chairman Hafiz Tahir Ashrafi has criticised Maulana Fazl-ur-Reman’s party for demanding a change in the

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A group of Pakistani pilgrims have accosted, heckled and chanted slogans at Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif and his entourage at the Masjid-i-Nabwi in Madina during their three-day visit — their first foreign trip since assuming office — to Saudi Arabia.... The officials landed in the country on Thursday afternoon and later offered prayers at the Prophet's Mosque. However, unfortunate scenes were witnessed at the holy mosque yesterday when PM Shehbaz and his delegation arrived there.... Accordin

？ Cabinet members soften tone？ Qadri says matter to be resolved amicablyISLAMABAD: The government on Saturday resumed talks with the banned Tehreek-i-Labbaik Pakistan( TLP), though this time the negotiating team primarily consisted of senior clerics from the Barelvi school of thought. Almost all senior-most and influential leaders were brought to Rawalpindi and Islamabad.A picture of Mufti Muneebur Rehman and Karachi-based industrialist Aqeel Karim Dhedi meeting Chief of the Army Staff Gen Qamar

The people of Pakistan hold the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques in high esteem. The bilateral relationship is complemented by close collaboration at regional and international forums.... Saudi Arabia is also a member of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation( OIC) Contact Group on Jammu and Kashmir. Saudi Arabia is home to more than two million Pakistani workers, contributing to the progress, prosperity and economic development of the two countries.... Regular high-level visits are a key fe

Join our Whatsapp channel KARACHI: A minor boy fell and drowned in an open manhole in Shah Faisal Colony on Sunday evening, rescue officials said. The incident sparked widespread anger on social media.... The opposition Muttahida Qaumi Movement-Pakistan slammed the Pakistan Peoples Party-led provincial government and said the incident also left a big question mark on the performance of the Jamaat-i-Islami-led municipal administration of the said union committee.A Rescue-1122 official told Dawn

CII members, ministers term proposed legislation ‘flawed’; say seminaries need to remain under education ministry？... It also called for retaining the Directorate General of Reli-gious Education( DGRE) and keeping seminaries linked with the country’s education system. Issue at handUnder the Societies Act of 1860, religious seminaries were supposed to be registered by the relevant deputy commissioner’s office.... When the Maulana learnt of this development, he threatened to launch protests agai

TOBA TEK SINGH: Some semblance of normalcy started to return to the blighted town of Jaranwala, whose streets are still littered with debris and ashes left behind by the mob violence perpetrated against Christian churches and homes earlier this week. Meanwhile, two Christian brothers accused of desecrating the pages of the Holy Quran were remanded into police custody, even as Supreme Court judge Justice Qazi Faez Isa visited Jaranwala to express solidarity with the Christian community.On Saturda

At least two people were killed and 59 injured — two of them critically — in an explosion targeting an Ashura procession in Bahawalnagar on Thursday, Punjab Home Minister Raja Basharat said. Speaking to Dawn. com, the home minister said that a man hurled a grenade at a procession passing by Jamia Masjid in Muhajir Colony in Bahawalnagar at around 10am, adding that the attacker had been taken into custody. Basharat said besides the two people killed in the explosion, two of the injured were in cr