LAHORE – Imran Khan, the chairman of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI), said on Sunday that the PTI and its supporters will protect the independence of the judiciary at all costs. At a meeting with PTI leader Shahbaz Gill, the former prime minister reviewed the party’s strategy as well as the nation’sContinue Reading

UNITED NATIONS (AP) – A Palestinian-backed United Nations resolution that might be voted on by the Security Council early next week would demand an immediate stop to all Israeli settlement operations, denounce Israeli efforts to annex settlements and outposts, and “ask for their rapid reversal.” The State Department said inContinue Reading

UNITED NATIONS (AP) – Two days after launching a $397 million plea to aid almost 5 million Syrians across the border in the rebel-held northwest, the United Nations issued a $1 billion appeal to assist 5,2 million earthquake sufferers in Turkey. U.N. spokesperson Stephane Dujarric was bombarded with questions aboutContinue Reading

KARACHI : Saturday, Sindh Inspector General of Police (IG) Ghulam Nabi formed a five-member committee to investigate the terrorist assault on the office of Karachi’s police chief the previous day. Three terrorists were killed and four individuals, including two police officers and a sub-inspector of the Sindh Rangers, sacrificed themselvesContinue Reading

SIALKOT: While Pakistan tries to overcome its economic crisis, Defense Minister Khawaja Asif said on Saturday that the cash-strapped country has “already defaulted.” At his speech to a convention at a private college in Sialkot, a prominent Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) leader emphasised: “A default has occurred. We are inContinue Reading