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The leader of political jirga established to resolve the standoff between the government and protesters of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) and Pakistan Awami Tehreek (PAT), Jamaat Islami chief Sirajul Haq Thursday said that they had managed to reach at a consensus on several points between the parties, however some issues were still persisting, which they were working hard to resolve as they did not want “anyone to go empty-handed”.

PAT chief says Constitution is no longer in place, terms parliamentarians’ sentiments for people as ‘fake’ Says govt, not protesters, responsible for making arrangements to...

As a five-judge SC bench headed by Chief Justice of Pakistan (CJP) Nasirul Mulk began the case hearing, Awami National Party (ANP) and Balochistan National Party (BNP)’s counsel Raza Rabbani accused the protesting parties of misrepresenting army for their cause.

Federal Minister for Planning and Development Ahsan Iqbal has assured that talks were heading in a positive direction with Pakistan Awami Tehreek (PAT) and the final round of the talks will be held on Friday.

The parliamentary leaders who met Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif at his parliament chambers Wednesday disapproved of PTI’s Terms of Reference (ToRs) for the judicial commission proposed to investigate the alleged rigging in last year’s election.

The minister said that it was their effort to culminate the dialogue process at the earliest so that sit-ins could end.

Senator Aitzaz Ahsan submitted a reply on behalf of the PPP and JI in the apex court, stating that no circumstances could provide justification for any extra or unconstitutional act by any of the state’s functionaries.

Pakistan Awami Tehreek (PAT) Chairman Dr Tahirul Qadri has said that he would call off his party’s anti-government sit-in if the government introduces an...

The PTI leader said that his party supported democracy and wanted to strengthen it by their reforms agenda. He said that PTI was pursuing dialogue process with a positive approach and his party had shown flexibility at various levels to avoid deadlock.

While the Chinese Foreign Ministry made it clear on Friday that it never released any information about Chinese President XI Jinping’s visit to Pakistan officially, Pakistan’s Foreign Ministry is adamant that the visit was scheduled and was later postponed owing to anti-government protests in the federal capital.

“Both countries underline that China and Pakistan are time-tested all-weather friends. Both sides attach high importance to the visit of President Xi Jinping to Pakistan, as early as possible, for promoting mutually beneficial cooperation between the two countries,” the statement said.

An anonymous person has sent 200 bouquets to activists who have been protesting outside Pakistan's Parliament House despite heavy rainfall. Members of Pakistan Awami Tehreek...

With Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) and Pakistan Awami Tehreek (PAT) on a visible retreat, sources told Pakistan Today that the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) government is “reluctant to provide an honourable exit” to both the parties, whose supporters have camped in capital’s Red Zone for some days now.

Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority (PEMRA) member Ashraf Gujjar on Wednesday sent a request to the Ministry of Interior for placing the names of...

Pakistan Awami Tehreek (PAT) Chairman Tahirul Qadri on Wednesday directed his supporters to vacate the Parliament House premises by today (Thursday) per the Supreme...

Twenty days after the sit-ins of Pakistan Awami Tehrik (PAT) and Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) started in Islamabad, the number of participants of the sit-ins...

Parliamentarian Javed Hashmi said Tuesday that the future of the country rests only in parliamentary democratic system and the upholding of 1973 Constitution. He...