Rs42.41b reserved for polls this year

The undated photos shows people sitting outside Election Commission of Pakistan in Islamabad, Pakistan. (Photo courtesy: Radio Pakistan)
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Updated 09 June 2023
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Rs42.41b reserved for polls this year

June 9: The Express Tribune reported The federal government has allocated around Rs42.41 billion in the next fiscal year’s budget for the upcoming general elections -- probably falling in October or November of 2023. Read more I 


Source says Maulana Fazl-ur-Rehman met with Islamic Emirate leader

Updated 11 January 2024
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Source says Maulana Fazl-ur-Rehman met with Islamic Emirate leader

January 10: TOLOnews has reported citing a source that Maulana Fazl-ur-Rehman, the leader of Pakistan's Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam party, met with Mawlawi Hibatullah Akhundzada, the leader of the Islamic Emirate, Wednesday morning in Kandahar. Read more I


Mohammad Rizwan named Pakistan T20I vice-captain

Updated 11 January 2024
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Mohammad Rizwan named Pakistan T20I vice-captain

January 10: Cricinfo reported The Pakistan Cricket Board [PCB] has appointed Mohammad Rizwan as the vice-captain of the T20I side ahead of the team's five-match series against New Zealand. The wicket-keeper batter replaces Shadab Khan in the role, who is on the road to recovery following an ankle injury, which ruled him out of the New Zealand tour. Read more I


Imran Khan's The Economist article not AI creation, clarifies PTI

Updated 11 January 2024
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Imran Khan's The Economist article not AI creation, clarifies PTI

January 9: GEO News has reported As the opinion piece of the imprisoned former prime minister well in the debate, the Imran Khan-led party — Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) — has issued a clarification that the most talked about article published by The Economist was not an artificial intelligence (AI) creation. Read more I


Imprisoned PTI boss ‘arrested’ in more cases

Updated 11 January 2024
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Imprisoned PTI boss ‘arrested’ in more cases

January 9: DAWN has reported Former prime minister Imran Khan was arrested by Ra­w­a­lpindi police in at least a dozen cases pertaining to the May 9 violence, including the attack on the Gene­ral Headqua­rters (GHQ), as an accountability court in Islamabad ind­icted him and former first lady Bus­hra Bibi in the Toshakhana reference on Tuesday. Read more I


Two more cops on polio duty martyred in Bannu

Updated 11 January 2024
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Two more cops on polio duty martyred in Bannu

January 10: The Express Tribune reported At least two policemen deployed for polio duty in the Teri Ram area of Bannu district were martyred while three others injured during a gunfight with unidentified armed men on Tuesday. One of the three attackers was killed, the other was taken into custody in an injured condition while the third one managed to escape. Read more I