Pakistan

MULTAN: At least six passengers were killed and 30 others injured after all 14 coaches of the Rehman Baba Express derailed near Sher Shah Bridge in Multan early Tuesday, police and rescue officials said, prompting rescue operations and a response from Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif. The injured were shifted to Nishtar Hospital in Multan for […]

RAWALPINDI: Pakistan Army successfully test-launched the extended-range version of the Fatah-2 hypersonic ballistic missile, the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) said on Tuesday. According to the military’s media wing, the Fatah-2 Extended Range (ER) weapon system is equipped with advanced navigation and state-of-the-art avionics. The missile is capable of engaging targets with high precision and defeating […]

Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Chairman Barrister Gohar Ali Khan on Monday said he would personally challenge the emergency and governor’s rule in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa (K-P) in the Peshawar High Court tomorrow, as the party vowed to continue its long march. Speaking at a press conference outside Parliament alongside Leader of the Opposition in the National Assembly Mahmood […]

Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Governor Faisal Karim Kundi and Interior Minister Mohsin Naqvi on Monday co-chaired a meeting of the provincial apex committee, a day after the imposition of governor’s rule and an emergency in the province. Addressing the meeting, Kundi — who is now in charge of running the province — asserted that under the new set-up, tackling […]

National Assembly Opposition Leader Mehmood Khan Achakzai on Monday drew a comparison between Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Balochistan, criticising the government move to impose emergency and governor’s rule in the latter. The federal government on Sunday imposed a state of emergency in 12 districts of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, and placed the province under governor’s rule, taking note of the […]

Pakistan and Brazil on Monday agreed to bolster their military-to-military cooperation as a high-level delegation from the Latin American country called on Chief of Defence Forces and Chief of the Army Staff Field Marshal Asim Munir. According to a statement from Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR), the delegation led by Brazil’s Admiral Renato Rodrigues De Aguiar Freire, chief […]

Two Pakistan Army pilots were martyred on Monday after a training aircraft crashed in Quetta due to a technical fault, the military’s media wing affairs said. In a statement, Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) said: “[At] midday, a Mushshak training aircraft of Pakistan Army Aviation crashed near Nawan Killi, Quetta due to a technical fault.” It […]

Suspended Khyber Pakhtunkhwa chief minister Sohail Afridi and some of his cabinet members are in preventative custody, officials confirmed on Monday. The PTI had reported their detention on Sunday, shortly after the Centre imposed emergency and governor’s rule in the province under Articles 232 and 234 of the Constitution. On Monday, Minister of State for Interior Tallal Chaudhry told Reuters, “Yes, I […]

ISLAMABAD : The Supreme Court has ruled that government employees must be given a fair opportunity of hearing before their seniority is changed, even if the original seniority determination was contrary to the relevant service rules. A three-member bench comprising Justice Muhammad Ali Mazhar, Justice Musarrat Hilali and Justice Shahid Bilal Hassan issued the judgment […]

ISLAMABAD : Prime Minister Muhammad Shehbaz Sharif, Monday, directed the completion of a production monitoring system for sales tax purposes across all manufacturing sectors by the end of this year. Chairing a review meeting on FBR reforms in Islamabad, the prime minister observed that production monitoring through cameras under the faceless taxation system was being […]