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As Covid cases once again rise in Pakistan, PPP chairman Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari said on Thursday that he is self-isolating after testing positive for the virus. He also informed organisers of the Pakistan Democratic Movement (PDM) rally to be held in Multan that instead of appearing in person, he would ...

The Pakistan Democratic Movement (PDM), an 11-party opposition alliance, held a massive rally in Peshawar on Sunday despite refusal of permit from the government which cited the rise in Covid-19 cases.Doctors had warned that Peshawar was fast becoming a new hot spot for coronavirus. In his address to the ...

Detailed investigation into the November 19 Nagrota encounter, in which four terrorists were gunned down, have revealed the involvement of Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM) operational commander Kasim Jan, the principal accused in the 2016 Pathankot air base attack. Jan is one of the main launch commanders of Jaish terrorists into India ...

A Pakistani anti-terrorism court on Wednesday handed down 32 years imprisonment to the spokesperson of Mumbai attack mastermind Hafiz Saeed’s Jammat-ud-Dawah (JuD) terror group in two terror financing cases.The Anti-Terrorism Court (ATC) here also convicted two other JuD leaders, including the brother-in-law of Saeed, in terror financing cases.“ATC Judge ...

Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) supremo Nawaz Sharif on Tuesday termed the report of an inquiry carried out by the army regarding the arrest of his son-in-law retired Captain Safdar Awan as a “cover-up”, saying that the report was “rejected”.“Inquiry report on Karachi incident is a cover-up scapegoating juniors and ...

Pakistan’s presence in the United Nations Human Rights Council is “intolerable” given its rights record, said Geneva-based NGO UN Watch, adding that religious minorities in the south Asian country suffer from discrimination, sectarian violence and forced conversions. The NGO’s, that monitors the performance of the United Nations, condemnation comes ...

Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan is involved in “demagoguery” in the wake of French President Emmanuel Macron’s statements on freedom of expression and the dangers of radical Islamism following terrorist attacks in France, says lecturer Olivier Guillard. In an opinion piece in Asialyst, a French online newspaper specialising in ...

Left-arm pacer Wahab Riaz breached the COVID-19 regulations during the first T20I between Pakistan and Zimbabwe on Saturday, in Rawalpindi. The veteran speedster applied saliva on the cricket ball after which he received a warning from the on-field umpires.The incident happened just before the commencement of the 11th over ...

While addressing the third anti-government rally of Pakistan opposition’s 11 -party alliance, the Pakistan Democratic Movement (PDM), Pakistan Muslim League-N (PML-N) supremo Nawaz Sharif said that a few generals, were behind the 1999 Kargil war between India and Pakistan, and not the army.“The task of initiating the Kargil war, ...

The opposition Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) slammed the Imran Khan-led government for its failure to remove Pakistan from the grey list of the Financial Action Task Force (FATF).The Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) alleged that the FATF decision was the result of the “slipshod and obviously done in” law drafting ...