ISLAMABAD: An alliance of Pakistan’s Opposition parties seeking to oust Prime Minister Imran Khan on Tuesday held a protest outside the election commission‘s office here to protest against delayed proceedings in his party’s foreign funding case, terming it as the “biggest fraud” in the country’s history. The case launched in 2014 is based on charges … Read more
After a drawn-out vote count that transfixed not just the U.S. but most of the world, many global leaders on Saturday were quick to respond to former Vice President Joe Biden’s election victory, with most sending congratulations and vowing to work with him. In Europe, where many countries hope President-elect Biden will reverse some of … Read more
NEW DELHI: India on Wednesday displayed solidarity with France and deplored personal attacks on President Emmanuel Macron by terming it as ‘violation of the most basic standards of international discourse’. “We strongly deplore the personal attacks in unacceptable language on President Emmanuel Macron in violation of the most basic standards of international discourse,” MEA asserted … Read more
ISLAMABAD: Defending Pakistan Rangers’ move to ‘kidnap’ Sindh IGP and the subsequent arrest of Pakistan Muslim League (Nawaz) leader Safdar Awan, Pakistan interior minister Brigadier Ijaz Shah has said that no political leader in a democratic system could be allowed to target national institutions in the name of freedom of expression. Pakistan government and the … Read more
Pakistan’s principal opposition party, the Pakistani Muslim League of Nawaz Sharif, has launched a tirade against a recent secret dinner meeting between that country’s army chief and a few parliamentarians to discuss holding elections in Pak-occupied Gilgit-Baltistan (GB) and declaring the area as the fifth province of the country. PML-N leader and Sharif’s daughter Maryam … Read more
Islamabad: Pakistan Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi met his Chinese counterpart Wang Yi to exchange views on the coronavirus pandemic, bilateral relations and international and regional issues of mutual interest, Dawn reported. Qureshi was on a two-day visit to China to hold the second round of the China-Pakistan Foreign Ministers’ Strategic Dialogue in the Chinese … Read more