Noor Muhammad Dumar, the provincial minister for planning and development, had his services terminated by the Balochistan government on Tuesday due to his attendance at a National Economic Council (NEC) meeting. As a result of the federation’s “non-cooperative attitude” towards the province, Balochistan Chief Minister Mir Abdul Qudoos Bizenjo hadContinue Reading

Northern Pakistan’s Swat, Malakand, and adjacent districts experienced a minor earthquake on Tuesday. The National Seismic Monitoring Centre in Islamabad estimates the earthquake’s Richter scale magnitude to be four. The earthquake was 125 km deep. The region between Pakistan, Afghanistan, and Tajikistan’s borders served as its epicentre. There have beenContinue Reading

Rana Sagheer Ahmed Guddu, the PML-Q leader, and a close ally joined the Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) on Tuesday. Mr. Guddu commended the PPP leadership while speaking at a news conference with Vehari PPP President Mehmood Hayat Tochi Khan. He said, “The PPP has always done the politics of theContinue Reading

Jahangir Tareen, the unhappy leader of the PTI, launched a three-person committee on Tuesday to recruit defectors as he prepares to start a new political party. Awn Chaudhry, Sardar Tanvir Ilyas, and Ishaq Khakwani will head a committee that invites PTI defectors to join Mr. Tareen’s political party. On Tuesday,Continue Reading

During a gunfight with terrorists on Monday in the general area of Ladha, South Waziristan Tribal District, a Pakistani Army soldier chose martyrdom, according to ISPR. The military’s propaganda wing claims that District Mansehra resident Lance Naik Muhammad Sabir fought valiantly and accepted death during the operation. According to theContinue Reading

The detention of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf leader Shehryar Afridi and his wife was ruled unlawful by the Islamabad High Court on Monday. After hearing the arguments against Mr. Afridi and his wife’s incarceration, Justice Arbab Muhammad Tahir issued an order prohibiting their arrest within the city limits of Islamabad. The courtContinue Reading

After a two-day official trip to Turkey, where he attended President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s swearing-in ceremony, Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif arrived in Islamabad. The prime minister attended the president’s swearing-in ceremony in Ankara on June 3 at the president’s request. The prime minister interacted with world leaders during his visitContinue Reading