Tahir Khan
Joined on: Dec 04, 2012
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Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf has criticised the Punjab government’s decision to hold non-party Local Government polls in the Province. PTI’s Central Information Secretary, Dr Shireen Mazari, said that to hold partyless LG polls was a revival of the dictatorial legacies of Zia and Musharraf. “Instead of strengthening the democratic norms from the grassroots up, PMLN was undermining the roots […]

Afghan Taliban have strongly condemned massacre of unarmed civilians by military dictators in Egypt and the silence of the US and other so-called champions of human rights. “The Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan, besides strongly condemning this inhumane and unethical action, calls on the Egyptian military and government to stop spilling the blood of innocent women, […]
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Prime Minster Muhammad Nawaz Sharif Saturday visited floods-affected people in parts of Punjab province and assured them that the government will provide all possible assistance for the relief and rehabilitation of flood hit people. He was speaking at a briefing at Baddu Malhi in Narowal after taking an aerial view of the situation caused by […]

Chairman Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf Imran Khan Saturday used his address at an election rally to lash out Jamiat Ulema-i-Islam-Fazl (JUI-F) chief Maulana Fazal-ur-Rehman amid on-going ’s war of words between the two parties. “There is no need for a Jew agent in Rehman’s presence,” Khan told a largely-attended public meeting at Lakky Marwat in response to […]

Senior judge of the Supreme Court, Justice Tassaduq Hussain Jillani‚ Saturday took oath as Acting Chief Election Commissioner at a simple ceremony in Lahore on Saturday. Chief Justice Supreme Court‚ Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry‚ administered the oath. Later‚ talking to newsmen the Acting Chief Election Commissioner assured to conduct the coming by-elections on Thursday in […]

Prime Minister of Thailand, Ms. Yingluck Shinawatra, would be paying an official visit to Pakistan from 20-21 August, on the invitation of the Prime Minister, Nawaz Sharif, the Foreign Ministry said Saturday. This bilateral visit from Thailand would take place after more than a decade, a Foreign Ministry statement said. The Thai Prime Minister would […]

Doctors said Saturday that health condition of the armed man, Sikandar Hayat, who relatively held Islamabad hostage for nearly six hours on Thursday and was injured in police firing, is improving. According to doctors at Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences‚ Sikandar is still in ICU and can’t be shifted to ward. The spokesperson of Pakistan […]

Pakistan Tehrik-e-Insaf Friday expressed its serious concerns over the standoff between an armed man and the Islamabad police close to the Red Zone of the capital Islamabad. The PTI leadership collectively feels that the breach of security exposed the complete lack of preparedness on the part of the security apparatus to deal with even a […]

Interior Minister Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan said on Friday a comprehensive security plan is being prepared for the safety of the Federal Capital Islamabad. Addressing a news conference in Lahore on Friday‚ he said computerized record will be prepared of all government servants and other people living in the Capital. Referring to the arrest […]

Prime Minister Muhammad Nawaz Sharif has ordered inquiry into Jinnah Avenue incident, officials said Friday. The Prime Minister directed Secretary Interior to conduct inquiry and present the report. Meanwhile‚ a spokesman of Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences Islamabad said gunman Sikandar who sustained bullet wounds in yesterday’s operation in Islamabad has been taken off the […]

Pakistan military Friday accused Indian troops of again violating the ceasefire and opening unprovoked fire on its territory. The military sources said that the Indian troops “continued” Line of Control (LoC) violations even on Friday fired on Pakistani territory in Kotli and Battal sectors in the disputed Kashmir. However‚ no loss has been reported so […]

Pakistan said Friday all channels of communication are open with India and new signals coming from the eastern neighbor indicate that tensions are reducing. Tensions heightened over exchange of fire between the forces of the nuclear armed neighbours along the Line of Control in the disputed Kashmir region in recent days. Both accuse each other […]