LAHORE (Channel News Pakistan) In the Pakistan Bar Council elections, the Ahsan Bhoon group beat the Hamid Khan group decisively in Punjab. The Ahsan Bhoon group gained eight of the eleven seats, while the Hamid Khan group received only two. The outcome of the 11th seat in Punjab is stillContinue Reading
ISLAMABAD – On Tuesday, Prime Minister (PM) Imran Khan stated that the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) committed errors in the first round of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) local government elections and paid the pr The premier stated on a social-networking website, “Wrong candidate selection was a key factor.” From now on, IContinue Reading
PESHAWAR, Pakistan – Prime Minister Imran Khan promised on Wednesday that every household in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa will receive a health insurance card (KP). The premier, speaking at a ceremony to commemorate the start of the Micro Health Insurance Program, stated that the government’s top aim is to make Pakistan aContinue Reading
According to Indian media sources, an Indian Air Force (IAF) helicopter carrying Chief of Defence Staff General Bipin Rawat and other Indian defence officials crashed in Tamil Nadu’s Coonoor on Wednesday, killing thirteen of the fourteen personnel on board. The Indian news agency ANI said that 14 persons were onContinue Reading
LAHORE, Pakistan — The second key suspect, who incited the crowd to torture Sri Lankan manager Priyantha Kumara to death in Sialkot over suspected blasphemy, was apprehended on Saturday. According to reports, suspect Talha has been sent to an undisclosed location for questioning. With the use of CCTV, police officialsContinue Reading
ISLAMABAD: According to The News, US Deputy Secretary of State Wendy R Sherman stated on Friday that she believes President Joe Biden would speak with Prime Minister Imran Khan shortly. The senior US ambassador told a group of editors that the Biden administration was well aware of Pakistan’s worries overContinue Reading
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s government is in disarmament negotiations with some groups of the proscribed Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP), according to Prime Minister Imran Khan, as the country seeks stability in the face of a rapidly changing scenario in Afghanistan. In an interview with TRT World’s Ali Mustafa in Islamabad, Prime Minister ImranContinue Reading
UNITED NATIONS: In yet another nod to Prime Minister Imran Khan’s efforts to mitigate the effects of climate change, UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson mentioned Pakistan’s 10 billion trees initiative during his speech at the United Nations. The UK Prime Minister urged world leaders to follow Imran Khan’s lead andContinue Reading
DUBAI – The United Arab Emirates said on Friday that citizens who have been properly vaccinated with a World Health Organization-approved vaccine can return from a list of previously banned nations as of September 12. After a year of delays owing to the epidemic, Dubai, one of the UAE’s sevenContinue Reading
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan – Prime Minister Imran Khan said on Friday that Naya Pakistan is not the result of a single push of a button, but rather the result of a long battle in which systemic reforms take time. He stated that people do not pay taxes but demand services whileContinue Reading