Tag: Pakistan government

Pakistan: Farmers to stage protest on Feb 14 in Multan

The PKI president also said that animals, poultry, fish, and farmers' kids would be attending the protest along with farmers next month.

January 30, 2022

Blasphemy at the core

The TLP has said in a statement that “we announce ending the sit-in in Wazirabad”.

November 11, 2021

Pakistan government denies Maryam Nawaz permission to travel abroad

Maryam Nawaz, the 46-year-old daughter of Pakistan's former prime minister Nawaz Sharif, was placed on the no-fly list in August 2018 in an alleged corruption case.

December 23, 2019

IPI award for Dawn journalist Cyril Almeida whose report suggested Pakistan Army role in 26/11 attacks

IPI gives this award to journalists “who have made significant contributions to the promotion of press freedom, particularly in the face of great personal risk”

April 25, 2019

Pakistan government spokesperson’s personal Twitter account suspended

According to the Pakistan media, the account was blocked late on Tuesday after Indian authorities complained to the microblogging website.

February 20, 2019

Two teenaged sisters murdered in Pakistan honour killing

So far this year, 938 women and men have been victims of honour killings in the country, according to the non-profit Human Rights Commission of Pakistan.

November 5, 2018

Radicals call for strike to protest Asia Bibi’s acquittal

The government led by Prime Minister Imran Khan decided on Thursday to engage in talks with the TLP, a day after urging the radicals not to go against the state.

November 2, 2018

Melting Pot | Congress in a flap with Rahul Gandhi away

Rahul Gandhi seems to be relying on divine intervention to help him win the upcoming assembly elections in Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh and Chhattisgarh.

September 4, 2018

Interpol rejects request for Pervez Musharraf’s arrest: Pak govt

The government's reply came as the tribunal resumed hearing in the treason case against the former president for suspending the Constitution in 2007 by imposing emergency.

August 29, 2018

Pakistan government bans VIP protocol at airports

The VIP protocol was usually given to politicians, legislators, senior bureaucrats, judges, military officials and journalists.

August 27, 2018

Don’t harass Hafiz Saeed, let him do his charity: Lahore HC tells Pak govt

The Lahore High Court on Thursday allowed Mumbai attack mastermind Hafiz Saeed's two organisations Jamaat-ud-Dawah (JuD) and Falah-i-Insaniyat Foundation (FIF) to work under the ambit of law.

April 6, 2018

Explain Hafiz’s JuD, charity wing ban: Lahore HC

The Lahore High Court on Friday ordered the Pakistan government to explain why the Jamaat-ud Dawa (JuD) and its charity wing Falah-i-Insaniat Foundation (FIF) of 2008 Mumbai terror attack mastermind Hafiz Saeed were banned and their accounts frozen. The order came during a petition filed by Saeed through his lawyer A.K. Dogar in which the...

March 16, 2018

147 Indian fishermen released by Pakistan cross over via Wagah

A total of 147 Indian fishermen, released by Pakistan after spending eight months in captivity in Karachi, crossed over to India through the border here on Monday, officials said. In a goodwill gesture, Pakistani authorities had released 147 fishermen on Sunday. Their release followed a December announcement by Pakistan Foreign Office spokesman Mohammad Faisal that nearly...

January 9, 2018

Pakistan must change its approach to terrorism: US

While encouraging members of the BRICS alliance to continue playing a constructive role in global stabilisation, the US reminded Pakistan that it “must change its approach” to terrorism. At the three-day 9th BRICS Summit that concluded on Tuesday in Xiamen, China, leaders of the five-nation (Brazil, Russia, India, China, South Africa) bloc called for an...

September 7, 2017

Pakistani PM announces compensation for rain-hit Karachi

Pakistani Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi has said that the central government will provide financial and functional aid to the rain-hit city of Karachi. Taking notice of the losses rendered by the rains in the city, Abbasi on Sunday directed the concerned authorities to provide the aid to the Sindh government for rehabilitation and compensation...

September 4, 2017

Hafiz Saeed asks Pak to remove his name from ECL

Jamaat-ud Dawah chief Hafiz Saeed has asked the Pakistan Government to immediately remove his name from a list that bars him from leaving the country, claiming he was neither a security risk nor his outfit ever engaged in terrorist activities. In a letter to Interior Minister Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan, the mastermind of 2008 Mumbai...

February 16, 2017