12-02-2024 By SJA Jafri + Bureau Report + Agencies ISLAMABAD/ LAHORE/ KARACHI: Pakistan’s powerful army chief has urged the country to leave “anarchy and polarization” behind as two ex-prime ministers declared victory in an election that has defied expectations. With most results in, independent candidates linked to jailed former PM …

11-02-2024 By SJA Jafri + Bureau Report + Agencies ISLAMABAD/ LAHORE/ KARACHI: Candidates backed by the party of jailed Pakistani opposition leader Imran Khan plan to form a government, a senior aide to the former prime minister said on Saturday, urging supporters to peacefully protest if final election results are …

09-02-2024 By SJA Jafri + Bureau Report + Agencies ISLAMABAD/ LAHORE/ KARACHI/ PESHAWAR/ QUETTA: Supporters of jailed former Prime Minister Imran Khan had the edge on Friday in Pakistan’s election results from over 100 seats, local media said, after vote counts were hit by unusual delays that the government ascribed …

07-02-2024 By SJA Jafri + Bureau Report + Agencies QUETTA/ PASHIN/ QILLA SAIFULLAH: Two bombs in Pakistan’s southwestern province of Balochistan have killed at least 28 people, officials said, with dozens more injured. The twin blasts on Wednesday came a day before elections. The attacks targeted the election offices of …

06-02-2024 By SJA Jafri + Bureau Report + Agencies DERA ISMAIL KHAN/ ISLAMABAD/ PESHAWAR: At least 10 officers have been killed in an hours-long assault on a police station in Pakistan. The officers lost their lives after more than 30 militants launched the attack in the early hours of Monday. …

05-02-2024 By SJA Jafri + Agencies + Bureau Report ISLAMABAD/ LAHORE: As per original sources, claims, historical facts, circumstances and challenges, the world’s only un-Islamic country on earth known as Islamic Republic of Pakistan has been facing “state terrorism” since its emergence while the minorities especially “Shia Community” have also …

04-02-2024 By SJA Jafri + Bureau Report ISLAMABAD: Former Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan and his wife Bushra Khan were sentenced to seven years in prison and fined on Saturday by a court that ruled their 2018 marriage broke the law, his party said. It was the third ruling against …

03-02-2024 By SJA Jafri + Bureau Report + Agencies ISLAMABAD/ LAHORE/ KARACHI: First, the fundamentals: In Pakistan, the election cycle is not the only process to be watched when determining the future political direction of the country; the cycle of the appointments of, and extensions granted to, the army chief …

01-02-2024 By SJA Jafri ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s former Prime Minister Imran Khan and his wife Bushra Bibi have been sentenced to 14 years in jail in a case related to the illegal sale of state gifts. An accountability court in Rawalpindi, which deals with corruption cases, on Wednesday also ruled that …

31-01-2024 By SJA Jafri + Bureau Report + Agencies ISLAMABAD/ LAHORE: A Pakistan court has sentenced former Prime Minister Imran Khan and his close aide, former Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi, to 10 years in jail in a case related to the leaking of state secrets. The special court set …