On humanitarian grounds, Pakistan has freed 198 Indian fishermen who were imprisoned for illegally fishing in Pakistani seas. The Foreign Office stated in a statement that the released fisherman were handed over to Indian officials at the Wagah border crossing in Lahore. The fisherman were freed from Karachi’s Malir JailRead More →

Many users in Pakistan are allegedly unable to access the prominent social media sites Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram on Tuesday evening. Users are unable to log in to their accounts on all three sites, according to the outage-tracking website Downdetector.com, which means they cannot publish or read anything. Downdetector monitorsRead More →

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 aboutRead More →

GUJRANWALA : Ahsan Nazir, the suspect in the assault on Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) leader Imran Khan, was granted bail by the anti-terrorism court on Friday. The court granted bail to Ahsan Nazir against surety bonds of Rs. 500,000 and said that it had reserved judgement on the bail requests madeRead More →

ISLAMABAD: Former Prime Minister and PTI Chairman Imran Khan has categorically denied claims of an agreement with the federal government, claiming that they are coming closer to Islamabad. Imran Khan denied the rumours on Twitter from his own account, saying that rumours and purposeful deception are being propagated that anRead More →

Jamshed Iqbal Cheema, the leader of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI), has been arrested by police. PTI leaders are being detained by police in an attempt to prevent the party from organising a long march in Islamabad. Earlier in the day, PTI workers and police clashed after the latter attempted to arrestRead More →

22,000 security officers will be deployed in the federal capital as part of the government’s preparations to deal with the PTI’s protracted march. According to reports, the Islamabad administration conveyed the ideas to the Interior Ministry after consulting with police officers. To deal with the PTI demonstrators, 8,000 Punjab ConstabularyRead More →