A file photo of former Pakistan PM Imran Khan and his wife Bushra Bibi. | Photo Credit: AP Jailed former Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan’s wife Bushra Bibi was reportedly given at least two to three drops of “toilet cleaner” mixed in an Iftar meal, her spokesperson said on April 25. The cleaner was allegedly … Read more
Unknown gunmen killed two customs officers in western Pakistan, officials said on Sunday, following the killing of five other customs officials in the area in recent days. No group has claimed responsibility for the two attacks since Thursday, which police said they were investigating. Security in regions of Pakistan bordering Afghanistan has deteriorated in recent … Read more
Lt. Gen. Jeffrey Kruse, Director of the Defense Intelligence Agency. File | Photo Credit: AP Pakistan sustained its nuclear modernisation efforts last year despite its economic turmoil as its contentious relationship with India continues to drive its defence policy, the top U.S. intelligence official told Congress. The remarks by Lt. Gen. Jeffrey Kruse, Director of … Read more
Economic activity is subdued in Pakistan, the World Bank noted. Representational | Photo Credit: Reuters The World Bank has painted a grim economic picture of Pakistan in its biannual report, cautioning that over 10 million more people are at risk of descending into poverty in the cash-strapped country. The Washington-based lender’s apprehension comes from a … Read more
Since the Sharif family and their party – the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) – are being patronage by the current military establishment, all the cases against them have either been closed or acquitted. | Photo Credit: PTI In a major relief to ex-Pakistan prime minister Nawaz Sharif’s family, an anti-corruption court on March 14 cancelled … Read more
This photograph taken on February 14, 2024, shows Sidra Bilal (R) working at a printing press in Lahore. | Photo Credit: AFP Under the dizzying lights and gleaming monuments of Pakistan’s cultural capital Lahore, Sidra Bilal’s mind drifts to her rural hometown, a backwater of broken promises that led her to abstain from this month’s … Read more
Pakistan’s former Prime Minister Imran Khan. File | Photo Credit: AP PTI-backed independent candidates won the maximum number of seats in the recently concluded Pakistan election Reversing its earlier decision, jailed former prime minister Imran Khan’s Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf on February 19 said that the party-backed independent candidates, who won the February 8 elections, will join … Read more
Pakistan’s former Prime Minister and leader of the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) party Shehbaz Sharif (C) speaks during a press conference in Lahore on February 13, 2024. | Photo Credit: AFP A second round of talks between the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz and the Pakistan Peoples Party is expected to take place on February 16 on … Read more