Tag: Political
China says Pacific aid has no political strings
BEIJING: China's aid to countries in the Pacific has no political strings attached and is not aimed at any third party, the country's foreign...
Religious parties secure over 4.6 million votes in July 25 election
ISLAMABAD: As the results of July 25 polls were released by the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP), it was revealed that 4,674,545 votes were...
Political instability will put Pakistan even behind Afghanistan, says Iqbal
--Interior minister calls for respecting PML-N's mandate, says CPEC has changed world's opinion about Pakistan
LAHORE: Federal Interior Minister Ahsan Iqbal on Saturday lamented that even...
Pakistan will continue to give political, diplomatic support to Kashmiris: Saira...
ISLAMABAD: Minister for Health Services Saira Afzal Tarrar said on Monday that Pakistan would continue moral, political and diplomatic support of the Kashmiris struggling...
Morocco coal miners protest raises political tension
MARRAKECH: Moroccans risking their lives scraping coal from abandoned mines have listened to local officials, the mining ministry, and a close royal ally since...
US releases list of Russian politicians, tycoons for potential sanctions
WASHINGTON: The US Treasury Department has released a hotly anticipated list of 210 Russian officials and billionaires believed to have close links to President...
Myanmar releases hundreds of political prisoners
YANGON: Hundreds of political prisoners have been released from Myanmar’s jails in amnesties in recent years, including dozens freed in January 2016, days before...
Ayesha Gulalai forms ‘Tehreek-e-Insaf Gulalai’
LAHORE: Member of National Assembly (MNA) and former Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) member Ayesha Gulalai recently revealed in a video, that her new political party...
Govt workers in IHK slam social media gag
SRINAGAR: Government workers in Indian held Kashmir have decried a government ban prohibiting them and their families from expressing political opinions on social networking sites, reported...
Afghanistan political turmoil deepens as regional leader ousted
KABUL: One of Afghanistan’s most powerful regional politicians was ousted as governor of the northern province of Balkh on Monday, setting up a confrontation that...
Political, religious parties across Pakistan censure Trump’s Jerusalem decision
ISLAMABAD/LAHORE: Political and religious parties across Pakistan on Wednesday censured the decision of Trump administration to declare Jerusalem as Israel’s capital and subsequent moving of...
Political leaders strongly condemn terrorist attack in Peshawar
PESHAWAR: Chief Minister Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) Pervez Khattak, Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Chairman Imran Khan, Interior Minister Ahsan Iqbal, Punjab Chief Minister Shehbaz Sharif, along with...
Myanmar’s Suu Kyi announces political prisoner release plan
Myanmar democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi announced Thursday that her government plans to release all political prisoners as quickly as possible, making the...
Saudi execution exposes dangerous political and religious divisions
Saudi Arabia's execution of Shia cleric Sheikh Nimr al-Nimr has exposed the dangerous political, religious and socio-economic fault lines which run through the kingdom...
Gilani a target of political victimization, says counsel
Advocate Farooq H. Naek on Thursday, acting counsel to former prime minister Yousuf Raza Gilani, claimed the PPP leader was a target of political...
Modi renews political contact with cricket diplomacy
Indian PM telephones PM Sharif, wishes luck to Pakistani team
Says Indian foreign secretary will soon visit Pakistan during a trip to all...
Political parties call for devolution of power
Major political parties have called for more political, fiscal and administrative autonomy to the provinces.
Representatives from PPP, PML-N, PTI, MQM, ANP, PKMAP, NP, JI...
