MWM welcomes, JI weighs alliance offer from PTI
ISLAMABAD: The Jamaat-e-Islami (JI) began its consultation on Tuesday on joining the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI)-backed independents to form a coalition government in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa (K-P), while the Muttahida Wahdatul Muslimeen (MWM) welcomed the alliance with the PTI. Earlier, in the day, the PTI announced making a government at the Centre and in Punjab with the support […]
India, UAE sign pact on trans-continental trade corridor – World
India and the United Arab Emirates on Tuesday signed an agreement on a trade corridor that aims to connect Europe with India through parts of the Middle East by sea and rail, an ambitious plan backed by the US and the European Union. His trip comes ahead of India’s national election which is expected to […]
PTI to ally with Majlis Wahdat-i-Muslimeen in Punjab and Centre, with Jamaat-i-Islami in KP – Pakistan
The PTI has decided to form a coalition in Centre and Punjab with the Majlis Wahdat-i-Muslimeen (MWM) as per the instructions of party founder Imran Khan, the party’s Central Information Secretary Raoof Hasan announced on Tuesday. Addressing a press conference in Islamabad, Hasan relayed decisions that Imran, who is incarcerated in Adiala Jail over a […]
PDM leaders renew coalition, decide to form unity govt
Renewing Pakistan Democratic Movement (PDM) coalition in a bid to form government, Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) Co-chairman Asif Ali Zardari on Tuesday said that he and other political leaders have decided to form the government together, inviting Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) to also become part of reconciliation process. “We have chosen to unite and form a […]
Indian police fire tear gas as protesting farmers march to capital – World
Indian security forces fired tear gas on Tuesday to stop thousands of farmers demanding minimum crop prices from marching on the capital New Delhi after talks with the government failed. Local broadcasters showed thick clouds of tear gas fired to disperse protesters near Ambala, about 200 kilometres north of the capital, with police also dropping […]
Shares at PSX reverse trend after two days of losses, gain 161 points – Business
Shares at the Pakistan Stock Exchange recovered their losses from the previous two sessions on Tuesday as the benchmark index gained 161 points. According to the PSX website, the KSE-100 index was down 1121.24 points, or 1.84 per cent, to stand at 59,944.07 points shortly after trading began. However, after noon, the shares reversed the […]
Will gladly sit in opposition benches if independents form govt, Shehbaz says – Pakistan
PML-N President Shehbaz Sharif said on Tuesday that his party will “gladly sit in the opposition benches” if independent candidates were able to form a government. The remarks come days after PTI leader Barrister Gohar Ali Khan said his party was firmly against reaching out to either the PML-N or PPP for a possible alliance […]
‘Irresponsible, illegal and inhumane’: Pressure mounts on Israel for Gaza ceasefire following raid in Rafah – Pakistan
Pakistan condemns “resulting destruction and massacre of the Palestinian people” while UN rights chief urges world powers to “restrain rather than enable” the military operation. Israel faces growing international pressure to agree to a ceasefire with Hamas, as it prepared for an incursion the southern Gaza city of Rafah where more than a million Palestinians […]
PTI reacts strongly to PPP’s decision to support PML-N
In a fiery response to Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) Chairman Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari’s press conference, where he announced support for the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N)’s prime ministerial candidate while refraining from participating in the government at the Centre, the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaaf (PTI) has unleashed a barrage of criticisms. According to a statement issued by a spokesperson […]
IHC summons PM Kakar on Feb 19 in missing Baloch students case – Pakistan
The Islamabad High Court (IHC) on Tuesday summoned caretaker Prime Minister Anwaarul Haq Kakar on February 19 over the failure to recover allegedly missing Baloch students. The directive was issued as IHC’s Justice Mohsin Akhtar Kayani resumed hearing a petition regarding the implementation of the recommendations of the Commission of Inquiry on Enforced Disappearances. The […]