Pakistan has been insisting that the onus of improving the ties was on India and urging it to undo its “unilateral” steps in Kashmir as a sort of pre-condition to start the talks | File image of Ishaq Dar Pakistan will seriously consider restoring trade ties with India that remained suspended since August 2019,… Continue reading Pak to ‘seriously’ consider restoring trade ties with India: FM Ishaq Dar | India News
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Pak shelves multi-billion-dollar gas project with Iran under US pressure
Pakistan has temporarily shelved the multi-billion dollar gas pipeline project to import cheap energy from neighbouring Iran, apparently under pressure from the US which has imposed sanctions against Tehran over its nuclear programme, according to a media report on Monday. The development comes as Pakistan struggles to put its cash-strapped economy in order… Continue reading Pak shelves multi-billion-dollar gas project with Iran under US pressure
Pak authorities to inspect site of railway accident that killed 31 people
Pakistan’s railway department will conduct an inspection on Monday at the site of a major accident in Sindh province where an express train derailed and killed at least 31 people and injured 130 others. The Hazara Express train travelling from Karachi to Rawalpindi derailed on Sunday in Nawabshah district near the Sarhari Railway… Continue reading Pak authorities to inspect site of railway accident that killed 31 people
PAK vs ENG on Nov 12 could be resceduled due to Kali Puja
The Cricket Association of Bengal on Saturday requested ICC recce team about concerns raised by local security agencies with regards to World Cup match between Pakistan and England on November 12 coinciding with Kali Puja. If BCCI and ICC have to accommodate another date change, then Pakistn will have a third change in… Continue reading PAK vs ENG on Nov 12 could be resceduled due to Kali Puja
Pak court ordered Imran be put in Adiala jail not Attock prison: Report
According to the order issued by an Islamabad trial court that found the former Pakistan prime minister guilty in a corruption case. Imran Khan awoke on Sunday as an inmate in the high-security Attock prison in Attock city but should have been in Adiala jail in Rawalpindi, according to the order issued by an… Continue reading Pak court ordered Imran be put in Adiala jail not Attock prison: Report
Pak law minister says polls not possible till new census approved
Pakistan’s Law Minister Azam Nazeer Tarar said holding the general elections based on the 2023 digital census was not feasible before January or February of 2024, The News International reported. Talking to Geo News on Saturday, Tarar said a meeting of the Council of Common Interest (CCI) headed by Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif… Continue reading Pak law minister says polls not possible till new census approved
Pak ex-PM moved to Attock jail after 3-year sentence in corruption case
Imran Khan was shifted to Attock jail in Pakistan’s Punjab province amid tight security on Saturday after a trial court found the former prime minister guilty of corrupt practices in a corruption case and sentenced him to three years in prison. Khan, 70, was arrested from his Zaman Park home in Lahore on… Continue reading Pak ex-PM moved to Attock jail after 3-year sentence in corruption case
No ‘hurdle’ left in holding polls after ex-PM Imran’s arrest: Pak analyst
Imran Khan (Photo: Bloomberg) Imran Khan’s conviction and his three-year jail term in a corruption case have cleared a “major hurdle” for the ruling PML-N and the military establishment, who appear to be on the same page, to hold the elections, a leading political analyst said on Saturday. Former Pakistan prime minister Khan,… Continue reading No ‘hurdle’ left in holding polls after ex-PM Imran’s arrest: Pak analyst
How’ll you crush PTI when its vote bank is increasing, Imran asked Pak govt
A day before his arrest, Pakistan’s ousted prime minister Imran Khan claimed that his party would sweep the next elections as the vindictive actions taken against him and his supporters by the Shehbaz Sharif-led government, backed by the military establishment, were only increasing his party’s vote bank. The 70-year-old embattled former premier was… Continue reading How’ll you crush PTI when its vote bank is increasing, Imran asked Pak govt
Pak court sentences Imran Khan to three years in prison in Toshakhana case
A court in Pakistan on Saturday sentenced Imran Khan to three years in prison in a corruption case in which the embattled former prime minister is accused of profiting from selling expensive state gifts when he was in power. Additional Judge Humayun Dilawar of the Islamabad-based district and sessions judge also imposed Rs100,000… Continue reading Pak court sentences Imran Khan to three years in prison in Toshakhana case