Nawaz says ready to face same hardships as nation
SIALKOT: Pakistan Muslim League Nawaz (PLM-N) supremo Nawaz Sharif said on Sunday that he is ready to face the same hardships that the nation endured but can not tolerate cruelty towards the people. Addressing a public gathering in Sialkot, a three-time former premier criticized the PTI government by highlighting the massive hike in petrol prices and the […]
People of the Indus: Portraits from a changing river – Pakistan
On a journey from mountain to sea, The Third Pole meets people whose lives are intertwined with the nourishing, destructive and evolving Indus. On its 3,100-kilometre course from the mountains of Tibet to the Arabian Sea, the mighty Indus River flows through foothills and plains, national parks, lands that have been denuded of their forests, […]
CJP Isa takes notice of journalists’ harassment by FIA – Pakistan
ISLAMABAD: Chief Justice of Pakistan (CJP) Qazi Faez Isa on Saturday took suo motu notice of the alleged harassment of journalists by the Federal Investigation Agency against the backdrop of an alleged malicious campaign targeted towards superior judiciary. The CJP also constituted a three-judge SC bench that will take up the matter on Monday. The […]
Maryam promises to ‘develop KP like Punjab’ – Pakistan
ABBOTTABAD: Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz chief organiser Maryam Nawaz on Saturday said if the people of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa voted her party to power, it would change the nation’s destiny. “It is up to you to change the destiny of your province by vote. If you elect us, we will develop it like Punjab,” the PML-N leader […]
Major parties fighting it out for three Swabi PA seats – Pakistan
SWABI: The candidates of Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz, Awami National Party, Jamiat Ulema-i-Islam-Fazl and Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf have locked horns in PK-49, PK-50 and PK-51 constituencies for the Feb 8 elections. In PK-49, the total registered voters are 206,874, including 95,824 women. Fourteen candidates are in the contest. In 2013 elections, Mohammed Shiraz of PML-N had won […]
PTI’s Hammad Azhar says father arrested in Lahore
LAHORE: Former federal minister and PTI leader Hammad Azhar said on Sunday that his elderly father, former Punjab governor Mian Azhar was “arrested” by the police prior to an election rally. In a post on social media platform X, Hammad said that his 82-year-old father, an independent candidate supported by PTI running for the NA-129 […]
To the victor go the rolling stones – Pakistan
From the party-hopping Alam ‘Lota’ in the 1930s to the 150-something lawmakers who shuttled between Nawaz and Wattoo’s factions of the Muslim League in the early 90s, ‘migratory birds’ are part and parcel of the region’s politics. Habitual turncoats, or lotas, as they are derisively referred to in Pakistan’s political parlance — have long been […]
India pivots away from Russian arms, but will retain strong ties
NEW DELHI: India is seeking to distance itself from its largest arms supplier after Russia’s ability to supply munitions and spares was hobbled by the war in Ukraine, but must step carefully to avoid pushing Moscow closer to China, Indian sources said. The world’s biggest arms importer is slowly turning West as the United States […]
Candidates for Election 2024 – Pakistan
NOW that the final list of contesting candidates has been released by the Election Commission of Pakistan, it has emerged that an unprecedented number of candidates (almost 18,000) are chasing 1,125 seats in the National Assembly (NA) and the four provincial assemblies in a contest which is less than two weeks away. A couple of […]
Mahrang Baloch calls movement against enforced disappearances ‘a revolution’ – Pakistan
QUETTA: Supporters of the Baloch Yakjehti Committee attend the public meeting at Shahwani Stadium, on Saturday.—PPI QUETTA: Four days after wrapping up her protest camp in Islamabad, the Baloch Yakjehti Committee leader, Dr Mahrang Baloch, addressed a massive public gathering on Saturday and said a “revolution” was brewing in Balochistan. In her address at the […]