability Bureau (NAB) on Wednesday recovered assets worth Rs1.3 billion from former Balochistan finance secretary Mushtaq Raisani, sources informed Geo News. In May 2016, NAB officials raided Raisani’s office and formally placed him under arrest. They also raided his...

Justice Nisar says no place for any verbal dealings in law PPP leader Khuhro contracted ‘verbal’ marriage with third wife KARACHI: Lawyer Farooq H Naek on Wednesday informed the Supreme Court that former Sindh Assembly speaker Nisar Khuhro contracted only a verbal marriage in 2007. A...

The National Accountability Bureau will not tolerate any hurdles in its commitment to root out corruption, its chairman Justice (retd) Javed Iqbal said on Wednesday. Addressing an event here earlier today, the bureau chief said it is time to unite against corruption and eliminate the menace...

Pakistan and France on Wednesday agreed to further enhance ties in different spheres including trade, economy, defence, education and culture. The understanding came at a meeting between Foreign Minister Abdullah Hussain Haroon and French Secretary General of Ministry of Foreign Affairs Maurice...

At the end of the five-year term of Pakistan Muslim League (PML-N) led government, Pakistan’s trade deficit reached all-time high at $37.6 billion from $20.4 billion in Fiscal Year 2017-18. Before PML-N’s government, exports from Pakistan stood at $24.5 billion by the end of FY13, while the...

The Supreme Court on Wednesday reserved its verdict in a contempt of court case against Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz leader and former minister Tallal Chaudry. A three-member bench headed by Justice Gulzar Ahmed resumed hearing the case today. Kamran Murtaza, representing Chaudry in the...

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) Senator Sherry Rehman Wednesday said that she was being followed by two suspicious cars for the past two days. Speaking on the floor of the Senate, the PPP senator warned that if her surveillance wasn't stopped then she would provide the registration...

There are a total of 4,299,494 voters in the province, but none seem too excited to cast a ballot There are two weeks to go before Pakistan votes to elect members of its 15th Parliament. And yet, election fever in Balochistan has been a damp squib, particularly in its capital city, Quetta...

MQM-Pakistan hopes to reclaim NA-239 At the Shah Faisal Colony No 2 roundabout, a youngster in a T-shirt and a pair of jeans dances to the tune of a new song of the Muttahida Qaumi Movement-Pakistan (MQM-P) that sounds like a remake of Bollywood’s ‘Mere Rashke Qamar’. As the large speakers on...

Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) co-chairman Asif Ali Zardari is expected to appear before the Supreme Court today in the money laundering case. Strict security arrangements are in place at the apex court in light of the former president's expected appearance. Senior PPP leader and Zardari's...

Locals protested against the disappearance of a six-your-old boy in Kasur district of Punjab on Monday, blaming the police for not making enough efforts for his recovery. Faiq, 6, went missing from outside his home in Kasur's Chowk Shafi Wala area on March 24. There has been no clue of the...

Former finance minister Ishaq Dar was seen avoiding a barrage of questions aimed at him by newsmen in London on Monday. Journalists surrounded the former finance minister as he left the Harley Street Clinic in London on Monday. One of the newsmen asked Dar that he was ailing, yet continued...

Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) chairman Imran Khan Monday said that his party could not secure enough seats in 2013 elections owing to lack of experience. In an interview with state TV, Khan said this time his party was going to contest the elections with full preparation. He said the PTI had...