Pakistan

PARIS: The Financial Action Task Force (FATF)  on Thursday decided to  keep Pakistan on its  'grey list', Geo News reported.

According to details, Pakistan's  interim Finance Minister Shamshad Akhtar presented a strong case  in Paris where the F

ISLAMABAD: Chief Justice of Pakistan, Justice Saqib Nisar on Wednesday remarked that “the Supreme Court will be ahead of everyone in the construction of dams as they are necessary for survival of the country.”

The Chief Justice said that Kalabagh Dam will be

ISLAMABAD: Former prime minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi on Wednesday said that he would file a petition against the verdict of an appellate election tribunal which had disqualified him from contesting the elections from his home constituency in Murree.

The election

ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Nasir-ul-Mulk on Wednesday called President of Turkey Recep Tayyip Erdogan to congratulate him on his victory in the Presidential and parliamentary elections held in Turkey on June 24.

The Prime Minister noted that it was a

LAHORE: Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf chairperson Imran Khan arrived in Lahore on Wednesday  to pay a two-day visit.

During his visit there, Imran will be meeting disgruntled leaders Hamid Khan and Waleed Iqbal, sources mentioned.

In addition to chairing a  meeting of the ticket

RAWALPINDI: An appellate election tribunal has disqualified former prime minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi on charges of "concealment of facts and withholding information from his voters" in his nomination forms submitted for NA-57 Murree.

The tribunal, in its

LAHORE: Maryam Nawaz, daughter of former prime minister Nawaz Sharif, has been awarded the party’s ticket to contest from NA-127.

She was previously asked to contest from NA-125. 

According to a source privy to the development, Pervaiz Malik is likely

ISLAMABAD: The political future of outspoken PML-N leader Daniyal Aziz hangs in balance as Supreme Court is due to announce its verdict in a contempt of court case against the former federal privatisation minister.

A three-judge bench of the apex court

KARACHI: Election Tribunal has rejected nomination papers of Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) Sindh President Nisar Khuhro for concealing 166 acres of land, and not declaring a wife and daughter.

The nomination papers of Khuhro were rejected from PS-11

ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court has refrained National Accountability Bureau (NAB) from taking any action against Bahria Town until it rules on a review petition.

The order came after Bahria Town chairman Malik Riaz appeared before a three-member apex court

ISLAMABAD: Mian Misbah ur Rehman and Lt Gen (retd) Khalid Naeem Lodhi on Wednesday took oath as federal ministers, expanding the caretaker cabinet to eight members.

President Mamnoon Hussain administered oath of office to the new

Two people were rushed to hospital after a two-storry building collapsed in Dera Ghazi Khan district in south Punjab, according to Geo News.

TV footage  showed  the under construction structure collapsing in   Loha Bazaar area of the city.

According to Geo TV correspondent, an

ISLAMABAD: An election tribunal on Wednesday rejected nomination papers of Paksitan Tehreek-e-Insaf leader Fawad Chaudhry from NA-67 Jhelum.

The application against the PTI leader was filed by Justice and Democratic Party candidate Fakhar Abbasi Kazmi who said Fawad

LAHORE: An election tribunal on Wednesday declared Tehreek-e-Labbaik leader Maulana Ashraf Jalali disqualified from contesting election from National Assembly Constituency NA-81 Gujranwala.

The decision came as Lahore High Court's Election Appellate

RAWALPINDI: An appellate tribunal on Wednesday rejected nomination papers of former prime minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi from National Assembly Constituency NA-57 in Murree.

Rawalpindi's Election Appellate Tribunal judge Justice Ibadur Rehman Lodhi had reserved

ISLAMABAD: Chief Justice of Pakistan Mian Saqib Nisar on Wednesday stressed the need for building new dams saying new water reservoirs are vital for Pakistan's survival.

The remarks came during the hearing of a case pertaining to Kalabagh Dam.

At the onset of the hearing,

ISLAMBAD: National Security Adviser Lt Gen (retd) Nasser Khan Janjua has resigned from his post on Wednesday after serving on the position for almost three years.

The former chief of Southern Command was appointed as NSA on October 22nd, 2015. Caretaker prime minister Nasirul Mulk has

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf chairman Imran Khan on Wednesday appeared before an election tribunal to fulfill a requirement to get his  nomination papers approved .

According to Geo News, the PTI chairman filled a field in the nomination  papers that was earlier left

KARACHI: Caretaker Information Minister, Jameel Yousuf, has stepped up his efforts to get back his department’s vehicles being used by the former minister and other persons beyond their official entitlement.

According to the list prepared by

ISLAMABAD: Former president and Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) Co-Chairman Asif Ali Zardari Tuesday instructed party workers to work in unison for the party’s nominated candidates in the forthcoming elections.

Speaking to the workers from constituency NA-57 at Bilawal

KARACHI: Pakistan plans to pour over a hundred million dollars into a project aimed at strengthening Met Office's Early Warning System in order to provide reliable weather forecasts and prevent damages associated with natural calamities such as the

Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf leader Abrar-ul-Haq on Tuesday slammed his rival candidate Ahsan Iqbal for “shamelessly denouncing charitable institutions and hospital services.”

In the statement released on insaf.pk, the singer-turned-politician censured Ahsan Iqbal for depreciating

KARACHI: Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) Chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari has strongly reacted to PMLN President Shahbaz Sharif’s election campaign in Karachi, saying ‘Vote Mangnay Niklay Hein--Rasta Tak Pata Nahi Liyari Ka” (They came here t

KARACHI: President Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz Shahbaz Sharif desisted from supporting Nawaz Sharif’s statements and observed that he is oblivious to existence of any ‘aliens.’

While addressing an event in Karachi’s Lyari area on Tuesday the PML-N chief stated: “The

ISLAMABAD: German Ambassador to Pakistan Martin Kobler has once again taken it upon himself to remind the country about severe water scarcity that has gradually taken over the country.

Turning to Twitter, the German envoy posted a picture of himself at