Senator Azam Swati, who has been in the hiding since the May 9 attacks on the army installations, filed his papers in his native NA-15 constituency in Mansehra.... In Lakki Marwat, a total of 133 candidates submitted nomination papers for one national and three provincial assembly seats in the district.... A total of 34 candidates submitted papers from NA-19, Swabi-1, and 26 from NA-20, Swabi-2....

KARACHI: The opposition Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf( PTI) on Monday appointed MPA Khurrum Sher Zaman the president of Karachi chapter with 42-member body that would oversee organisational affairs in the metropolis.In a statement, PTI’s provincial president Haleem Adil Sheikh announced that Rehman Mahesar would be the new general secretary of the Karachi division with MPAs Arsalan Taj Ghumman and Shahzad Qureshi as vice presidents.Mr Sher Zaman, who is not attending the ongoing session of the Sindh

QUETTA: President of the National Party, Dr Abdul Malik Baloch, has condemned the Iranian missiles and drone attack, terming it aggression and stating that the violation of Pakistani airspace is highly inopportune and condemnable.... Dr Malik Baloch, former chief minister of Balochistan, suggested the caretaker government resolve issues with Afghanistan and Iran through mutual understanding and negotiations.... The PPP has not awarded a party ticket to Mr Lehri.Dr Malik stated that seat adjust

Open this photo in gallery Sher Bahadur Deuba in Kathmandu, Nepal, Feb.... NAVESH CHITRAKAR/ ReutersNepal’s president appointed veteran Sher Bahadur Deuba as prime minister on Tuesday, a day after the Supreme Court reinstated the parliament that was dissolved in May in a months-long political crisis. Deuba, who has held the office four times before, faces the immediate task of procuring COVID-19 vaccines and control the spread of the coronavirus that has infected more than 658, 000 people and k

The purpose of the meeting was to seek support of the legal fraternity to highlight the injustice done to Yasin Malik by the Indian authorities, the SCBA said in a statement.... On May 26, an Indian court sentenced Yasin Malik to life imprisonment in a trumped-up terror funding case. Waseem Mumtaz Malik, the SCBA secretary, finance secretary Shehnaz Akhter and senior counsel Kamran Murtaza were present at the meeting.... The participants called upon the government to take up the Kashmir issue

KARACHI: The Election Commission of Pakistan on Thursday imposed a fine of Rs50, 000 on Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf leader Khurram Sher Zaman for ‘violating’ its code of conduct notified for Feb 8 general elections.... The district monitoring officer of East also fined an aspirant from NA-248, Mohammad Hasan Khan, Rs48, 000 on similar grounds.... Notices have also been issued to some other candidates contesting from Kashmore and Sukkur, including Ali Jam Mazari from NA-191 and PS-6 Mahboob Bajara

LAHORE: The PML-N is likely to field Shaista Pervaiz Malik, widow of former PML-N Lahore president Pervaiz Malik, for NA-133 bypoll to be held on Dec 5. The seat fell vacant last week after the death of Mr Malik. Currently, Shaista Pervaiz is an MNA on a reserved seat for women.“ The party leadership has decided in principle to award the ticket to Shaista Pervaiz.... No government functionary or elected representative including a local government functionary shall announce any development schem

Join our Whatsapp channel LAHORE: Justice Ayesha A. Malik of the Supreme Court has emphasised the importance of animal rights, saying when human rights receive significant attention, the rights of animals are often neglected. She called for strict penalties against those mistreating animals. Speaking at the inaugural ceremony of the International Animal and Environmental Rights Conference, Justice Malik stressed that all living beings have the right to live without fear.... She highlighted the

In yet another change in the Pakistan squad for this month's Men’s T20 World Cup, all-rounder Shoaib Malik has replaced batter Sohaib Maqsood, according to a statement issued by the Pakistan Cricket Board( PCB) on Saturday.... The PCB said Maqsood had been ruled out of the squad due to a lower back injury.... " I am sure Shoaib’s experience will be handy for the entire squad.” Malik had captained Pakistan in the inaugural Men's T20 World Cup in 2007 and was a member of the side that won the to

MANSEHRA: The police have arrested three persons for harassing the Mansehra tehsil assistant commissioner and injuring her security guard and driver.“ We have arrested three persons and seized a repeater gun, a pistol and liquor bottles from their vehicle after they brawled with and manhandled Ms Marvi Malik Sher when her official vehicle overtook their vehicle on the Karakoram highway in Ghazikot area, ” district police officer Sajjad Khan told reporters on Sunday.He said the persons stopped th