Tag: Faizabad

Signal-free Islamabad Expressway going nowhere

Project on halt due to lack of funds ISLAMABAD: Expansion of the Islamabad Highway has been halted for the last one year owing to lapse...

CDA fails to move Faizabad Bus stand to designated site

ISLAMABAD: The city managers, even after the lapse of 15 years, have failed to implement their decision in which a permanent site proposed by the...

Six bus stands demolished at Faizabad: report

ISLAMABAD: Six bus stands were dismantled by the Capital Development Authority (CDA) in an operation against illegal bus stands at Faizabad, as reported by...

ISI’s failure to submit Faizabad sit-in report draws SC’s ire

--Court asks spy agency if it was incognisant of TLP leaders’ source of income --Justice Isa says some forces consider themselves ‘above the law’   ISLAMABAD: Justice Qazi...

Imran promoting Western agenda in Pakistan: Capt (r) Safdar

ISLAMABAD: Member of the National Assembly (MNA) and Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) leader Captain (retd) Muhammad Safdar said on Tuesday that Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI)...

Father of dead infant ‘forgives TLYR leadership’

ISLAMABAD: A man, whose infant son died last month as he got stuck in a traffic jam Faizabad blockade, has announced that he was...

Commuters happy, Pakistan uneasy after deal with extremists

ISLAMABAD: Commuters were jubilant on Tuesday as the main highway into Islamabad reopened three weeks after Faizabad sit-in blocked it, as uneasy soul-searching grew among...

Release of activists key condition to officially end Faizabad sit-in: Khadim...

ISLAMABAD: Tehreek-e-Labbaik Ya Rasool Allah (TLYR) chief Khadim Hussain Rizvi on Monday said that the Faizabad sit-in will officially come to an end as...

PM, COAS decide against use of force to disperse Faizabad protesters

Govt to recommence dialogue process with protesters ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi on Sunday decided to recommence dialogue with the protesters of Tehreek-i-Labbaik...

Capital administration responsible to enforce IHC’s order: Marriyum Aurangzeb

ISLAMABAD: Information minister Marriyum Aurangzeb has stated on Saturday that district administration of the federal capital is liable to ensure convenience of the locals by...

COAS phones PM Abbasi, says protests should be handled peacefully

ISLAMABAD: Chief of the Army Staff (COAS) General Qamar Javed Bajwa called Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi on Saturday to discuss the security situation...

Tehreek-e-Labaik using Facebook to incite hatred; social media ‘inaccessible’ in Pakistan

Major social media platforms, Facebook and Twitter have been shut down on Saturday in major areas of Pakistan, according to reports. It is being...

Faizabad operation: TV news channels go off air

The electronic media watchdog, Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority (PEMRA) has banned media coverage of the Faizabad operation that is currently underway in the...

Nawaz conducts high-level party meeting in Lahore

LAHORE: A high-level huddle chaired by former prime minister Nawaz Sharif is underway at his Jati Umra residence in Lahore. Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi,...

Anarchy brings in the Army

--Army chief 'advises' PM to resolve issue 'peacefully' as govt seeks help from army and Rangers in Islamabad and Punjab, respectively, to quell violent protests  --Hundreds...

Islamabad admin decides to turn off Faizabad interchange lights to disperse protesters

ISLAMABAD: The administration of the federal capital has decided to shut off street lights around the area of Faizabad Interchange as the sit-in by protesters...

Today it’s religious activists, tomorrow it could be someone else, SC...

--Top court says country's decisions will be taken on streets rather than in courts if situation in federal capital is not taken under control --Says Punjab...