Pakistan calls for Gaza Truce
ISLAMABAD (NPTV /Radio Pakistan): Pakistan has reiterated its call for an immediate and unconditional ceasefire in Gaza, and for the provision of unhindered humanitarian assistance to alleviate the sufferings of…
Sk. Naim Qassem is the new Hezbollah Chief
BEIRUT: Following the death of Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah, the Deputy Secretary General of Hezbollah Sheikh Naim Qassem (who remained attached to the movement for three decades as a senior leader,)…
Green Panel Sweeps KUJ (2024-2025) Elections
KARACHI PRESS CLUB: According to KUJ 2024-2025 polls results, announced here Saturday (26th Oct, 2024) by Election Committee Chairman, Green Panel has clean-swept the elections for the 5th time. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NH5S8VnyuIc…
US Defence Secretary On Gaza Massacre
ROME: US Defence Secretary Lloyd Austin, talking to journalists here, claimed that he raised the need to address the humanitarian needs of civilians in every call he had with Israeli…
US blacklists 26 entities for illegal supply of weapons
WASHINGTON: Blacklisting a number of entities, Alan Estevez, US Undersecretary of Commerce for Industry and Security, stated on Monday (21st October, 2024) that they were vigilant in defending national security…
United Nations Human Rights on 26th Amendment
UNITED NATIONS: Volker Turk, United Nations Human Rights High Commissioner, taking to the X on Tuesday (22nd October, 2024) held that he was "that latest constitutional amendments - adopted hastily,…
9-member Parliamentary Committee sends Yahya Afridi’s name to PM for the post of CJP
ISLAMABAD: Nine-member Special Parliamentary Committee has sent the name of Yahya Afridi to PM for the post of Chief Justice of Pakistan dropping the senior-most judge Mansoor Ali Shah. Since…
Blinken calls on Netanyahu in Jerusalem, yet again!
JERUSALEM: US Secretary of State Antony Blinken called on PM Benjamin Netanyahu yet again here on Tuesday (22nd Oct, 2024) for ceasefire push. Meanwhile, taking to the X, Unrwa chief…
Special Parliamentary Committee to appoint the new CJP
ISLAMABAD: Previously, the CJP was selected on the basis of seniority, now following the passage of the 26th Constitutional Amendment Bill, a 12-member Special Parliamentary Committee will appoint the top…
Türkiye: Hizmet founder Gülen dies at 83 in USA
ANKARA: Foreign Minister of Türkiye Hakan Fidan, while talking to journalists at a Presser held here has confirmed the death of Fethullah Gülen at 83 in a Pennsylvania hospital on…
President gives assent to 26th Constitutional Amendment
ISLAMABAD: As President Asif Ali Zardari gave consent here on Monday (21st October, 2024) to the 26th Constitutional Amendment, International Commission of Jurists (ICJ) termed it a blow to judicial…
NA passes 26th Amendment Bill with two-thirds majority
ISLAMABAD: National Assembly has passed the 26th Constitutional Amendment Bill with two-thirds majority here on Monday (21st October, 2024). While the government needed support of 224 MNAs in the 336-member…
26th Constitution Amendment Bill Passed By Senate
ISLAMABAD: The 26th Constitution Amendment Bill sailed through the Senate here on Sunday (20th October, 2024) with the support of 65 (1/3rd) senators, bulldozing 5 votes against it. Earlier in…
26th Constitutional Amendment Bill tabled in the Senate
ISLAMABAD: Law Minister has tabled the 26th Constitutional Amendment Bill in the Senate on Sunday (20th October, 2024). It is pertinent to mention here that the Federal Cabinet met under…
Cabinet approves the final draft of 26th Constitutional Amendment
ISLAMABAD: The Federal Cabinet during a meeting held here on Sunday (20th October, 2024), under the Chairmanship of the PM Shehbaz Sharif, has approved the final draft of the 26th…
Militants
TTP factions clash in S. Waziristan, commander killed
S. WAZIRISTAN: Two factions of banned militant outfit TTP clashed here on Saturday (19th October, 2024). According to details a local commander identified as Niaz Wazir aka Umar and three…
Constitutional Amendment Bill to be tabled in NA on 20th Oct
ISLAMABAD: While the Federal Cabinet in a meeting held here on Sunday (20th October, 2024) under the chairmanship of the PM, approved the final draft of the 26th Constitutional Amendment…
26th Constitutional Amendment: Mengal reaches Fazl’s home
ISLAMABAD: BNP's Akhtar Mengal, called on the JUI-F Chief Maulana Fazl-ur Rehman at his residence here on Saturday (19th Oct 2024). Claiming that two of his party's senators and their…
Hezbollah attacked Netanyahu’s holiday home?
GAZA: Three drones, launched from Lebanon presumably by Iran-Backed Hezbollah, penetrated into the hermetically sealed Israeli air-space on Saturday (19th October, 2024). Two drones were intercepted while the third one,…
Gaza: People experiencing extremely critical levels of hunger
MANHATTAN: United Nations pointed out on Friday (18th October, 2024) that 1.8 million Palestinians in Gaza were experiencing extremely critical levels of hunger. United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres said that…
Reserved Seats Case: ECP will have to obey the SCP’s 12th July order
ISLAMABAD: SCP, in its second clarification on Friday (18th October, 2024) apropos reserved seats, made it clear that changes to the election laws could not undo its 12th July verdict…
Houthis sentence Media owner to death
YEMEN (NPTV/IFJ): The owner of Yemen Digital Media and Yemen Live for Media Production and Satellite Broadcasting, Taha Ahmed Rashid Al-Maamari, was sentenced to death and his properties confiscated on…
Sindh Rawadari Marchers Baton-Charged by Police
KARACHI: Participants of the Sindh Rawadari March (representing Progressives from all over the Sindh) who converged in front of KPC - despite imposition of Section 144 - to manifest against…
SCO
SCO huddle in Islamabad on 15th-16th Oct
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan is all set to host two-day meeting of the Council of the Heads of Government of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) here on Tuesday (15th October, 2024). The…