
Pakistan Muslim League (PML-N) candidate Chaudhry Nisar Ali khan Thursday lost provincial assembly seat to Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf’s (PTI) candidate Muhammad Siddique Khan in votes recounting. The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) had ordered recounting after PTI had demanded recounting. Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan won a seat in the National Assembly from the NA-52 […]

Pakistan and China would sign several Memoranda of Understanding (MoUs) for cooperation in various fields during the forthcoming visit of Chinese Prime Minister Li Keqiang, the Foreign Ministry said Thursday. Foreign Office spokesman Aizaz Ahmad Chaudhary said at the weekly news briefing in Islamabad that details of these MoUs are being worked out. […]

President Al-Shifa Trust Eye Hospitals, Lieutenant General (Retd) Hamid Javaid, on Thursday said that almost 480 people are developing eye problems in Pakistan every day. Around fourteen thousand people are exposing to eye diseases every month which means that one Pakistani is catching disease every three minutes which is distressing the whole society, he […]

Caretaker Prime Minister, Mir Hazar Khan Khoso, Thursday promised to transfer power to the incoming government on time. Pakistan Muslim League (PML-N) party of two-time Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif, emerged as the single largest party in the May 11 general elections and he is set to lead the country for third time. The […]

A blast in an arms market in North Waziristan tribal region killed at least three people on Thursday, officials and witnesses said. The blast occurred in the crowded market in Mir Ali bazaar, they said. A fire broke out in the market because of the explosion, which engulfed several shops in the market. […]

The law enforcement agencies Thursday failed to recover Ali Haider Gilani, son of former Prime Minister, Yusuf Raza Gilani, in Nowshehra district of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. The police had earlier claimed that they have recovered Ali Haider Gilani, in Akora Khattak, who was kidnapped by unidentified gunmen from Multan on May 9. Gilani family said […]

Chairman Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf Imran Khan says his party believes in democracy and will play the role of a strong opposition in the National Assembly. In a video message in Lahore on Wednesday‚ he said despite political differences with PML [N]‚ we will jointly move forward to resolve the major issues being faced by the […]

Jamaat-e-Islami chief, Syed Munawar Hasan, Wednesday said that his party has reached agreement with the Pakistan Tehrik-e-Insaf to form govt in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. Aftab Sherpao’s Qaumi Watan Party and Swabi’s Awami Jamhoori Ittehad, have also decided to join the government, the Jamaat chief told reporters after visiting Imran Khan at hospital in Lahore. […]

Pakistan Muslim League (PML-N) Wednesday got simple majority of members-elect of the National Assembly to form government. The results announced so far shows that the PML-N has secured 124 seats of 272 general seats and several independent members-elect of the National Assembly have joined the party, taking the number of seat to the level […]

British High Commissioner Adam Thomson has taken note of Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) chief Altaf Hussain’s remarks about “separating Karachi.” Altaf Husain, while criticizing the establishment, in his telephonic address to his supporters from London, this week said that they would separate Karachi if the MQM mandate was not accepted. Thousands of complaints […]

The neglected disease cutaneous leishmaniasis is on the increase in Pakistan’s Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA), according to reports by FATA’s Directorate of Health. In response, the international medical organisation Médecins Sans Frontières/Doctors Without Borders (MSF) has donated supplies of medicines to treat the disease. Cutaneous leishmaniasis is the common form of leishmaniasis, a […]

As the country is fast moving to transition, more independent members-elect Wednesday joined Pakistan Muslim League (PML-N), raising the party’s number of seats to 220 seats in the National Assembly and 300 in the Punjab assembly. Independent candidates will have choice of three days to join any political party after the announcement of official […]