ISLAMABAD – Interior Minister Rana Sanaullah stated on Saturday that the government was forced to ban the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) and vowed to take strict action against “PTI gangsters who vandalised the public property” during protests against PTI leader Imran Khan’s arrest in the Al-Qadir Trust corruption case. He toldRead More →

Unknown gunmen shot and killed two persons in Vehari on Saturday. According to the police, a husband and wife who were on a motorbike were shot and killed by unidentified assailants while under the jurisdiction of Luddan Police Station. The deceased bodies were removed from the scene by the police,Read More →

A spokeswoman for the Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) stated on Saturday that the organisation has not been given any orders to restart social media. The PTA representative confirmed that mobile internet connections had been restored nationwide but said that no orders had yet been given to reinstate social media networks.Read More →

As the strongest storm in almost 20 years barreled into Bangladesh and neighbouring Myanmar, authorities there started on Saturday to relocate Rohingya refugees from “risky areas” to community centres as hundreds evacuated an island. Meteorological officials in Dhaka classified Cyclone Mocha as “very severe,” but their Indian colleagues described itRead More →

Yaqoob Atif Bulbula, a well-known singer from Pakistan, passed away in Lahore after a lengthy illness. ‘Zindagi paani da bulbula’, a song by Yaqoob Atif, helped him gain popularity. He had been paralysed two years prior. Atif Bulbula’s funeral prayers were conducted at Garhi Shahu. Yakoob Atif Bulbulla had passedRead More →