KHYBER PAKHTUNKHWA CHIEF MINISTER ALI AMIN GANDAPUR
Nearly 1,400 girl students escape from school building engulfed by fire in Pakistan's Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Nearly 1,400 girl students safely evacuated from a school building engulfed by a massive fire in a remote mountainous region of Pakistan's Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province.
27 May, 2024, 03.20 PM IST3 killed in firing and teargas shelling by security forces in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir Protests in Muzaffarabad over wheat flour prices and electricity bills turn violent. Rangers clash with protesters, leading to casualties. Subsidy approval fails to calm tensions. Activists demand electricity cost reduction and end to elite privileg...
14 May, 2024, 04.42 PM ISTPakistan: Faisal Karim Kundi takes oath as Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Governor Justice Ishtiaq Ibrahim, Chief Justice of the Peshawar High Court (PHC), administered the oath to Faisal Karim Kundi during a ceremony at the Governor House. Faisal Karim Kundi, a PPP stalwart, served as Deputy Speaker of the National Assembly from ...
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Six killed in suicide attack on Chinese engineers in Pakistan Five Chinese nationals were killed in a suicide bomber attack on their convoy in northwest Pakistan. The attack occurred on the way from Islamabad to their camp in Dasu, a site of a major dam. The incident has been a frequent attack in the region, w...
27 Mar, 2024, 07.43 AM ISTFive Chinese dam workers, driver killed in Pakistan suicide attack Tuesday's attack comes days after security forces killed at least seven militants as they attempted to storm the offices of Gwadar Port in southwest Pakistan, considered a cornerstone of Chinese investment. Militants also killed one soldier as they ...
27 Mar, 2024, 12.12 AM ISTAsif Ali Zardari sworn in as Pakistan's 14th President Asif Ali Zardari takes oath as Pakistan's 14th President. The ceremony is attended by Qazi Faez Isa, Shehbaz Sharif, General Asim Munir, General Sahir Shamshad Mirza, Nawaz Sharif, Bilawal Bhutto Zardari, Aseefa Bhutto Zardari, and Bakhtawar Bhutto ...
10 Mar, 2024, 07.27 PM ISTPakistan's presidential election: Voting begins, Asif Ali Zardari set to win Voting has begun in Pakistan's Presidential elections, with Asif Ali Zardari expected to be elected for a second term. Zardari, supported by the PPP and PML-N, is competing against Mahmood Khan Achakzai. The new president will replace Arif Alvi.
09 Mar, 2024, 11.03 AM ISTShehbaz Sharif likely to become next Pak PM as coalition led by him set to cross simple majority mark Nawaz Sharif came to power for the second time in 1997 and held the prime minister's post till 1999 when he was deposed in a military coup after plotting to sideline army chief of staff Pervez Musharraf. More than a decade later he was back in power...
14 Feb, 2024, 11.57 AM ISTPakistan Army chief backs ex-PM Nawaz Sharif's call to form coalition government Efforts to form a unity government gained momentum after the three-time former prime minister Sharif, who seems to enjoy the backing of the Pakistan Army, on Friday appealed to other political parties to join hands to pull cash-strapped Pakistan out...
10 Feb, 2024, 09.33 PM ISTPakistan polls: Imran Khan's party threatens agitation if complete results not declared by midnight Gohar appealed to the institutions and the judiciary to accept the mandate of the people who voted for PTI's slogan that "slavery is unacceptable". He emphasized that the mandate of the people should be accepted as the economy and country cannot aff...
10 Feb, 2024, 06.08 PM ISTBarrister Gohar Ali Khan elected as new PTI chairman, succeeds Imran Khan The Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaaf (PTI) conducted the intra-party elections held on the directives of the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) with voters utilising an online app to cast their votes. Nominated by the PTI founder a few days prior, Barri...
02 Dec, 2023, 02.09 PM ISTPakistan: Police raid ex-federal minister Sheikh Rasheed Ahmed's house, fails to arrest him Sheikh Rasheed is an ally of the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) and a close aide of Imran Khan. Earlier in January, Rasheed was arrested for alleging that the former President of Pakistan Asif Ali Zardari had hatched a conspiracy to assassinate form...
16 May, 2023, 06.34 AM ISTPak Army deployed in Islamabad, Punjab, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Balochistan to contain violent protests As many as 10 companies of the army have been requested to be deployed in the province of 120 million to control the situation. The federal government has approved deployment of the Army in Punjab.
11 May, 2023, 12.09 AM ISTImran Khan's party files petition in Supreme Court to challenge IHC's verdict against him in corruption case Imran Khan's Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf party has submitted a petition to the Supreme Court challenging the Islamabad High Court's ruling endorsing the arrest of the former prime minister in a corruption case. Khan was detained by the paramilitary Ran...
10 May, 2023, 03.06 PM ISTPakistan PM Shehbaz Sharif consults allies over next Army chief's appointment The decision on the appointment is expected to be made before November 25 when the premier is leaving for Ankara on a two-day visit. Bajwa, 61, is scheduled to retire on November 29 after a three-year extension. He has ruled out seeking another exte...
24 Nov, 2022, 11.37 AM ISTPak's KPK govt approves Rs 2.35 cr to purchase ancestral houses of Dilip Kumar, Raj Kapoor Pakistan's Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government on Saturday approved the release of Rs 2.35 crore to purchase the ancestral houses of legendary Bollywood actors Dilip Kumar and Raj Kapoor located in the heart of this city and declared as the national herit...
02 Jan, 2021, 06.36 PM ISTPakistan registers FIR against IAF pilots for bombing trees: Report The FIR, registered against "unidentified IAF pilots", also details the damage suffered by 19 trees after the Indian fighter jets "hastily dropped their payload", it says.
08 Mar, 2019, 06.01 PM ISTCompeting pressures and threats: A long road ahead for Nawaz Sharif Nawaz Sharif is reaching out to India in a gushing, warm Lahori embrace. But Delhi must not lose sight of the enduring realities of the Pakistani state.
15 May, 2013, 02.10 PM ISTAsif Ali Zardari quits post of PPP co-chairman "We hope the President will get relief from the High Court after quitting his political office," said the aide to Zardari, who did not want to be named.
23 Mar, 2013, 12.58 PM IST- 12 killed, 14 injured in Pakistan car bomb blast
A powerful car bomb went off in a crowded market on the outskirts of Peshawar city in northwest Pakistan today, killing 12 people and injuring 14 more.
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