Pakistan News
04 Aug 2018
Election Commission of India (ECI)Pakistan General Elections: 1.6 million votes discarded, says report
A total of 1.67mn votes cast across Pakistan in the 2018 general election were rejected, which was 11.7% more than that of the 1.5mn ballots discarded in the 2013 polls, a report said.
03 Aug 2018
Supreme Court Of IndiaPakistan's first Sikh cop fired for being absent from work
Pakistan's first Sikh police officer has been sacked from service for being absent from office for over three months.
03 Aug 2018
TalibanPakistan: 12 girls' schools burnt down in Gilgit-Baltistan
Twelve girls' schools have been burnt down by unidentified persons in coordinated attacks in Pakistan's restive Gilgit-Baltistan, Geo News reported, quoting police officials.
01 Aug 2018
IndiaIndia, Pakistan to install new gates at Attari-Wagah border soon
India and Pakistan are set to install new gates at the Attari-Wagah border, where people from both the sides throng every evening to watch the lowering of the national flags.
01 Aug 2018
Imran Khan (Pakistan PM)Pakistan: Imran's private-house vulnerable to threats, to move into official-residence
A house in Ministers' Enclave in Islamabad will be declared the official residence of Imran Khan, who is set to become Pakistan's new Prime Minister, as his private house is vulnerable to threats, Dawn reported.
31 Jul 2018
IndiaImran Khan's PTI considering inviting Modi for his oath-taking ceremony
Imran Khan's Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf is considering inviting the leaders of South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) countries including Prime Minister Narendra Modi to his oath-taking ceremony as the premier next month, a party official said today.
30 Jul 2018
Imran Khan (Pakistan PM)Nawaz Sharif's hospital ward in PIMS declared as sub-jail
Ailing Nawaz Sharif's hospital ward has been declared as a sub-jail, a day after Pakistan's former PM was admitted to premier Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences (PIMS) following health complications.
30 Jul 2018
Imran Khan (Pakistan PM)Will take oath as Pakistan PM on August 11: Imran
Pakistan-Tehreek-Insaf (PTI) Chairman Imran Khan, on Monday, said that he will take oath as Pakistan's Prime Minister on August 11.
28 Jul 2018
Imran Khan (Pakistan PM)UN committed to continuing to support Pak's election commission: Guterres
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres looks forward to the formation of a new government in Pakistan and stressed the UN's commitment to support Pakistan's election commission amid allegations by other political parties of vote rigging, his spokesperson said.
27 Jul 2018
Imran Khan (Pakistan PM)Pakistan: Imran says will live humbly, not in official PM-residence
Imran Khan, who is set to become Pakistan's premier, yesterday said he will not live in the official residence of the Prime Minister and the lavish house will be converted into a public space like an educational institution.
26 Jul 2018
IndiaIf India is ready, Pakistan will solve Kashmir issue: Imran
Imran Khan, all set to be the new Pakistan PM, addressed the media this afternoon, laying out his policies and goals.
26 Jul 2018
Imran Khan (Pakistan PM)Ex-wife Jemima congratulates Imran Khan, reminds him of "challenge"
Wishes have been pouring in for PTI Chief Imran Khan from around the world, as he looks set to become Pakistan's next prime minister.
25 Jul 2018
Taliban#HistoryMade: Pakistan's tribal women cast vote for the first time
In a historic first, women of a conservative tribal district of Pakistan bordering Afghanistan today cast their ballots as Pakistan went to polls, according to a media report.
25 Jul 2018
CanadaPakistani-origin man, suffering from psychosis, behind Toronto's deadly mass shooting
The gunman who killed two persons and injured 13 others in a deadly mass shooting in Canada's largest city Toronto on Sunday has been identified as Pakistani-origin man, Faisal Hussain, the police said.
25 Jul 2018
BalochistanPakistan: 31 killed, 36 injured in violence on Election Day
At least 31 people were killed, including 28 in a suicide-blast outside a polling station in Pakistan's Quetta city, and 36 others injured as violence erupted on the day of elections in Pakistan.
25 Jul 2018
Nawaz SharifAs Pakistan votes, India, US and China on the edge
Pakistan votes today in its 11th general elections since 1970, incidentally only the second civilian transfer of power in the country.
24 Jul 2018
Jammu And Kashmir338 incidents of ceasefire violation during Ramzan in J&K: Govt
A total of 338 incidents of ceasefire violation and cross-border firings from Pakistan were reported in Jammu and Kashmir during the month of Ramzan (May 17 to June 16), Union Minister Hansraj Gangaram Ahir told Lok Sabha today.
24 Jul 2018
Nawaz SharifPakistan: Doctors say Sharif not well; jailed ex-PM demands medical-facilities
A medical board which examined Nawaz Sharif yesterday recommended the immediate shifting of the jailed former Pakistani PM to a hospital but Sharif insisted that the medical facilities should be provided to him in the jail itself.
23 Jul 2018
Nawaz SharifPakistan: Anti-ISI slogans raised outside army headquarters, video goes viral
Just a few days before Pakistan goes to general elections, scores of people raised anti-ISI slogans outside General Headquarters (GHQ) of the Pakistani army in Rawalpindi.
23 Jul 2018
Imran Khan (Pakistan PM)Nawaz protecting India's interest, trying to damage Pak election-credibility: Imran
Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf Chairman Imran Khan today accused jailed Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif of "protecting India's interests" and trying to damage the credibility of the July 25 General Elections.
23 Jul 2018
Nawaz SharifIndians will call Pakistanis their 'master': PML-N Chief Shehbaz Sharif
Shehbaz Sharif, the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) Prime Ministerial candidate, said that people can change his name if he doesn't take Pakistan ahead of India after coming into power, The Express Tribune reported.
22 Jul 2018
Imran Khan (Pakistan PM)Imran Khan's party candidate killed in attack days before Pakistan-elections
Three days ahead of general elections in Pakistan, a candidate from Imran Khan's PTI party was killed in a suicide attack in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.
21 Jul 2018
SuicidePakistan: Independent candidate commits suicide over row with sons
An independent candidate contesting in Pakistan's July 25 polls to Parliament and the provincial assembly from the Punjab province reportedly committed suicide over a dispute with his sons.
20 Jul 2018
Nawaz SharifSharif, daughter might be shifted to Sihala jail amid 'security-fears'
Jailed former PM of Pakistan Nawaz Sharif and his daughter Maryam may be shifted from the high-security Adiala jail in Rawalpindi to Sihala Rest House in Islamabad, after some prisoners started chanting slogans against him yesterday.
18 Jul 2018
Pakistan ArmyPakistan Army 'openly' supporting religious extremists, alleges US Congressman
US lawmaker Dana Rohrabacher alleged that "corrupt" Pakistani Army officers are involved in the "extrajudicial killing" of Mohajirs in Karachi.
16 Jul 2018
Road AccidentsPakistan: 18 killed as speeding-trailer rams into bus in Hyderabad
At least 18 people, including three of a family, returning from a wedding function were killed in a road accident in Pakistan's southern province of Sindh early today, police and rescue officials said.
15 Jul 2018
Nawaz SharifNo bed, dirty toilets for Nawaz Sharif in jail: Lawyers
Former Pakistan PM Nawaz Sharif and his daughter Maryam, who were arrested in the Avenfield corruption case Friday night, are being lodged in sub-standard facilities, their lawyers have alleged.
14 Jul 2018
XJ&K: Omar Abdullah defends PM Modi's Pak outreach, slams Congress
National Conference Vice-President and former J&K CM, Omar Abdullah, today said Congress's tweet about PM Narendra Modi and incarcerated former Pakistan PM Nawaz Sharif was disappointing.
14 Jul 2018
BollywoodHockey-player Sandeep Singh's biopic, 'Soorma' hits theaters across Pakistan, Kuwait
"Soorma", Indian hockey player Sandeep Singh's biopic, has hit theatres across Pakistan and Kuwait.
14 Jul 2018
WorldUS condemns 'cowardly' attacks on political candidates in Pakistan
The US today strongly condemned the attacks on Pakistani political candidates and their supporters, describing them as "cowardly attempts" to deprive the people of their democratic rights.
13 Jul 2018
Nawaz SharifFormer Pakistani PM Nawaz Sharif, daughter arrested at Lahore airport
Pakistan's former prime minister Nawaz Sharif along with his daughter Maryam were arrested tonight on their return to the country after they were convicted in a corruption case, less than two weeks before the country goes to polls.
13 Jul 2018
Shashi Tharoor'Hindu-Pakistan': Aligarh youth offers Rs. 11,000 for blackening Tharoor's face
After Congress leader Shashi Tharoor's 'Hindu Pakistan' remark, a Muslim youth leader from Aligarh has announced a reward of Rs. 11,000 for anyone who blackens his face.
13 Jul 2018
PeshawarPakistan: Bomb blast at election rally kills 4, injures 14
At least four people were killed and 14 others, including a senior leader of an Islamist party, injured today in a bomb blast in an election rally in Pakistan's Peshawar, the third attack on a political rally ahead of the July 25 general elections.
13 Jul 2018
Nawaz SharifReports: Nawaz Sharif and his daughter to be arrested today
A week after former Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif was sentenced to 10 years in prison for corruption, now, both Nawaz and his daughter, Maryam Nawaz Sharif, are reportedly set to be arrested today at the Abu Dhabi airport in the UAE.
11 Jul 2018
Supreme Court Of IndiaPakistan's first Sikh police officer forcibly evicted from his house
Pakistan's first Sikh police officer Gulab Singh Shaheen, in a video, has claimed that he was forcibly evicted from his home in Lahore's Dera Chahal village along with his children and wife, following a property dispute with the government.
10 Jul 2018
Nawaz SharifSharif, daughter will be arrested at any Pakistan airport: Minister
Ousted Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif and his daughter Maryam Nawaz will be arrested on their arrival at any Pakistani airport as they have been convicted in a corruption case, a senior minister said.
09 Jul 2018
ChinaChina launches two remote sensing satellites for Pakistan
China today successfully launched two remote sensing satellites for Pakistan, marking the first international commercial launch for the Long March-2C rocket in about 19 years.
06 Jul 2018
VadodaraGujarat fisherman who died in Pakistan jail cremated at home
The mortal remains of a fisherman who died in a Pakistan jail in March this year was today consigned to flames at his native Kotada village in Gujarat's Gir Somnath district.
06 Jul 2018
Nawaz SharifPakistan: Nawaz Sharif jailed for 10 years in corruption case
An Islamabad court today sentenced former Pakistan PM Nawaz Sharif to 10 years in prison in the Avenfield corruption reference, and fined £8mn.
03 Jul 2018
Supreme Court Of IndiaIt's 'haram' to cast votes for women, says Pakistani politician
Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz candidate for the July 25 General Election and former Punjab province minister Haroon Sultan has stoked a controversy by terming it "haram" to cast votes for women.
