Tag: Pakistan
Pakistan: IED Blast In Lahore's Busy Anarkali Market Leaves Three Dead, Several Injured
A powerful blast in Pakistan's Punjab province's provincial capital Lahore has claimed at least two lives and injured dozens, in what is being seen as a targeted terror attack. ....
Pakistan: 30 Dead, 50 Injured In Peshawar Mosque Blast
At least 30 people were killed and some 50 others injured after a blast went off inside a mosque in Pakistan's Peshawar city, police said.....
Pakistan Army Claims India Fired Missile Endangering Passenger Flights
Maj Gen Babar Iftikhar, Director General of Pakistan's Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR), has claimed that an Indian "high speed flying object" fell in Mian Channu located in Punjab province's Khanewal district, Dawn news reported....
Pakistan: Shehbaz Sharif Rejects Gulzar Ahmed's Name For Caretaker PM
The President of Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N), Shehbaz Sharif, on Wednesday rejected the name of former Chief Justice of Pakistan (CJP), Gulzar Ahmed, for the post of caretaker Prime Minister of Pakistan, Dunya News reported. ....
Shehbaz Sharif Elected As 23rd Prime Minister Of Pakistan
PML-N President Shehbaz Sharif was on Monday elected as the 23rd Prime Minister of Pakistan with 174 lawmakers voting in his favour after the MNAs of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf boycotted the election, Dawn reported.....
Pakistan Govt Goes Back On Shehbaz Sharif's Announcement Of Salary Hike
In an apparent 'U-turn' from Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif's announcement of an increase in salaries of government employees, former Finance Minister and senior leader of Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N), Miftah Ismail, said on Wednesday that since the salaries were raised a couple of months ago, the government is not raising them again, media reports said. ....
Bilawal Bhutto To Take Oath As Pakistan Foreign Minister Within 2 Days
Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) Chairman Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari will take oath as the country's new Foreign Minister in a day or two, a top official said. ....
17 Kashmiris Youths, Who Returned From Pakistan, Killed In Counter-terror Ops
Seventeen Kashmiri youths, who returned from Pakistan to Jammu and Kashmir, were killed in recent counter-terror operations, sources in the security set up said. ....
Azadi March Ends As Imran Khan Gives 6-day Ultimatum To Announce Polls
PTI Chairman and former Prime Minister Imran Khan on Thursday gave a six-day ultimatum to the incumbent government to announce an election and dissolve Assemblies, indicating an end to his partys 'Azadi March'. ....
Outrage In Pakistan After Senior Journalist Ayaz Amir Attacked By 'unidentified Men' For Criticising Army
The Pakistani government's "intrusive" attitude towards the media was evident during the Imran Khan government when those critical of him and his government were targeted. With the rift between the Army and Imran Khan increasing, one now finds those critical of the Army being targeted.....
