PTI to tie-up with two religious parties in a bid to form Govt

February 14, 2024

Jailed former Pakistan prime minister Imran Khan’s party on Tuesday announced that it will use the platform of two right wing religious parties in its bid to form government in the Centre as well as in the provinces of Punjab and Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa. “Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf party has decided to join Majlis...

Bilawal Bhutto says not in race to become PM

February 14, 2024

Pakistan Peoples Party chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari on Tuesday withdrew from the race for the prime minister, saying that his party would support Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz’s candidate for the premier’s slot without being part of the government. The decision of Bilawal came hours after Pakistan’s former prime minister Shehbaz Sharif...

India and UAE partners in progress: says PM at ‘Ahlan Modi’ event

February 14, 2024

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday told a gathering of the Indian diaspora in UAE that he has brought with him the fragrance of the soil where they were born and a message of 140 crore citizens of India that “Bharat is proud of you”. Speaking at the ‘Ahlan Modi’...

Biden nominates Indian origin judge to US court

February 10, 2024

President Joe Biden has nominated Indian-origin judge Sanket Jayshukh Bulsara, an expert in securities, contract, bankruptcy, and regulatory matters, for the United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York. A child of immigrants from India and Kenya, Bulsara, 46, has been a US Magistrate Judge for the...

Imran Khan’s party continues to dominate Pakistan politics: Foreign Affairs Expert

February 10, 2024

As results of the Pakistan’s elections began trickling in on Friday, defence expert Qamar Agha said that the lead for independent candidates backed by former Prime Minister Imran Khan’s Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) party reflected the distrust of the people towards the country’s army. He noted that the Pakistani army’s main...

Any attempt to ‘manipulate mandate will result in unsustainable chaos’: Ex-Pak PM Abbasi

February 10, 2024

Former Pakistan Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi has emphasized that the “people of Pakistan have spoken,” as results begin to come out for general elections 2024.” The estranged leader of the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) warned that any attempt to “manipulate their mandate will result in unsustainable chaos”. “The heat...

Indeed the best way to speak: Pak celebrities thank people for voting

February 10, 2024

As the people of Pakistan await with bated breath the results of the general elections, many celebrities took to social media to thank the people for coming out in large numbers to vote and tried to make sense of the situation unfolding following unusual delays, leading to allegations of vote...

$PML-N ‘single-largest’ party, claims Nawaz Sharif amid fractured mandate$

PML-N ‘single-largest’ party, claims Nawaz Sharif amid fractured mandate

February 10, 2024

As the counting in the Pakistan general elections is underway, three-time premier Nawaz Sharif claimed that his party has emerged as the’single-largest’ party and wants to lead the country to prosperity while developing peaceful relations with neighbours. This comes as the counting for the elections held on Thursday is underway,...

Iceland volcano erupts again, spewing molten lava

February 9, 2024

A volcano in southwestern Iceland erupted for the third time since December on Thursday, sending jets of lava into the sky and triggering the evacuation of the Blue Lagoon spa, one of the island nation’s biggest tourist attractions. The eruption began at about 0600 GMT (1 am EST) along a...

US carries out drone strike in Baghdad

February 9, 2024

The United States carried out a drone strike in Baghdad on Wednesday that killed three Kataeb Hezbollah members, including a high-ranking commander, according to the United States Central Command (CENTCOM). According to CENTCOM, the commander was “responsible for directly planning and participating in attacks on US forces in the region.”...