ISLAMABAD – Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif on Monday said that customs and practices like honour killings have nothing to do with the divine principles and theories of Islam. The prime minister said this while meeting Oscar-winning filmmaker Sharmeen Obaid Chinoy at the PM House in Islamabad. It was Islam which first recognised the rights of […]
RAWALPINDI – Pakistan will befittingly respond if Saudi Arabia’s territorial integrity is in danger, Chief of Army Staff General Raheel Sharif told Saudi Deputy Crown Prince and Minister for Defence Muhammad bin Salman on Sunday. According to a statement issued by the Inter-Services Public Relations, the Saudi defence minister met General Sharif here at the […]
KARACHI: DG Rangers Maj Gen Bilal Akbar on Monday said that the August 22 attack on media houses was planned and executed by the Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) and six of their party men have confessed to their crime. “The members of MQM’s unit and sector offices carried out the attack on the directives of […]
RAWALPINDI – Expressing satisfaction over success of law enforcement agencies in the continuing operation against criminal elements in the city, Chief of Army Staff General Raheel Sharif has said country’s economic progress is linked with peace in Karachi. “A terror free and peaceful Karachi is the ultimate aim of this operation and all efforts must […]
JHELUM: Three women and a man were shot dead in the Dhok Lona area of Jhelum in an incident of ‘honour killing’ on Tuesday morning. The accused absconded after he shot and killed his daughter, sister-in-law, mother and his nephew at their home. According to Jhelum DPO Mujahid Akbar Khan, the man’s daughter and nephew […]
GENEVA: Pakistanis are determined to tackle myriads of daunting challenges that beset the region, including disease, poverty, illiteracy, climate change and environmental degradation, a top government aide said on Tuesday. Speaking at the plenary meeting of the Conference on Disarmament in Geneva, Special Assistant to Prime Minister on Foreign Affairs Tariq Fatemi said a peaceful […]