Former Pakistan Prime Minster has announced victory in general election and warned nationwide protests in case of delay in the announcement of elections results. According to Reuters 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, More
Following the 2024 general election, major Pakistani political parties have started wheeling and dealing to form a new government. Most of the National Assembly seats (99) have been grabbed by independent candidates, supported by the jailed ex-premier Imran Khan-led Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf. However, despite winning the highest number of seats in the lower house and the More
Pakhtun nationalist political figure Mohsin Dawar was wounded in a gun attack in North Waziristan district on Saturday. Local officials said Dawar came under attack in Miran Shah, where his supporters were staging a protest against inordinate delay in announcement if election results. Police opened fire gunshots and tear gas during the demonstration, protesters told More
At least 27 people have been killed and 30 others wounded in two separate explosions at election offices in Pakistan’s Balochistan province, media reports said on Wednesday. The first blast took place in Khanozai area of Pishin district outside an election campaign office of an independent candidate Asfand Yar Kakar, the province’s Caretaker Information Minister More
Dozens of police personnel have been injured in a traffic accident in Pakistan’s northwestern Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, a report said on Sunday. Mashal Radio reported the accident took place in Mandan Spalam village in Buner district on Saturday when the police bus collided with a truck. The police bus carried 50 passengers and 40 of them were More
At least 30 Palestinians have been killed in air strikes by Israeli forces on homes and a mosque in central Gaza, media reports said on Sunday. “At least 30 people were killed in Israeli air attacks on safe homes and a mosque in central Gaza on Sunday morning,” Aljazeera wrote on its X handle. Since More
Ten cops were killed and six wounded in an attack on a police station in Pakistan’s northwestern Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province early Monday morning. The assailants used heavy weapons during the deadly attack in the Daraban tehsil of Dera Ismail Khan district, police said. The wounded security personnel were evacuated to district headquarters hospital, they added. More
At least three people have been killed as a result of a small plane crash in Florida of United States, media reports said on Saturday. The plane crashed into a mobile home in Clearwater on Thursday night, CBS reported. The victims included the pilot and two people on the ground, according to the Federal Aviation More
A US F-16 fighter jet crashed into sea off South Korea’s southwestern coast on Wednesday, the Associated Press reported. Ejecting safely, the pilot was taken to a medical facility for assessment, according to a statement from the US 8th Fighter Wing. With the cause of the crash near the port city of Seosan being probed, More
Former prime minister Imran Khan and his spouse Bushra Bibi were sentenced to 14 years in jail in another case on Wednesday. The verdict was handed down in the Toshakhana reference against the ex-premier, who was awarded 10 years in jail a day earlier for the breach of state secrets. The National Accountability Bureau (NAB) More
