Pakistan Today

A tragic event of rape has raised hew and cries among Baloch. A 10 years old child Murad Ameer hailing from Hoshab, Punjgoor district was raped by a security personal. It has raised the anger among all public. Since this is not the first in history of Baloch, Security personal has been notorious of committing such shameful act. It...

Rape cases are increasing day by day and we couldn't solve this rising issue. There are numbers of rape victims who have not been given justice and it is a positive response for the rapists to become more monsterous. It is  shameful  for all pakistanis along with government who are weak enough to raise voices. In the history you...

Finally, after more than six months in custody, PML(N) President Shahbaz Sharif has been granted post-arrest bail in a money laundering reference. He was brought back home in a procession by jubilant party workers, shouting slogans and showering flower petals on his car. Despite the stress that he must have undergone, Mr Sharif looked cool. Back home, Mr Sharif has...

Prime Minister Imran Khan identified three tasks for the Economic Advisory Council while chairing it, though these are all tasks which have been created by the commissions or omissions of his own government. The instruction to the EAC to recommend measures to bring down inflation does not account for the fact that apart from such self-generated crises as the...

ISLAMABAD: Amid reports of likely meeting between Prime Minister Imran Khan and estranged Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) leader Jahangir Khan Tareen, the ruling party’s leaders 'loyal’ to Tareen have met with Punjab Governor Chaudhry Muhammad Sarwar and conveyed to him their concerns. It may be mentioned here that Sarwar and Tareen were at each other’s throat during the last intra-party elections. However,...

KARACHI: An anti-terrorism court (ATC) on Friday decided 54 cases linked to a raid at Muttahida Qaumi Movement-Pakistan (MQM-P) headquarters Nine-Zero after six years, acquitting the high profile target killers in a case pertaining to recovery of explosive material. According to details, the ATC acquitted 12 suspects including Faisal aka Mota, Ubaid aka K2, Nadir Shah, Amir, Imtiaz, Abdul Qadir, Kazim...

ISLAMABAD: An accountability court on Friday accepted a petition filed by the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) Rawalpindi for the auction of the seized properties owned by former prime minister Nawaz Sharif. The NAB's decision to auction the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) supreme leader's assets comes after he was declared a proclaimed offender in the Toshakhana reference. After the accountability court's approval,...

ISLAMABAD: Warning that Pakistan could face the same situation as in India, Prime Minister Imran Khan on Friday appealed to the public to adhere to the government-prescribed standard operating procedures (SOPs) to control the third wave of the coronavirus. Briefing the media after chairing a meeting of the National Coordination Committee (NCC) on Covid-19, Prime Minister Khan said that if...

ISLAMABAD: The National Assembly (NA) session was prorogued indefinitely without holding a debate on the expulsion of the French ambassador as the opposition members surrounded the speaker’s dais to register their protest. The National Assembly held its session to deliberate the matter of the French ambassador's expulsion. On April 19, the resolution on the issue of the French envoy’s expulsion...

LAHORE: Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) President and Opposition Leader in the National Assembly (NA) Shehbaz Sharif was finally released from jail on bail Friday. A number of party leaders and workers, including Hamza Shehbaz, Rana Sanaullah and Saad Rafique, gathered outside Kot Lakhpat Jail to welcome their leader. Shehbaz's personal vehicles also reached the prison. PML-N leaders had announced that they...

Delhi hospitals issued desperate appeals for oxygen on Friday and 13 Covid patients died in a fire, as India's healthcare system buckles under a new wave of infections. The surge in cases, blamed on a new virus variant and the government allowing “super spreader” public events to go ahead, saw another 330,000 new infections and 2,000 deaths reported in the...

ISLAMABAD: United States Agency for International Development’s (USAID) Energy Office Director Don McCubbin has said Pakistan is likely to face the upcoming climate changes due to its geographical location. He stated this in a recent webinar organised by the USAID regarding “Earth Day” in Islamabad. McCubbin said that issues like climate change, water shortage and air pollution are directly linked to Earth...