DHAKA : (AFP) – On Monday, the sole newspaper of Bangladesh’s largest opposition party ceased publication after a government suspension order was upheld, raising concerns about media freedom in the South Asian country. Campaigners and international governments, notably the United States, have long raised concern about Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’sRead More →

ISLAMABAD : — Speakers of the Punjab and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) legislatures petitioned the Supreme Court of Pakistan (SCP) again on Monday to set a date for provincial elections. Province governors, the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP), President Dr Arif Alvi, and the governments of Punjab and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP)Read More →

LAHORE– The Lahore High Court (LHC) on Monday halted the Electoral Commission of Pakistan (ECP) ruling that denotified members of the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) from Punjab. The judgement is the latest victory for the previous governing party. Judge Shahid Karim of the LHC delivered the decision on a case filedRead More →

PESHAWAR – The Deputy Speaker of the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Assembly, Mahmood Jan, and two friends have been charged with murder and attempted murder in a property-related dispute. According to the authorities, a property dispute is ongoing between Jan and Isa Khel Qum in the Sufaid Sang suburbs. On Sunday, theRead More →

LAHORE — Sheikh Rashid Ahmad, chairman of the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI), said on Monday that he anticipated Imran Khan to appear before the Lahore High Court (LHC) seeking protective bail in a case brought against him for demonstrating outside the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) office. The LHC previously dismissedRead More →

MUNCHEN – Bilawal Bhutto Zardari, Minister of Foreign Affairs, met with his Norwegian colleague, Anniken Huitfeldt, on Sunday and vowed to collaborate to combat the global rise in Islamophobia. They expressed their intention to deepen ties between Pakistan and Norway during their meeting on the sidelines of the Munich SecurityRead More →